Graphics courtesy David Scott and Dean Weingarten Posted on 05/14/2021 5:29:27 AM PDT by marktwain
April 2021 numbers for the National Instant background Check System (NICS) set another record. The previous record for April, in 2020, was 2,911,128. In 2021, the April NICS were 3,514,070.
Actual firearm sale are different. Over half of NICS checks are done for carry permits or carry permit rechecks. Illinois had nearly 890,000 rechecks alone in April of 2021.
Graphics courtesy David Scott and Dean Weingarten
Using our formula, the estimate for 2020 was 1,648,688 1.649 million firearms sold. The same formula, applied to 2021, gives us 1.665 million firearms sold. The increase is only 1%, but it breaks the record.
It appears the United States has reached a new normal. Guns and ammunition are being produced as fast as they can be. Demand is almost being met. Some guns are becoming available again. Some common shotgun ammunition is available in the stores.
Only 17 100 rd boxes of 12 gauge target loads in Walmart. Courtesy Dean Weingarten
Most common pistols, pump shotguns, and semi-automatic rifles are seldom found on dealers’ shelves. They tend to be purchased before they arrive and leave the store shortly after they get there.
The country is deeply divided between those who believe the old, Progressive media, social media, and the Tech Oligarchs and those who do not.
The unrest and violent riots common in many cities where leftist power is dominant have convinced many of the desirability of personal weapons, especially with the bizarre demands to defund the police and release thousands of criminals into the streets.
If the Biden administration’s extreme spending plans and attempts to render the Republic into a Leftist oligarchy fail, it is likely to demand will drop, the noted capitalist capability to produce things people desire, for-profit, will succeed in doing
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Our CW2 is going to be lit AF. Pray hard, maybe we will receive mercy instead of justice.
a few weeks ago I had the ‘end gun-violence/gun control’ discussion with a libhole acquaintance recently.
I asked 1 question: “How does taking my gun away solve any of these problems. Be specific. I’ll wait”
she’s still thinking about it...
Some firearms are still relatively available. We ordered a GP100 for a customer and received it within 3 weeks. Now he needs to locate some ammo, though.
I guess revolvers aren’t as “stylish” as other types of handguns, hence less demand.
I want to purchase another firearm, but without ammo it will be useless.
Quivering anti-gun shitlibs everywhere wet themselves.
I’ll make the observation that many, if not most of these first time panic buyers are and will remain utterly untrained, both mentally and physically.
Sales are leveling off, we went from over a hundred on weekdays to just under 100, and 200 gun weekend days have dropped to 160-170.
I am amazed there are still guns to sell.
All the manufacturers are producing as many as they can, 24-7. They are still flying off the shelves.
Good phrasing.
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