April 2024 marked the fifty-seventh consecutive month of more than one million National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks for gun sales or transfers.
On April 2, 2024, Breitbart News reported that March ended with more than 1.4 million NICS checks for gun sales, which stretched the streak of more than one million background checks a month to 56 months.
FBI records of NICS checks from April show the streak has now reached 57 months.
The total number of NICS checks for April was nearly 2.4 million, and that includes checks on concealed carry permit holders and others beyond the scope of simple gun sales.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) took the FBI data and ascertained that more than 1.2 million NICS checks were for gun sales/transfers.
Mark Oliva, NSSF’s manager and director of public affairs, commented:
President Biden has used every tool at his disposal to attack the firearm industry, from publishing Constitutionally-dubious and overreaching administrative rules that bypass Congress to create criminal law to weaponizing the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security to throttle firearm and ammunition manufacturers and exporters. He attacks gun owners while ignoring criminals. Americans reject these misdirected and politically motivated maneuvers to infringe on their Second Amendment freedoms and punish the industry that makes it possible to exercise the rights to keep and bear arms. By the millions, for 57 months straight, Americans choose to lawfully purchase, keep and use the firearms of their choosing.
It is important to note the figure of 1.2 million-plus NICS checks for April may not correlate precisely with the number of guns sold, as NICS checks are done on the buyer rather than the gun(s) purchased. A buyer who passes a background check may buy more than one gun while in the store.
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