Guns Sales and NICS Background Checks Break all Records in March 2020

By Dean Weingarten

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- The NICS numbers for March 2020, established new, all-time records for both the number of projected sales as well as the numbers of NICS background checks done in one month.

The previous record for one month was set in December of 2015. In December of 2015, there were 3,314,594 NICS background checks done. The number of recorded long gun, handgun, other and multiple x (2.5) were recorded as 2,213,121 firearms, as a good approximation.

In March of 2020, the NICS background checks done were 3,709,562. That is an increase of 12% more than the record set in December of 2015.

The approximation of firearm sales for March of 2020 was 2,373,193. That is an increase in sales of 7% more than the previous record in December of 2015.

It has been noted before that NICS checks for carry permits and carry permit rechecks have been increasing much faster than checks for firearm …Read the Rest

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