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NSSF Survey Shows 5.4 Million First-Time Gun Buyers 2021.

There Were 5.4M First-Time Gun Buyers in 2021, NSSF Survey Shows

NICS Annual Background Checks for 2021.

NICS Background Checks for 2021 Show Sustained Pro-Gun Support

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Going Strong: Black Friday Week NICS Checks Surpasses 680,000

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NICS background checks set a record for January last month.

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NSSF-adjusted NICS numbers smashed all records throughout 2020.

OFFICIAL RECORD: Americans Buy Record 21 Million New Guns in 2020

With a 60 percent increase in sales over 2019, a total of 21 million new guns were sold to Americans in 2020, easily setting a new record.

NSSF-adjusted NICS numbers set another record month in November 2020.

NICS November 2020 Numbers Show 45.2% Increase Over 2019

Led by Black Friday and Cyber Monday, November 2020 delivered more record-breaking NICS numbers over the previous year, continuing a huge 2020 for guns.

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Background Check Record

2020 Officially Already Sets New Background Check Record for Firearms

Sparked by COVID-19, civil unrest and the most anti-gun presidential candidate in American history, Americans set a new gun background check record in 2020.

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FBI NICS 2020 Numbers Almost Already Ahead of Record Year in 2016

With a massive increase for September, the FBI NICS background checks have almost already topped the 2016 record with three months left to spare in 2020.

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July 2020 adjusted NSSF NICS numbers smashed 2019 numbers by 122 percent.

July Adjusted NSSF NICS Numbers Smash 2019 by 122.5 Percent

With no signs of slowing down, NSSF just released its July 2020 adjusted NICS numbers, smashing July 2019 numbers by a wide margin.

June 2020 NICS, Round Shamer

June 2020 NICS Background Checks Set All-Time Monthly Record

As civil unrest continues to grow across America, the FBI has reported an all-time NICS background checks record of more than 3.9 million for June 2020.

May NICS numbers set all-new records.

NSSF Adjusted May NICS Numbers Smash Historical Records

Driven by the coronavirus pandemic early, and then by looting and rioting to close the month, May NICS numbers break monthly all-time records.

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FBI NICS Checks Hit 2.37 Million in March for Second Highest Month Ever

With the coronavirus pandemic washing over the US, the FBI reported 2.375 million NICS checks in March 2020, an 80.4 percent increase over March 2019.

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Op-Ed: COVID-19 Crashed the NICS System, So It’s Finally Time to Fix It

The National Instant Background Check System (NICS) has had problems for a while, but COVID-19 might finally be the push needed to fix it.

New Jersey Gun Sales Coronavirus, NICS Background Check System shut down,

New Jersey Gun Sales Halted as Governor Shuts Down NICS System

As all legal New Jersey gun sales must go through the NICS Background Check System, the state's residents are now left without a means to acquire firearms.

UC Davis Study

UC Davis Study Shows Homicides Not Reduced by Background Checks

While anti-gunners tout the benefits of universal background checks, a UC Davis study shows that these laws have not reduced homicides in California.

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FBI Processes Record Number of NICS Checks in May 2018

The FBI processed 2,002,992 gun background checks through the NICS for May 2018, setting a new all-time record for that particular month.

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