2019 Industry Victories Lead To 2020 Work To Be Done

By Ammoland

Opinion
By Larry Keane

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- The firearms industry had reason to celebrate in 2019. NICS checks are now increasing, an opportunity arose and the National Shooting Sports Foundation is marking legislative victories.

Industry indicators show a healthy and robust firearms and ammunition manufacturing industry. This year’s NICS checks consistently beat the pace of 2018 each month since April.

Economic Indicators

The total number of firearm background checks conducted on Black Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, was 202,465. That is the second-highest single day for the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in history, dating back to 1998 when NICS was implemented. It also represents an 11 percent increase over last year’s Black Friday total. Checks for November 2019 totaled 1,342,155, a 2.1 percent increase over November 2018. December’s figures were still being tallied when this went to publication, as was the year’s total as this was being written, but some suggested this year’s total adjusted NICS checks would surpass those of 2018.

That’s not the only beacon. The firearms and ammunition industry total economic output in …Read the Rest

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