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The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Has Created a De Facto Federal 10-Day Waiting Period for Gun Sales to Adults Under 21

March 5, 2025July 11, 2023 by Dan Zimmerman

Remember the wonderfully-named Bipartisan Safer Communities Act? That’s the federal gun control bill that Joe Biden and the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex crowed endlessly about passing last year. It was portrayed as a huge victory for the superannuated Commander In Chief and it made it through Congress in the fevered post-Uvalde climate when Texas Senator … Read more

The FBI’s NICS System Can’t Keep Up With the Demand for Background Checks

March 6, 2025July 3, 2021 by Dan Zimmerman

In recent years, the FBI — which manages the system that vets gun buyers — processed an average of 8.6 million gun background checks annually, according to historical data analyzed by FiveThirtyEight. But last year, the bureau processed 12,761,328 background checks, according to FBI data obtained by FiveThirtyEight through a public records request. Perhaps most … Read more

Another Month, Another NICS Record – November Background Checks Jump 41%

March 6, 2025December 1, 2020 by Dan Zimmerman

Yawn. It’s no longer considered news that Americans continue to buy guns at a never-seen-before pace. We’ve been beating down the doors of gun stores since March due to the pandemic and then civil unrest (not to mention prisoner releases and the defund-the-police movement). Throw in the usual Presidential election season bump in sales and … Read more

Gun Grabbers Grasping for Arguments As Americans’ Demand for Firearms Accelerates Post-Election

March 6, 2025November 8, 2020 by Dan Zimmerman

America’s civilian disarmament community was already severely stressed as a pandemic and social justice rioting resulted in monthly record gun and ammunition sales. Now, in a post-election environment with a Biden presidency looming, they’re grasping for any argument they can as the demand for the tools of armed self defense are now in even higher … Read more

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