Biden’s COVID Relief Checks Help Spur Another Record Month of AR-15 Sales

Trending Politics ^ | April 1 2021 | John Davis

[delta7]

There are a lot of ironies when it comes to increased Democrat calls for more gun control — which always happens when they are in power — and corresponding record increases in gun sales, but this one might just be the granddaddy of them all.

As reported by “Washington Secrets” columnist Paul Bedard, gun sales hit another record in February as Joe Biden and congressional Democrats once again ramped up calls for new gun control measures, politically exploiting, as they always do, .... For the second time in three months, the FBI broke its record for gun sales, concealed carry, and other firearms background checks in March.

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System conducted 4,691,738 checks, an all-time high. It broke the record set in January of 4,317,804..

[delta7]

The Senile Joe gun grabbers ( like Nobama) have been personally responsible for up arming America. I can now say I actually feel comfortable knowing the vast majority of Americans own firearms and are willing to use them. Why is it everything the Demoncrats touch goes sour on them?....usually what happens with a corrupted government.

[frogjerk]

How many firearms are owned by how many citizens in the US?

[Lurker]

“I actually feel comfortable knowing the vast majority of Americans own firearms and are willing to use them.”

Owning and being willing to use them are two very different things.

I’m just saying.

L

[frogjerk]

That is true but, owning one is a start down the path of using one.

[joshua c]

how many AR15s are owned?

how many have been used to commit a crime?

how do you spell nonsense? frogjerk

[Marinario]

The irony.

[Lurker]

One would hope, anyway.

L

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[xkaydet65]

The number of guns is high but the ownership numbers, not as much. As anyone reading FR can tell there are many who own multiple firearms. My cousin owns seven, a Carbine, an M1, an ‘03, a Remington 700, two pump action shotguns and a Walther P38. And he lives in NY. I bet there are many here on FB who own as many as he does.

[GaryCrow]

Anyone who has read 1984 can see plain as day what's being instituted in the U.S., they might as well change the name of the Democratic Party to Ingsoc.

The Second Amendment may be the only thing that saves us and it'll soon be gone. Arming up now while we still can is crucial.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Lots of my customers over the past 9 months have been first time buyers.
The number of gun owners has grown considerably.

7 is just a start, anything less than double digits is beginner stuff.

[Viking2002]

Nine, if you count the two cowboy/varmint plinkers. The other seven I wouldn’t want to be in front of when they went off.

[caww]

Gun sales hit another record in February!

[Mark17]

All the rat 🐀 A holes are great gun salespersons.

[matt04]

Based on the 2017 small arms survey is there’s about 397 million firearms in private hands in the United States. I have to imagine that number is probably now in the 425 to 450 million.

[TigersEye]

The DemonRats have been pushing gun control for decades.
This is how it has been working out for them.

• The percentage of Americans who believe we have a right to own guns has increased.
• The number of guns owned per gun owner has increased.
• Rounds of ammunition possessed per gun owner has increased.
• Concealed carry laws have spread from state to state like wildfire.
• Castle Doctrine laws have been passed in numerous states.
• Stand Your Ground laws have been passed in many states.
• Gun rights lobbying groups have become a cottage industry.
• In the worst economy since the Great Depression the firearms industry can't keep up with orders or expand fast enough.
• 65.4 Million Guns Bought Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush's First-Term Total 2/12/2013
• 46,455 Background Checks For Gun Purchases Each Day Under Obama 5/3/2013

And in the last two months... (Nov. 2012 and Dec. 2012)

• Americans Buy Enough Guns in Last Two Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Armies 1/14/2013
• NRA membership has increased by 250,000. (Jan. 2013)

And it continues...

• NRA Surges to Record 5 Million Members (May 4, 2013)

And there is more...

• FBI Report: Early 2013 Crime Decrease Coincides with Gun Sales Boom

And more...

• FBI: March 2014 Was Biggest March in Gun Background Check History
  ...the raw data shows "2,488,842 total background checks
  were performed in March 2014."

And yet more...

• Gun sales spike in June (highest June sales since 1999) July 7, 2015
  Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever,...

And more and more and...

• FBI data shows record number of September gun sales October 10, 2015
  FBI's National Instant Background Check System shows gun sales hit a record high for the fifth month in a row with 1,795,102 prospective gun owners processed in September.

We just keep buyin' more...

• Gun Sales Set Record for Sixth Month in a Row Sales for October 2015

And we bought more more more...

• Record for U.S. Gun Background Checks Set on Black Friday 12/3/2015

And more and more and more...

• 2015: The Year of the Gun (All time record number of background checks processed) 1/4/2016
  More than 23 million checks were processed through the National Instant Background Check System in 2015, an all-time record.

Could it be? More?

• July Gun Sales Crush Previous Record (2.2 million checks) 8/2/2016

More Americans buy more guns...

• October (2016) gun sales see massive spike, set yet another record 11/2/2016

We just love guns...

• Black Friday posts new single day record for gun checks at more than 200,000 Nov. 26, 2017

Buy a gun, you'll be in Hogg Heaven!

• 'Yuge' March for estimated gun sales April 3, 2018
  Applications submitted to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System exceeded 2.7 million last month
  —
  the busiest March on record and the third highest ranking month since the FBI began keeping track in 1998.

Another month, another record!

• April Sets Gun Sales Record May 7, 2018
  The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) ran 2,233,213 checks in April, according to an FBI document.
  That's nearly 90,000 more checks than the previous April record set in 2016.
  It also represents the second month in a row to set a record with March seeing 2,767,699 checks.

• NRA is back, ‘highest ever’ membership!..... April 4, 2019

Will the record breaking ever stop?

• April 2019 National Instant Background Check (NICS) Number is new Record May 15, 2019

Looks like it will never stop.

• In Year Of Impeachment More Guns Were Bought Than Any Other Time in US History 2/18/2020

It will never stop. :)

• Biden’s COVID Relief Checks Help Spur Another Record Month of AR-15 Sales April 1 2021

KEEP FLAPPIN' YOUR LIPS, DEMONRATS! WE'LL BUY MILLIONS MORE. ;-)

[GreyHoundSailor]

I’ve branched out to include PCP air bows and rifles. No background checks yet for these.

[TigersEye]

Have you ever seen this guy's videos? He has made some impressive weapons that would all be legal in most places no checks required. Particularly some of his crossbows.

JoergSprave The Slingshot Channel

He's a funny guy too.

[GreyHoundSailor]

Thanks - will save that. I like the way he thinks.