Posted on 01/07/2018 9:31:24 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Background checks for gun purchases fell last year after a record-breaking 2016, in what analysts are calling the official end of the Obama-era gun boom.
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System ran 25.2 million checks in 2017 — down from the all-time high of 27.5 million in 2016. The 2017 figure was still the second-highest on record but just the second drop in the past 14 years. The other drop came in 2014, as the post-Newtown buying spree receded.
Background checks don’t represent a correlation to gun sales but are used as a general approximation for the health of the market.
Gun dealers had been steeling for a potential dip after the election of Donald Trump, who proudly championed gun rights during his 2016 campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton and touted the earliest-ever presidential endorsement from the National Rifle Association.
But pro-gun advocates say that all things considered, last year could have been worse.
“The demand for buying firearms is still strong, given that gun sales in 2017 were the second highest of all time,” said Erich Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America. “The record-setting year was 2016, and that is most likely attributable to panic buyers fearing a gun-grabbing Hillary Clinton presidency.”
Last year also had the single highest day ever in terms of NICS checks — the 203,086 on Nov. 24, the post-Thanksgiving “Black Friday” shopping day — which broke single-day records set the previous two Black Fridays.
But the industry still had to adjust to a new world.
“There was some fear-based buying that would take place from time to time. There is no fear-based buying right now,” James Debney, chief executive officer of American Outdoor Brands Corp., said on a conference call last month
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Last year was still the second highest background check year, and only about roughly 9.5% behind 2016.
Sounds like a lot of guns being purchased to me. Over 25 million background checks...
Heh heh heh, the MSM won’t like this.
I just bought my first of the year on Saturday and have another one on order.
LOL
You have a pretty good point there.
I suspect there would have been a lot of full auto conversion kits too.
“:^)
Hey, congrats...
OK, what did ya git?
Fixed
Even better is the fact that the main source for their stats is Bloomberg News. They must love reporting that.
Alright.
Who is that, and why would anybody ever watch NFL?
Ruger Mark IV 22/45 and I’ll be picking up a Sig P320 Tacops with night sights and 4 21 round mags. A good way to start off the new year. I love my Mark 3 but hate taking it down and putting it back together again.
Maybe Trump and Congress can drive a new boom if they would pass National Reciprocity.
Haven’t a clue.
I was looking for a meme that would be funny but, pointed in regards to gun rights being safe and came across her stunning....well...uh...uh....uh...
Yet the gungrabbers’ current meme is “super owners”:
“Only three percent of owners own fifty percent of all the guns! They’re an isolated minority so let’s get ‘em, politicians!”
Next...
Super Duper Owners!
Uh....not to brag, but IMO, I am already a Super Duper Owner.
;^)
Yes...
Your Super Duperism is well Known
and most effective,
Most Honorable El Cid.
But,
Either National Reciprocity or the Hearing Protection Act would precipitate a “boom”.
Both would be Katie, bar the door!
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