Gun Sales

Californians are arming up for self-defense as the U.S. Border Patrol carries out street drop-offs of illegal immigrants in San Diego. 

March 2024 ended as the fifty-sixth consecutive month of more than one million background checks for firearm sales/transfers.

The gvernors of Indiana and Utah signed bills last week to prohibit credit cards from tracking firearm sales information in their states.

The Florida House passed legislation on Friday to lower the legal firearm purchase age from 21 to 18 years.

Five hundred to six hundred Israelis apply for a gun license every day in hopes of being prepared to defend themselves should Hamas attack again.

Police have confirmed a legally purchased 9mm handgun was used by the attacker in Wednesday’s University of Nevada, Las Vegas, mass shooting.

On Friday, Judge Thomas S. Kleeh issued a decision striking down the federal prohibition against 18 to 20-year-olds purchasing handguns.

Deja Taylor, the mother of the six-year-old who shot his first grade teacher in Newport News, Virginia, was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday for making false statements during a firearm purchase.

Gun stores in Florida are seeing a surge in gun and ammunition sales, especially among the Jewish community, following recent Hamas terror attacks in Israel.

Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R) is among a surging number of New Yorkers who have acquired a firearm for self-defense.

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) numbers released by the FBI at the end of July show the U.S. has enjoyed four years of one million-plus gun sales a month.

A report from SafeHome.org indicates there were 17.4 million guns sold in the U.S. during 2022, and approximately 1.4 million have been sold each month in 2023.

A Fox News report on surging female gun ownership includes a focus on a 2022 Gallup Poll showing 22 percent of women now say they own guns.

Walmart’s website opens with photos of mothers and children shopping, weekly specials on daily necessities, and–for those who click on the “Our Company” link and dig a little deeper–an unabashed admission that Walmart has been videoing gun sales in its stores. 

Gun sales are surging among women in the wake of the Nashville Christian school shooting and the attack on the Louisville bank, CNN reported on April 22.

On March 5, 2023, USA Today reported FBI data showing gun seizure orders surged during the years 2020 and 2021 surged to their highest levels since the adoption of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in 1998.

Year-end figures from the FBI show there were over 31 million National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks conducted in 2022 and over 16 million guns sold. 

Firearm sales are skyrocketing in Oregon as residents rush to get ahead of Ballot Measure 114’s (BM 114) effective date of December 8, 2022.

The rifle used by the alleged 22-year-old attacker who killed five at Colorado Springs’ Club Q Saturday night was purchased “legally.” 

A report from the Washington Post indicates federal agents believe they have compiled sufficient evidence to charge Hunter Biden over an alleged false statement on a gun purchase background check.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) warns that credit card companies have positioned themselves to track gun purchases and is asking the big three–Visa, Mastercard, American Express–why they are inserting themselves into Second Amendment issues.

NPR reporter Scott Simon spoke with a mother from Aurora, Colorado, who said she bought a gun for protection and asked her, “Why not just call the police?”

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation Tuesday allowing California residents to sue not only gun makers, but also gun dealers if a firearm they sold under certain circumstances is afterwards used in a crime.

Gun stores in Canada have seen handguns fly off the shelves, with many selling out altogether after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was freezing all pistol purchases.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) began Valentine’s Day by sending a tweet which encouraged individuals to rat out “former (or current) partners” for selling guns. 

Lancaster Online reported Tuesday that agents with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, (ATF) seized firearms from an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania’s Leacock Township. 

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) collected data showing there were more than 5.4 million first-time gun buyers in 2021. 

The Economist pointed to the growing diversity of gun owners in America and noted that it is “bad for gun-control advocates.”

President Joe Biden took questions on Saturday’s Texas synagogue attack and suggested more gun control would not have stopped the attacker.

Joe Biden noted that suspect, Faisal Akram, 44, a British national, had allegedly purchased his gun on the street, before the incident.

New York is on pace to record its second-highest level of annual gun sales ever as 2021 draws to a close.

The FBI conducted 187,585 National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) checks on gun sales and transfers on Black Friday 2021 alone.

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks for October 2021 represented the second-most checks for any October in history. 

A panel for the United State Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated a pro-gun, July ruling, on Wednesday, describing to the foregoing decision as “moot.”

A National Firearms Study examining gun purchases from the beginning of 2019 shows nearly half of first-time gun buyers are women.

August 2021 saw the second-most number of National Instant  Background Check System (NICS) checks of any August in history.