Making Merry: Over 680,000 Firearm Background Checks Performed During Black Friday Week

From the NSSF . . . NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, revealed that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) completed 680,671 background checks related to firearms for the week leading up to, and including, “Black Friday,” one of the busiest shopping days of the year. That figure is down slightly from … Read more

November Background Check Total Makes 2021 The Second Highest Gun Sales Year on Record

November’s adjusted NICS background check total of 1.543 million, which includes the heavy Black Friday week sales, has already made 2021 the second biggest year for gun sales on record. The NSSF’s Mark Oliva had this to say . . . The report of November’s figures puts 2021 as the second strongest year for firearm … Read more

Over 687,000 Background Checks Processed During Black Friday Week – What Did You Buy?

From the NSSF . . . The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearm industry trade association, revealed that the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) processed 687,788 background checks during the week leading up to and including Black Friday. FBI’s NICS recorded 187,585 on Black Friday alone, ranking it among the Top … Read more

It’s Looking Like a Very Good Christmas for Gun Makers

While the industry is in a better spot than it has been lately, firearms manufacturers still have a ways to go before they’re truly healthy again. That’s because much of the gain the industry is seeing this year — and what made a lot of buyers shop for guns on Black Friday — is being … Read more

Black Friday Was the Second Biggest NICS Check Day in History

Americans recognize a threat to their Second Amendment rights when they hear it. And they’ve been hearing it in ever more strident tones for months now. The result: the latest Democrat-fueled gun boom is well and truly on. And the buying frenzy led to the second-largest NICS check volume in FBI history on Friday. The … Read more