Posted on 07/21/2023 7:49:19 AM PDT by marktwain
A dramatic decrease in the level of firearms sales through the National Instant Background Check System (NICS ) occurred in June 2023. Monthly firearm sales in 2023 have been the third or fourth highest of the 25 years recorded in the FBI NICS records. In June 2023, the adjusted sales dropped 21% from the 2022 figures. The number of gun sales in June of 2022 was about 1.35 million. In June of 2023, it was about 1.06 million.
The FBI total NICS check numbers for the month were 2.26 million. The background check numbers and the number of gun sales have become less and less correlated as the NICS system is used for more and more purposes. However, the June of 2023 for both was the fifth highest for the month on record.
Gun Sales Drop Dramatically from Last Year, Still Over A Million Sold a Month
June and July tend to be low months for gun sales. Hunting seasons are at a low ebb. Christmas is past and yet to be anticipated for the next year. Summer sports take up more time. In 2023, the anti-Second Amendment activism of the Biden administration is offset by the effects of the Supreme Court treating the Second Amendment as an actual part of the Bill of Rights.
The sales of over a million firearms through the NICS system in the last month indicate the floor of gun sales may be approximated by the 1 million figure. Many new gun owners have been created in the past fifteen years
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Lines are numbers from 2022, bars are numbers from 2023.
People running out of cash and credit.
Americans are always able to smell trouble approaching
....yup......the two I bought in June can be counted in that overall figure....I’m doin’ my bess’ to prop up the gun-sellin’ segment of the economy....!!
Folks are load’n up & hunker’n down.
The silent majority is readying for the coming attempted overthrow of our US Constitution by the powers that be, both state and federal. They are also fed-up with rampant unchecked crime under whackjob progressive federal, state and local wanna-be dictators, as well as the unchecked racism promoted by those same progressives against people simply because of their skin color - white Caucasian.
Local shop had markdowns on guns and ammo this week. The racks, shelves and cases were full, maybe overflowing.
First time I have seen this in a long time. There might be deals on the horizon. Supply issues are behind us for at least today.
People have no extra cash and credit is running out.
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