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USA Gun Owners Buy 14 Million Plus Guns In 2009
AmmoLand.com ^ | January 13th, 2010 | AmmoLand.com

Posted on 03/05/2010 12:15:48 PM PST by fuzzybutt

Washington, DC --(AmmoLand.com)- Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for the year reported 14,033,824 NICS Checks for the year of 2009, a 10 percent increase in gun purchases from the 12,709,023 reported in 2008.

So far that is roughly 14,000,000+ guns bought last year! The total is probably more as many NICS background checks cover the purchase of more than one gun at a time by individuals.

To put it in perspective that is more guns than the combined active armies of the top 21 countries in the world.

(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 2009review; armies; banglist; bhobanglist; gun; owners
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I did not buy any guns last year but I did buy a bunch of ammo!
1 posted on 03/05/2010 12:15:48 PM PST by fuzzybutt
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To: fuzzybutt

About 4 were from me.


2 posted on 03/05/2010 12:17:09 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: fuzzybutt

It’s a good start.


3 posted on 03/05/2010 12:17:11 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: fuzzybutt

I bought an extra gun and ammo


4 posted on 03/05/2010 12:17:22 PM PST by a real Sheila (A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets ~ (Titanic))
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To: fuzzybutt

I plead guilty to multiple counts....


5 posted on 03/05/2010 12:17:36 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (Armed And Cantankerous.)
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To: fuzzybutt

6 posted on 03/05/2010 12:17:45 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: fuzzybutt

Well at least one industry can still say that they great year!


7 posted on 03/05/2010 12:18:17 PM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: pissant

I bought 2 but lost them overboard when I was fishing.


8 posted on 03/05/2010 12:19:14 PM PST by Pavegunner72
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To: Red in Blue PA

I bought 3, but one was at a gun show, so no background check.


9 posted on 03/05/2010 12:19:51 PM PST by CholeraJoe ("We are as numerous as the stars in the heavens, and we are all gun-men.")
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To: fuzzybutt

Those are the guns with paperwork...


10 posted on 03/05/2010 12:20:03 PM PST by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: Beaten Valve
Well at least one industry can still say that they great year!

Not just gun salesmen. Repo guys are doing pretty good as well.

11 posted on 03/05/2010 12:20:11 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Pavegunner72

I seem to have the same problem!


12 posted on 03/05/2010 12:20:21 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: fuzzybutt

Suffice it to say I saved or created a few jobs in 2009 ;-)


13 posted on 03/05/2010 12:20:47 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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I bought 2 but lost them overboard when I was fishing.

Was that you I saw on Lake Mead?

14 posted on 03/05/2010 12:20:54 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Because without America, there is no free world" - Canada Free Press - MSM, where are you?)
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Not just gun salesmen. Repo guys are doing pretty good as well.

As are generators and other survival gear for when the S inevitably HTF.
15 posted on 03/05/2010 12:21:21 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: CholeraJoe

One of mine was a black powder, so also no background check.


16 posted on 03/05/2010 12:22:09 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Actually, I cannot remember which lake it was, there were so many.


17 posted on 03/05/2010 12:22:25 PM PST by Pavegunner72
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To: fuzzybutt

I am partly responsible for this:
inventory is up!


18 posted on 03/05/2010 12:24:05 PM PST by elpinta (DC, TSA: things that make me puke.)
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Actually, I cannot remember which lake it was, there were so many.

Story of my life...so many lakes, too few guns....sigh

19 posted on 03/05/2010 12:24:33 PM PST by Las Vegas Ron ("Because without America, there is no free world" - Canada Free Press - MSM, where are you?)
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To: fuzzybutt

I bought 8.


20 posted on 03/05/2010 12:25:24 PM PST by DarthVader (Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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