Plateauing Demand: Have Americans Reached ‘Peak Gun?’

In the first quarter of this year, 9,227 people applied for a license to carry in the county, and 8,802 were issued. The high number of applicants continued into the second quarter despite the drop in PICS transactions as 9,267 people applied and 8,745 were issued. “The [license to carry] applications have increased in 2021, … Read more

Pennsylvania Background Checks Generate A Lot of False Positives

Pennsylvania, like most states, had a lot of firearm sales in March. The state performed over 300,000 background checks in the first quarter — over 8300 on March 20 alone — which was enough to briefly crash the state’s online system. The Keystone State also had 4,866 denials during the quarter. No doubt victim disarmers … Read more