GUNS/RLTD 65.4 Million Gun Purchases Since Obama Took Office

[notred]

There have been 65,376,373 background checks completed for Americans purchasing firearms since February of 2009, the first full month of Barack Obama's presidency.

According to data compiled by the FBI, the number of Americans purchasing guns has skyrocketed since Obama was elected.

In 2009, there were 13,984,953 background checks for Americans buying firearms. If we subtract the 1,212,860 checks completed in the month of January, the total checks for the year under Obama were 12,772,090.

For 2010, background checks totaled 14,320,489. In 2011, checks were 16,336,732, and in 2012, 19,463,832. Background checks for the month of January 2013 were 2,483,230.

This totals 65,376,373 background checks completed since President Obama's first full month in office, or 44,748 background checks per day!

By comparison, the number of background checks in Obama's first term is 91.1% higher than President George W. Bush's first-term total of 34,214,066.

http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwy...es-obama-took-office-91-more-bushs-first-term

 

[JustCause]

Kinda blows the whole "there are 100 million guns in private hands in America" thing out of the water.

While the true number will never be known, I am beginning to suspect there are enough guns in this country for every man, woman and child at least one time over.

Honestly I think the real number is in the 500 million range. And THAT makes me very happy. "Warm and fuzzy" as ST likes to say.

 

[BertaBurtonLake]

...and those are only the ones with background checks. That number does not include private sales or gunshow 'loophole' sales.

 

[Hognutz]

I helped out where I could¡,,heh heh!

 

[notred]

Plus some of those background checks were for multiple firearms purchased which would show up as one check. I have seen several times someone buying two or three at a whack.

 

[Secamp32]

Is this just NICS checks? In some states no NICS check is done if you have a valid carry permit so those sales are not included too.

 

[BH]

So using the 65,000,000 number for the past 4 years. If 25 guns were confiscated per raid, they will only need 2,600,000 separate raids just to get those. For grins and giggles, 500,000,000 at 25 guns per raid would be a measly 20,000,000 separate raids.

 

[Dennis Olson]

Is this just NICS checks? In some states no NICS check is done if you have a valid carry permit so those sales are not included too.

This is true in Texas. The 4473 is filled out, but not called in.

 

[JustCause]

So using the 65,000,000 number for the past 4 years. If 25 guns were confiscated per raid, they will only need 2,600,000 separate raids just to get those. For grins and giggles, 500,000,000 at 25 guns per raid would be a measly 20,000,000 separate raids.

See my signature for another way of looking at the numbers.

 

[notred]

Nebraska is that way if I remember right. Go through the local cops for a background check, get an ID card and then you don't need a check again. If there are many states like that the numbers could be a couple million low at least.

 

[Lone_Hawk]

This is true in Texas. The 4473 is filled out, but not called in.

That is also the situation in NC. I would say that well over 50% of the transfers since the CT shooting were using CHPs with no NICS background check.

 

[Publius]

No telling how many did not get the back ground check when the system was not working because of over load.

 

[Lone_Hawk]

No telling how many did not get the back ground check when the system was not working because of over load.

When the NICS system was backed up then the automatic delay went into effect. The background checks were not bypassed by that.

 

[Sleeping Cobra]

Obama is good for the economy - gun / bullet sales.

 

[Boise Rocker]

That's all well and good, but if DHS ties up domestic ammo production, and the Obammunist is successful in getting ammo imports banned, we'll have nothing to feed all those beautiful weapons.