Background Checks

In a January 8, 2021, statement recognizing the tenth anniversary of the shooting that wounded Gabby Giffords, President-elect Joe Biden pledged to “defeat the NRA.”

Americans underwent over 21 million background checks and purchased nearly 23 million firearms during 2020.

At this point in December it is already apparent that Americans bought approximately 21 million guns this year, an increase of 73 percent over the number of guns purchased in 2019.

Florida State Rep. Dan Daley (D-Coral Springs) is pushing legislation that would require a background check for all ammunition purchases in the state.

November 2020 was the eleventh consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks.

Over 186,000 firearm background checks were performed on Black Friday 2020, making it the fourth-highest one-day total for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks on record.

Nantucket Police suspended acceptance from residents for Firearm Identification Card (FID) and License to Carry (LTC) applications on Wednesday, November 18, citing coronavirus concerns related to a “finger print based criminal records check.”

Senate candidate Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is campaigning on an outright ban on the sale of semiautomatic rifles and a licensing requirement for all semiautomatic firearms already in private hands, whether those firearms are rifles or handguns. 

Figures from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) show that nearly seven million first-time buyers purchased guns between January 1, 2020, and October 31, 2020.

October 2020 was the tenth straight month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks for gun sales.

The stock for renowned gun maker Smith & Wesson is up 130 percent his year, amid the unprecedented surge in gun sales. 

Figures released Saturday show September 2020 was the ninth consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks for gun sales.

Gun sales have been up nationwide for months but are specifically up in seven swing states as the November 3, 2020, election approaches.

The current demand for guns in America is so great that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS) is giving a higher number of delays and, in many cases, allowing the sale to be completed because time for the check expires.

An ammo shortage is being witnessed nationwide as Americans react to civil unrest by buying up firearms and the ammunition needed to use them for self-defense.

August 2020 was the eighth consecutive month of record background checks for gun sales and transfers. 

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reports that there have been nearly five million first time gun buyers thus far in 2020. 

Figures from the FBI show that July 2020 was the seventh consecutive month of record firearm background checks. 

Democrat Sen. challenger Mark Kelly is campaigning on background checks and gun seizures as he tries to unseat pro-Second Amendment Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ).

The number of National Instant Criminal Background System Checks (NICS) conducted in May 2020 shattered the record for the most checks conducted in any May since the inception of background checks.

A New York Post report claims women in New York are seeking guns in anticipation of what they fear is a coming coronavirus crime wave.

The gun purchasing surge being witnessed during the Chinese coronavirus shutdown resulted in the sale of nearly two million firearms last month alone.

A district judge issued a ruling Thursday, granting the NRA a preliminary injunction blocking California’s requirement for background checks on ammunition purchases. 

FBI figures released Wednesday show March 2020 shattered the single month record for the number of National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks conducted in one month.

Gun sales in New Jersey came to a halt after Superintendent Patrick J. Callahan announced a shutdown of the background check system.

The gun sales surge accompanying the Chinese conronavirus pandemic is overwhelming both state and federal background check systems.

The FBI is warning that state-level shutdowns due to the coronavirus may delay the background checks required to purchase a new or used handgun at retail.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is reporting background checks are up 300 percent over where they were at this same time last year. 

In his ongoing effort to differentiate between himself and Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden is touting background checks but ignoring the fact they do not stop mass public attackers.

Joe Biden claimed the nine people shot dead on June 17, 2015, at a Charleston church would still be alive if the Brady Bill had been passed.