May 2018 Sets Another Background Check Record

By NRAHQ

Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Numbers are supposed to be a universal truth.

The issue that arises with numbers – specifically the number of NICS checks run by the FBI – is the interpretation or presentation. Narratives shift depending on how the numbers “need” to be reported. High numbers of gun sales? Fear-based clinging to guns. Low numbers? Well, we haven’t had low numbers of NICS checks in quite some time.

Unless you view the latest numbers through the prism of anti-gun worldviews. The sub-headline for the article “Guns Aren’t Selling as Well as They Were After Parkland” on Bloomberg reads “Firearms sales fell last month.” Looking at the overall NICS Firearm Background Checks numbers from the FBI, total checks fell from 2.2 million in April to 2.0 million in May. That article was published on June 4.

An April 3 article in Bloomberg offered a different take on the March numbers: “Gun sales soared last month…the highest March number since the FBI began releasing data in 1998.”

Universal truth, right? Well, May 2018 was the single busiest May in the history of NICS. That marks the third month in a row that set the record for each …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand