Posted May 9, 2018 8:45 pm by Comments

By CN Staff

Another Month, Another Sales Record... and Another Million Guns Find Homes

By John Boch via TTAG

Too often, the mainstream media can’t seem to find room, with all the Russian wild goose-chasing, to report real news. New like the record number of NICS background checks in the month of April. Much to Michael Bloomberg’s and George Soros’ chagrin, 1,004,000 of those checks came prior to gun sales. Yes, Virginia, Americans brought home another million or so shootin’ irons last month.

Indeed, Americans kept the FBI very busy in April. Some will point out that NICS checks don’t equate to guns actually sold, and that’s true. However, a look at the more in-depth reporting of the FBI’s data shows exactly how many of those checks came prior to gun sales. The balance of the checks come from states performing re-verifications, or queries related to carry license applications.

Looking at April’s report: 563,601 checks came for handguns, 375,946 for long guns, 45,929 for “other,” and 19,349 checks for my favorite, “multiple gun purchases.” In short, over 1,004,825 guns.

For those asking for clarification on the “other” category, the FBI explains it as, “Refers to frames, receivers and other firearms that are not either handguns or long guns …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation

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