GUNS/RLTD FBI: June 2020 Shattered Firearm Background Check Record

Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
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June 2020 witnessed nearly 4,000,000 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks, shattering not only the record for any previous June but also the record for any single month, period.
FBI numbers showed 3,931,607 NICS checks conducted in June, besting the previous single-month record of 3,740,688 in March 2020.
This means June 2020 witnessed more background checks than any single month has witnessed in the 20 years background checks for retail sales have been required. This also means that June 2020 continues the trend of each month from March forward witnessing more checks in 2020 than it ever has.
In other words, January 2020 set the record for NICS checks for the month of January, February 2020 for the month of February, March 2020 for the month of March, and on and on through June 2020.
Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting examined the background check numbers and estimated 2,387,524 guns were sold in June 2020. That represents an increase of 145.3 percent over June 2019.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.

 

Jeff B.

Don’t let the Piss Ants get you down…
In other words, January 2020 set the record for NICS checks for the month of January, February 2020 for the month of February, March 2020 for the month of March, and on and on through June 2020.

Month over month and year over year.

If one had several functional brain cells, one might wonder whole all these people are that are buying weapons as if there is no tomorrow? Maybe that same thinking person might infer that the absolute shortage of ammunition, especially in military calibers could be a signal of sorts...

But, instead we see a Cultural Revolution being launched against Traditional America by a thinly disguised group of Communists... I think they may have a perception issue. In that I really think they believe that they'll take control, order us peons and serfs to turn in all those EBR's and "high capacity" pistols (and ammo) and we'll run lickety split to the collection center. I would have said police station, but those will be used for the mental health counselors and diversity re-trainers.

Jeff B.
 

Doomer Doug

TB Fanatic
America is not Britain, and it is not New Zealand or Canada. New Zealand is seizing weapons right now. Canada just sent out seizure letters over the last few days. The Canadians and the New Zealanders rolled over on their backs, put up their legs and began whining as they were turned into enuchs.

"They" will NEVER GET MY WEAPONS AND I WILL KILL ANYBODY WHO TRIES TO TAKE THEM. Now that is the real difference between the Colonial Rabble that ended up settling in the USA, and the British Commonwealth. They are fools who let themselves be disarmed and will now be overwhelmed like they have been. It is a good thing we have the example of what our ancestors have become.
 

hiwall

Has No Life - Lives on TB
Gun sales are expected to remain very high until the election. So there is likely 5 more months of record or near record sales. Depending on if there are that many guns available for purchase.
 

Doomer Doug

TB Fanatic
The ammo production rate is one billion per month I think, so there is no shortage, only a lot of stockpiling that leads to short term flow issues, plus some transport jam ups. Ammo is the other precious metal. :D
 

Dozdoats

On TB every waking moment

Thursday, July 2, 2020
Like I said... get a gun!


A few weeks ago I wrote an article titled "If you haven't got a gun, GET ONE. NOW." In it, I said:

If you were wondering why ... the riots of the past few days should explain them all ... I saw this coming. So did many people who are alert to the "signs of the times".

The bottom line in this whole mess is that when it comes to personal security during a riot, we're on our own.

. . .

You can't defend yourself, or your family, or your home, or your small business, with kind words and a cup of coffee. You need the right tools to do so, particularly in the face of hate-filled rioters who want nothing more or less than anarchy and destruction. To stop them, you need a weapon - and not just any weapon, either. It may have to cope with multiple attackers, advancing fast, some of them also armed.

. . .

Let me state flatly, once and for all, that every adult American needs to be ready, willing, able, and equipped to defend themselves against this onslaught on our society. Such defenses need to include firearms, training in their use, and sufficient ammunition to get the job done. If you don't have all of those, it's long gone time that you remedied the position. Don't delay, and don't say you can't afford to do that. You can't afford NOT to do it.
There's much more at the link. If you haven't already seen that article, I urge you to read it in full.

Events since then in many US cities have merely underscored what I have to say - and the general public is waking up fast. Recent headlines bear that out. For example:
Note that violence came to these people where they were. They didn't go looking for trouble: trouble found them.

In this day and age, you can no longer rely on being innocent and/or apolitical and/or uninvolved to protect you and your loved ones. You'd better be able to protect yourself, and them, because the cops won't show up until at least several minutes after you call them. In the intervening period, you're on your own - and the mob won't care whether you're innocent or guilty. They'll just steamroller you. That's the nature of mobs.

