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March Sees Record Gun Sales
Latest figures indicate eleven straight record-setting months
Gun sales broke records yet again in the month of March.
The FBI performed 2,523,265 firearms-related background checks between March 1 and March 31, according to the agency’s records. That’s a new record for the month. It’s nearly 35,000 more checks than the previous record set in March 2014.
Despite the new record, March saw the fewest checks of any month so far in 2016.
The March record is the eleventh straight monthly record for background checks. The unprecedented streak, which began in May 2015, has included all-time records for both monthly and yearly sales. With 7,682,141 checks processed through the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System, 2016 is currently on pace to set another all time yearly sales record.
March Sees Record Gun Sales
And as I have pointed out many times, that only covers the ones known to authorities who have gone through an FFL dealer.
Many gun sales are via private party and many guns are privately manufactured at homes and businesses, that cannot be tracked by any authority. An educated guess by this poster, would suggest that thousands more guns have been acquired and/or changed hands.
Latest figures indicate eleven straight record-setting months
Gun sales broke records yet again in the month of March.
The FBI performed 2,523,265 firearms-related background checks between March 1 and March 31, according to the agency’s records. That’s a new record for the month. It’s nearly 35,000 more checks than the previous record set in March 2014.
Despite the new record, March saw the fewest checks of any month so far in 2016.
The March record is the eleventh straight monthly record for background checks. The unprecedented streak, which began in May 2015, has included all-time records for both monthly and yearly sales. With 7,682,141 checks processed through the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System, 2016 is currently on pace to set another all time yearly sales record.
March Sees Record Gun Sales
And as I have pointed out many times, that only covers the ones known to authorities who have gone through an FFL dealer.
Many gun sales are via private party and many guns are privately manufactured at homes and businesses, that cannot be tracked by any authority. An educated guess by this poster, would suggest that thousands more guns have been acquired and/or changed hands.