Posted February 12, 2018 2:04 pm by Comments

By Dean Weingarten

Trump Era NICS Gun Checks, 2018 Starts Same as 2017
Trump Era NICS Gun Checks, 2018 Starts Same as 2017

Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- The second year of the Trump era of the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) has started with numbers the same as the first year.

There were 2,030,530 checks done in January of 2018. That is 99.4% of the 2,043,184 checks done in January of 2017, virtually unchanged.

January has a traditional fall-off in sales compared to the record-breaking month of December, with Christmas in full swing. The month of January in 2013 and 2016 were higher than January, 2018, but both of those years were marked by significant concerns that politicians would ignore the “shall not be infringed” words in the Second Amendment, and implement stringent restrictions on purchasing, owning, and using firearms.

In 2013, it was fear that pressure from President Obama and a Republican Congress fearful of the intense media push for restrictions would cave to the Progressive desire to restrict firearms ownership.

The effort ultimately failed, but many believed it would succeed.

In 2016, it was fear of a Hillary Clinton presidency. Hillary had signaled an antagonism to enforcement of Second Amendment rights.

With the election of President Trump, many predicted that NICS background checks …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand

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