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August Gun Sales Up Almost 6% Over 2023 As the Election Nears
Shooting Weekly ^ | 9/6/24 | Dan Zimmerman

Posted on 09/09/2024 12:20:52 AM PDT by CFW

After 2024 monthly gun sales — as measured by adjusted NICS data — trailing 2023 for most of the year, they started to accelerate in July and jumped even more in August. The may be due, at least in part, to the impending election. Americans tend to hedge their bets every four years by stocking up on firearms and related gear. And then there’s the general state of society that seems to have an increasing number of people concerned about self-defense.

As the NSSF’s Mark Oliva tells us . . .

The horrific crimes committed by a disturbed youth in Georgia are reprehensible and don’t represent the millions of law-abiding gun owners who responsibly exercise their Second Amendment rights each and every day. These 1.2 million background checks show that Constitutional rights matter, especially when it comes to the ability for responsible and law-abiding citizens to protect themselves and their loved ones against evil and those who have no respect for life or law. The steady drumbeat of over 1 million background checks each month continues and demonstrates Americans will choose freedom instead of seeing their rights be stolen due to the horrendous actions of violent criminals.

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August 2024 marks the 61st consecutive month that has exceeded 1 million adjusted background checks in a single month.

(Excerpt) Read more at shootingnewsweekly.com ...


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Gun owners aren't going to give up their Second Amendment rights or their firearms.
1 posted on 09/09/2024 12:20:52 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

And here is a thread regarding NICS checks and firearms sales from September of 2023.

“NICS Numbers and Gun Sales for August 2023, Fifth Highest on Record”

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4184695/posts


2 posted on 09/09/2024 12:22:49 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Yes


3 posted on 09/09/2024 12:38:31 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: CFW

Damn, I’m running out of room in my safe...

CC


4 posted on 09/09/2024 12:47:08 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: CFW

Has anyone heard of any updated numbers or a new small arm survey that was done? In like 2018 they released that survey that showed about 120 firearms per capita in the United States, but I haven’t seen any updates since then. I’d be really curious to know what it is now.


5 posted on 09/09/2024 1:25:11 AM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: CFW

If/When Trump is declared the winner of the election, all hell will break loose, the left always accuses their enemies of what they are actually doing.

They have accused the right of an insurrection on 1/6, the left will actually attempt some type of insurrection if Trump wins the election.


6 posted on 09/09/2024 1:26:37 AM PDT by srmanuel
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I think the left will commit insurrection DURING the election, by committing acts of violence at polling stations in conservative areas to scare away voters.


7 posted on 09/09/2024 2:23:23 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Certainly, that could happen, all the foot soldiers of the Democrats will be out in force, ANTIFA, BLM, Queers for Palestine, other Anti-Israel protesters, illegal immigrants, anyone who the Democrats can scare will be out in force if Trump wins the election.


8 posted on 09/09/2024 2:30:53 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: SauronOfMordor

I think that they will turn against each other and some of the ‘big’ operators will get justice and some will get immunity for testifying. It wont be be peaceful and a small scale Color War like what happened in 2014 in Ukraine will happen but will be smashed relatively quickly. The media has extreme liberal woke wackos thinking that there are way more of them than there really are and they will be eclipsed and snuffed out like a candle. Hopefully PDJT will survive more attempts on his life and MAGA/MAHA will rule. I also predict that Trump will show undeserved mercy to some big liberal wingnuts and that will piss of a lot of his supporters. Anyway...thats how my 2024 Election Risk Board Game is playing out in my mind.


9 posted on 09/09/2024 2:55:18 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: CFW

Between business being slow and inflation, I have no spare cash to buy more guns or ammo.


10 posted on 09/09/2024 2:59:46 AM PDT by mikelets456
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To: CFW

Reports of Venezuelan gangs vandalizing, destroying and occupying private property has something to do with that I’m sure.

Back in the BLM/Antifa days law enforcement was ordered to stand down, lest they lose their pensions.

And they did stand down despite death and destruction.

Americans aren’t about to let that happen again.


11 posted on 09/09/2024 3:03:24 AM PDT by Thorium90
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Could it be the CRIME from ALL the ILLEGAL INVADERS??


12 posted on 09/09/2024 4:21:52 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Thorium90

Get real, Newbie. Pensions are WAY MORE IMPORTANT than saving a LIFE!! Get your mind straight! /s


13 posted on 09/09/2024 4:23:00 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

And we are all unarmed there.


14 posted on 09/09/2024 4:47:25 AM PDT by GailA (kamalaczar and herr waltz want to turn America into a commie country. Vote Trump.)
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You are not supposed to be armed AT the polling station. Doesn’t mean you can’t park your car just off the property with equipment in the trunk.

Also doesn’t mean you can’t have escorts to and from the polling place.


15 posted on 09/09/2024 4:58:41 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: CFW

Especially to a Jamaican/Indian refugee Voodoo Hoodoo. She needs to go count bananas. She’s way in over her head in D.C.


16 posted on 09/09/2024 4:59:03 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Liberals are FOS. The greatest threat to "democracy" is freeloader "immigration". Stupid morons.)
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To: srmanuel

America needs an investigation into the involvement of the RAT Party in all these mass shootings. Somebody on the left is running that show. We need to find out who it is.


17 posted on 09/09/2024 5:05:52 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Liberals are FOS. The greatest threat to "democracy" is freeloader "immigration". Stupid morons.)
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To: matt04

I don’t know about that article but I saw something written that there are more guns in private hands in the US than every military in the world combined.


18 posted on 09/09/2024 5:11:03 AM PDT by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

I live in a little town of 7,000. Course it’s mainly Trump town. Not seen 1 Kamalaczar sign, mostly local stuff, not even State.


19 posted on 09/09/2024 5:24:58 AM PDT by GailA (kamalaczar and herr waltz want to turn America into a commie country. Vote Trump.)
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To: CFW

And some ammunitions are starting to disappear as in being sold out. My favorite ammo cannot be found in local stores or in bulk online. Some guns are already out of stock online also.

The closer we get to election the faster ammo shelves will clear off.

Many are fearing a repeat of the last ammo shortage and are stocking up.


20 posted on 09/09/2024 5:25:11 AM PDT by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
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