2 Million Guns Sold In August, 49th Straight Month Of Over 1 Million Sales

Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Gun gross sales within the United States exceeded 2 million final month—the 49th straight month through which firearm gross sales crossed one million.

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In August, 2.04 million checks had been performed via the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), in line with an analysis by Guns.com. Though this can be a 16.4 p.c dip from the 2.45 million checks performed in August 2022, the numbers are nonetheless greater when in comparison with the years earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, it stated.

This August registered the fifth highest NICS checks for any August prior to now 25 years. This was additionally the 49th consecutive month that gun gross sales crossed the 1 million mark.

Data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) confirmed round 1.1 million background checks final month, down 13 p.c from the identical month final 12 months.

While NICS numbers embody checks performed for causes like clearing hid carry allow functions, the NSSF adjusts these numbers. As such, NSSF information is seen as a probably more true depiction of retail gun gross sales.

In an announcement to Guns.com, Mark Oliva, public affairs officer with the NSSF, stated that the 1.1 million gun gross sales determine reveals “the desire for lawful firearm ownership is far from over.”

“Americans, literally by the millions, are investing in exercising their Second Amendment rights. This has happened every month for more than four years continuously.”

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According to security analysis group Safehome, round 17.4 million guns had been bought throughout the United States in 2022, a decrease quantity in comparison with 2021 and 2020.

The group attributed the decline to “consumers reducing their spending and the economy experiencing inflationary pressures that have led to a slowdown in discretionary expenses overall.”

Gun gross sales noticed a 64 p.c enhance in 2020, the largest annual rise in twenty years. The present downward development “indicates a return to the typical sales figures seen in the years prior to 2020.”

The gross sales growth in 2020 was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, attributable to which individuals spent extra time in out of doors actions, Safehome stated whereas stating that 2020 was additionally a presidential election 12 months.

“Traditionally, election years can spark an increase in gun buying as customers may worry new leaders could change laws regarding gun ownership. There were similar smaller increases in gun sales in 2016 and 2012, both presidential election years.”

In 2022, states like Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska had the very best estimated gun gross sales per capita. In distinction, this determine was the bottom in Iowa, Oregon, and the District of Columbia.

Biden’s Gun Crackdown

While gun gross sales proceed to exceed one million on a month-to-month foundation, the Biden administration is proposing a rule that may basically classify any American who sells weapons as a firearms supplier, thereby tightening gun management measures within the nation.

At current, people can interact in promoting firearms with out having to be a registered firearms supplier. The new guidelines would classify gun gross sales beneath enterprise actions and require that people get a license in addition to undertake background checks.

Randy Kozuch, govt director of the National Rifle Association–Institute for Legislative Action (NRA–ILA), called the transfer a “war on the Second Amendment.”

The Gun Owners Association stated the proposed rule is “virtually outlawing private firearm transactions to ensure the government gets its hands on your personal information and transaction records for their illegal gun registry.”

The Biden administration had additionally launched a legislation that may make Americans felons if caught possessing an unregistered braced firearm.

Multiple federal judges have issued preliminary orders blocking the rule from being enacted. However, these guidelines solely apply to members of the teams who filed lawsuits and within the jurisdictions of the judges who issued the verdicts.

Guns Promote Safety

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are additionally pushing for a nationwide ban on “assault weapons.” In a statement to Fox News, the NRA criticized such makes an attempt.

The group identified that the AR-15 rifle, which which many gun management advocates consult with as an “assault weapon,” is among the hottest self-defense rifles in America.

“A testament to this is the 8-month pregnant Florida mother who, with her AR-15, defended her family from two armed intruders who brutally assaulted her husband,” NRA spokesman Billy McLaughlin informed the outlet.

He was referring to an incident from 2019 when a pregnant lady shot an armed intruder and despatched a second intruder fleeing. “Joe and Kamala ought to speak to the many ignored and forgotten law-abiding Americans who rely on AR-15s for their safety.”

“They’re playing politics with human lives and are blind to the fact that their pro-criminal policies drive more people to buy guns,” he stated.

A CNN poll from May confirmed that Americans are divided on how the provision of weapons impacts public security.

While 36 p.c of respondents stated the presence of weapons would make public locations much less secure, 32 p.c argued that permitting gun homeowners to hold their firearms would make public locations safer.