Many Americans are now trying to equip themselves to defend against this new criminal reality.
Sadly, they've left it very late . . . for some, too late. Many gun shops have been cleaned out, and are reporting little or no stock of weapons suitable for defense. I'm told some may actually go out of business, because they can't get in enough guns, quickly enough, to keep their monthly cash flow at a survivable level. Their distributors and wholesalers have been cleaned out, too. (A nearby dealer that I use, Texas Knifeworks & Guns, is a fortunate exception: they've been in business long enough, and the owner is canny enough, that they've managed to keep a supply coming in. If you can't find anything locally, contact them and see about having a gun shipped to you. Tell them I sent you. Their prices are still reasonable, too. No, they're not compensating me for recommending them - I'm simply trying to help my readers, and a dealer who's helped my wife and I from time to time.)

As for ammunition, I've never before heard of national dealers like Brownells being sold out of every single type of ammunition in certain calibers and cartridges, but it's happened now. This was part of their 9mm ammo page this morning:




Everything, without exception, out of 122 options they list for that round, was out of stock. Everything. Even my favorite online ammo dealer, one of the biggest in the country, where I've been a regular customer for literally decades, had precisely 3 (yes, three!) types of 9mm defensive ammo available this morning - and those were less popular varieties, too. They usually have dozens or scores of options. I can only say, I'm glad I've got mine . . .

Folks, if you haven't yet got a gun, you're going to have to scramble to find one. You may not be able to get the make or model you want, or find it in your preferred caliber or cartridge - but I respectfully submit that if you didn't take care of your needs earlier, you no longer have a choice. In too many places in America right now it's a matter of have a gun, or be a victim. It's as simple as that. That applies whether you're at work, or driving somewhere, or at home, or shopping, or whatever. You don't know when trouble may arrive, so you'd better be prepared for it - or take the consequences.

Oh - just in case you were wondering, ignore all the mainstream media scare-mongering about the "boogaloo". Yes, there are extremist idiots who are trying to whip up emotions against the rioters and protests, and proclaiming that it's "boogaloo time" - whatever that means. You may as well say it's flapjack time, or chicken-and-dumplings time, or whatever else takes your fancy. That's just the buzzword of the moment, and it'll be supplanted by another buzzword in due course. A while back, the same people had adopted a phrase from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and were proclaiming that "Spicy time is coming". The reality of mob violence is neither spicy nor boogaloo. It's just flat criminal, and needs to be dealt with as such if we're unfortunate enough to encounter it.

I've got several firearms surplus to requirements, that I'll be selling at a local gun show next month: AR-15's, defensive shotguns and a couple of lever-action carbines, plus a few handguns. Since my income's been severely impacted by my health situation since my heart attack last year, I may as well make up for that as best I can, so the higher prices now prevailing for used guns will be a blessing to me, at least. I'll have to dig out some more ammunition to sell, too. I don't have a lot to spare, but I can at least provide some with each gun, so that those who buy them can use them if they have to. Towards the end of this month, as the gun show draws nearer and I've cleaned and sorted out what I'm selling, I'll let readers know what I've got, and give you first crack at them in these pages, as I've done in the past. All legal requirements and restrictions will apply, of course.

Peter


Posted by Peter at 7/02/2020 09:04:00 AM
 

Dozdoats

On TB every waking moment

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020
Gun Sales - Through the Roof!

It would seem that the powers that be behind BLM and Antifa can sell guns even better than Hillary or Obama. June checks are nearly 4 million and the projection model* is looking at nearly 40 million checks this year. Yes, I know not all checks represent a gun sale, but even using the NSSF estimate, that's nearly 27 million gun sales for 2020.

O.K. then, the 2020 curve is well off the reservation. The Murder Hornets, which seem to have disappeared from the news, don't have a chance. When your revolutionary army is met by liberal lawyers wielding AR-pattern rifles, you could reasonably conclude that you're on the wrong side of history.

Data like this can also be presumed to show a rather drastic decline in popular support for government. At this point, the lack of faith is in local level governments. Mayors and Governors. People are beginning to ask who is funding all this turmoil. Looks like outsiders.

*Yes, I know that projection models are in rather bad odor currently, but you got to use something if only to point a general direction.

Posted by Billll at 8:07 PM

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