National Shooting Sports Foundation

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) released data Tuesday showing background checks for suppressors and other National Firearms Act (NFA) items was up 121 percent January 2026 versus January 2025.

On Thursday, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported that the number of firearms “in civilian possession” topped 500 million by the end of 2023.

More than 165,000 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks were conducted on Black Friday 2025.

President Trump vowed, “The God-given right to bear arms shall not be infringed,” in a message celebrating National Shooting Sports Month.

Citigroup announced an end to its discriminatory policy against the firearms industry, alluding to President Trump’s executive orders.

Reps. Darrell Issa (R) and Richard Hudson (R), with Sen. Jim Risch (R), are pushing a bill to bar states from enacting excise taxes on guns.

Having Kash Patel in the position of ATF Acting Director is spurring optimism among gun rights groups that the ATF will be reined in.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced legislation to block various agencies from banning the use of lead tackle and ammunition.

The gun control publication The Trace reports gun sales are “plummeting” then also notes “Americans’ appetite for firearms remains well above historic norms.”

SHOT Show 2025 went from January 21-24 and Breitbart News was there to see the crowds, feel the excitement, and see gun upon gun upon gun.

Americans own more than 30 million modern sporting rifles, which are guns that Democrats refer to as “assault weapons.”

A report from the National Sports Shooting Foundation (NSSF) shows the number of firearms in civilian possession topped 490 million in 2022.

There were over 15.2 million National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks performed for gun sales at retail in 2024, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).

Attorneys General Matt Platkin (D-NJ)  and Keith Ellison (D-MN) are joined by 12 other state attorneys general in suing Glock.

November 2024 was the 64th consecutive month with more than one million background checks conducted for gun sales at retail. 

Nearly 170,000 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks were conducted on November 29, which was Black Friday 2024.

On November 12, 2024, a lawsuit was filed challenging the 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases which Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed into law in August.

October 2024 was the 63rd consecutive month of over one million National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks for gun sales at retail.

July 2024 was the 60th consecutive month of over one million background checks for gun sales and/or firearm transfers. 

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation on Monday designed to simplify the purchase rules related to firearm suppressors.

A CNN report drawn from a recent survey of gun owners shows that more Americans are armed for self-defense than ever before.

Republican VP candidate JD Vance said his mamaw kept 19 loaded handguns hidden throughout her house so one was “always within arm’s length.”

Rep. Wesley Hunt (R) defended private ownership of AR-15 rifles at the Republican National Convention Tuesday and warned that allowing Democrats to restrict them equates to “letting the fox into the henhouse.”

President Joe Biden is protected by many of the very guns he criticized Tuesday and claims he wants to “outlaw.”

Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed legislation to prohibit credit card companies from tracking firearm and firearm-related purchases in Louisiana. 

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed legislation Tuesday that ends state business with financial companies that discriminate against firearm manufacturers and others in the gun industry.

April 2024 marked the fifty-seventh consecutive month of more than one million NICS checks for gun sales or transfers.

A report from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates Americans own over 700 million ammunition magazines with a greater than ten-round capacity.

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

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is introducing legislation to protect FFLs from the ATF’s weaponized “zero tolerance” policy.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s SHOT Show 2024 wrapped up Friday, ending a week of exciting new product launches which included numerous new pistols, rifles, and shotguns, as well as optics and firearm accessories.

Firearm production in the United States was 28 percent higher during Biden’s first year in office than it was during Trump’s last.

A press release from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) shows there were an estimated 473.2 million firearms in U.S. civilian hands by the end of 2021.

Hundreds of thousands of Indiana gun buyers’ private information–include gun purchase records–is at risk of being disclosed. 

A three-judge panel for the Third Circuit dismissed a lawsuit against New Jersey’s gun liability law Thursday.

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.