NICS Numbers See Another One-Million Month

By Zac K

The NICS numbers are in for July, and guess what—we’re still over a million check-ups for the month! And in July of 2024, we finally saw a reversal of the year-long trend of year-over-year NICS decline.NICS News @ TFB: The October All Time Record for NICS Background Checks Was just Broken BREAKING: ATF Updates Form 4473 ‘NICS Check’ “Beat” NICS in Court? You’re Still Stuck With the Bill Firearms Transfer Record – Here Is The Newly Revised ATF 4473 – July’s NICS NumbersAccording to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the adjusted formula for NICS numbers gives an estimated 1,064,790 background checks for July 2024. That’s a 1.7 percent increase over last year’s figures; in July 2023, the unadjusted FBI NICS figure was 1,987,650.

This has changed a trend since December of 2023, which saw NICS numbers decline year-over-year when compared to the numbers from the same month the year before. What’s the reason for the switch?

Source: The Firearm Blog