Lines are from 2021, bars are from 2022 firearm sales. Posted on 12/13/2022 4:22:35 AM PST by marktwain
November of 2022 had the second-highest number of National Instant background Check System checks for November. Only November of 2020 had a higher number. The number of gun sales for November was the fourth highest on record, with about 1.49 million gun sales. Last year, 2021, edged out this year with 1.51 million sales, while 2020 had 1.92 million sales and 2016 had 1.62 million sales, as estimated using the FBI figures for gun sales from the NICS system.
In NICS, there are categories for long guns, handguns, other guns, and multiple gun sales. The estimate of sales for the month is arrived at by adding the long gun, handgun, and other sales with 2.5 x the multiple sales figures. The estimate is consistent, and does not include NICS checks for permits or permit re-checks, which have come to dominate NICS in recent years. Of about 2.75 million checks total for November of 2022, Illinois permit checks and Kentucky permit rechecks to total .717 million, over 25% of the total checks done! The permit checks and rechecks are not charged for by the federal government. The permit and permit rechecks are what are fueling the increases in overall NICS checks. Thus, the raw NICS numbers are not a reliable indicator of firearm sales.
The November sales figures bring the NICS gun sales to about 15.51 million so far in 2022. December is usually a good month for gun sales. This correspondent predicts 1.8 million firearms will be sold through the NICS system in December. If that happens, the total for 2022 will be 17.3 million firearms.
Lines are from 2021, bars are from 2022 firearm sales.
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The actual supply of reloading components appears to be improving lately. (It is hunting season)
The availability of ammo at the local WalMart is much better than it has been in 2 years.
Problem is not solved, but for now there is improvement.
Americans aren’t stupid. They can see what is coming and it isn’t going to be pretty for the unarmed.
I’ve done my best fellas, but some of y’alls gotta pick up the slack.
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Molon Labe, not going to happen.
The war in Ukraine has nothing to do with this.
Open borders and DA’s turning out cop killers has a lot more to drive firearm sales.
WalMart is pretty much full-Fudd, now, aren’t they? No 5.56, no 7.62x39. Is 7.62 NATO verboten?
Many see the war in Ukraine as an object lesson on why we have the Second Amendment.
In Oregon, sales have gone from 800 per day, to 4,000 per day.
No. But they have 30-06, 30-30 and a few others.
Did not mention Walmart as a go to, but as an indicator they actually have some basic stuff in stock.
There are a lot of places that sell .223 (5.56) .308, 7.62X39, that have stock now too. The most available is FMJ so I reload my favorites to have hunting and self protection rounds.
I had to buy from 5 online wholesalers over the past few years to gather what I needed for my family’s ammo needs (reloading). All 5 have their own nitch, but some of them overlap.
I’ve not done as much along those lines for the past 6 months. Have had 2 construction projects going on that took all of my time. Close to completion of those undertakings and have a 3rd one coming up.
Hope to get more time to shoot a little more soon.
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