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July Another Record Month for NICS Checks as ‘Gun Rush’ Continues
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Raw numbers from the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System (NICS) shows a new record for the month of July, and the third-highest monthly number of checks so far this year, suggesting the “gun rush” of 2020 is hardly over.
There were, according to raw FBI data, 3,639,224 NICS checks initiated last month, eclipsing the previous July record of 2,197,169, set in 2016. That was a busy year as the entire country anticipated the election of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the vehemently anti-gun Democrat former First Lady and ex-New York senator, and former Secretary of State under Barack Obama.
For the past few months, anecdotal reports show a growing number of first-time gun purchases. Fox News is reporting that during the first six months of this year, there were more than 2.5 million first-time gun buyers, citing a report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. The headline explained it tersely: “First-time gun ownership skyrockets amid riots, increased violence across country: ‘You can't really be too safe'.”
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July Another Record Month for NICS Checks as ‘Gun Rush’ Continues
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Raw numbers from the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System (NICS) shows a new record for the month of July, and the third-highest monthly number of checks so far this year, suggesting the “gun rush” of 2020 is hardly over.
There were, according to raw FBI data, 3,639,224 NICS checks initiated last month, eclipsing the previous July record of 2,197,169, set in 2016. That was a busy year as the entire country anticipated the election of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the vehemently anti-gun Democrat former First Lady and ex-New York senator, and former Secretary of State under Barack Obama.
For the past few months, anecdotal reports show a growing number of first-time gun purchases. Fox News is reporting that during the first six months of this year, there were more than 2.5 million first-time gun buyers, citing a report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. The headline explained it tersely: “First-time gun ownership skyrockets amid riots, increased violence across country: ‘You can't really be too safe'.”
