National Instant Background Check (NICS) Numbers up for June, 2019

By Dean Weingarten

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- The National Instant Background Check System numbers broke a new record for June of 2019. It is the highest number of background checks for any June since the system was created. There were 2,312,309 background checks done in June of 2019. The next highest June was in 2016, with 2,197,169.

The number of background checks in the NICS system has been generally increasing for the life of the system. There are many reasons for this. The general population has been increasing. The number of guns being sold per capita has increased, especially when there have been political threats of gun bans and increased restrictions on gun buying and gun ownership. The number of reasons to conduct background checks through NICS has expanded to include gun permits and gun permit rechecks. The number of gun permits (mostly carry permits) has grown enormously.

Permits and permit rechecks now account for more than half of all NICS background checks. In June of 2019, the number of permit and permit rechecks totaled 1,367,012 of the 2,312,309 background checks.

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