Posted on 07/02/2020 9:18:04 AM PDT by rktman
The data on how many Americans purchased firearms and went through federal background checks in June has arrived.
According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, June 2020 saw the highest number of gun purchases since the FBI started keeping track 20 years ago. Further, this year's June number increased over June 2019 by 135.7 percent. According to the unadjusted number from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System, 3,909,502 background checks were conducted.
“These figures represent the highest June on record since the FBI began conducting instant background checks more than 20 years ago. The sharp increase in Americans buying firearms in June continues a trend we saw start in the spring. Civil unrest, rioting, looting and calls to defund police are unquestionably motivating factors of why this trend is increasing. Americans are right to be concerned for their personal safety. It’s entirely reasonable that law-abiding citizens are exercising their Constitutional right to purchase a firearm to protect themselves," NSSF Director of Public Affairs Mark Olivia released in a statement.
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Think the new gun owners are going to vote for Biden?
I’ll bet that straw purchases are through the roof.
Would have been one more but nobody had a derringer I liked...
I wonder if anyone is collecting stats on how much ammo was bought? All the shelves are bare. People are scared...
Bump
The Communists of the BLM and antifa sure thought they were intimidating the American people, oops!
Sadly, some of them will be. Even with some of the writing on the wall being clear, other parts of the wall are still very blurry.
Yup, as I stated on another thread yesterday, I suspect that a lot of lot of the guns are being purchase by Antifa freaks and BLM wussies.
ans; Do you think the leftist nuts are not starting to buy firearms?
Unless this translates to Votes for Trump and Republicans, it just means the Left is arming up.
Some of them, yes.
Some of them believe that civilization falling down around their ears is because we have a divisive and racist president, and that Biden, dim and demented bulb that he is, will be a calming presence.
We all know, of course, that a Biden presidency will accelerate the anarchy because now NO ONE will stop them, and they're not about to let this momentum they currently have go to waste.
The math is wrong here. Still, 4 million checks is astounding.
I think a lot of suburban soccer moms are starting to wake up.
People who are still doubting that Trump wins in a landslide, consider this.
I’m actually a little worried that the antifans are stocking up as well. There’s another reason for them to be arrested & charged with a felony. They OUGHT to lose their 2A rights.
I would recommend that anyone who does not have his/her basic load of ammo on hand and secured by now had better get with the program.
Derringer?
Where can you buy the 41 calibre ammo?
Wake up....... no, fear has descended. Real dread and abject fear
I am doomed. I must buy a gun. Will the gun protect me when there are no cops?
Ammo shelves brick and mortar, and online went bare weeks ago. It's down to roll your own. Forget small rifle primers.
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