Gun Sales

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

December 2020 was the 12th consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks.

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.

Illinois saw a 167 percent surge in applications for Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) cards through November this year as compared to 2017 numbers.

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.

There are nearly 20 million concealed carry permit holders in the United States and perhaps untold millions more who carry every day in the 16 states that don’t require such permits.

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.

An Arizona gun store owner told Breitbart News that Joe Biden’s gun control proposals would crush small gun stores and erase the Second Amendment freedoms that Arizonans cherish and enjoy.

Gun sales year-to-date in 2020 already surpass the total number of guns sold for all of 2019.

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

The run on guns and ammunition in the U.S. during 2020 is compounded by the fact that it is hunting season, and interest in hunting has increased.

Economist and gun scholar John R. Lott, Jr., used a Wall Street Journal op-ed Monday to ask voters to imagine how American industry would look if we treated the Ford Motor Company the way Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden wants to treat Ruger, Daniel Defense, and Sig Sauer.

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.

Michael Bloomberg-founded Everytown for Gun Safety is opting to push healthcare instead of new gun laws in swing states as the November election approaches.

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

National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates that ammunition sales were up 139 percent in the first six months 2020 as compared to sales during the first six months of 2019.

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. 

As millions of Americans have poured into gun stores and set background check records for seven straight months the normally vocal gun grabbers on the left have gone silent.

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

Applications for firearm purchases in New Jersey have surged to a point that this year has already witnessed more applications than were submitted in 2018 and 2019 combined.

A Rasmussen Reports survey shows likely voter support for gun control has dropped double digits since this time last year.

Gun purchases in the state of New York jumped 121 percent in June 2020, compared to the sales which took place in June 2019. 

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates that gun purchases by black men and black women are up 58 percent from 2019. 

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

Amid the surge in gun sales that began in March and continues even now, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) estimates 40 percent of sales are going to first time gun buyers. 

Virginia gun sales surged 157 percent during the month of June as Virginians reacted to coronavirus uncertainties, protests and riots, and the steady growth of gun control under Gov. Ralph Northam’s (D) Democrat-led state government.