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The FBI conducted 187,585 National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) checks on gun sales and transfers on Black Friday 2021 alone.

A panel for the United State Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated a pro-gun, July ruling, on Wednesday, describing to the foregoing decision as “moot.”

A National Firearms Study examining gun purchases from the beginning of 2019 shows nearly half of first-time gun buyers are women.

August 2021 saw the second-most number of National Instant  Background Check System (NICS) checks of any August in history. 

A video apparently made during the Spring 2020 surge in gun sales shows ATF nominee David Chipman mocking first-time gun buyers as “Tiger King” and suggesting they endanger families.

June 2021 proved to be the second highest June for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks ever.

The Washington Post fact checked President Joe Biden’s claim that the purchase of cannons was prohibited by the Second Amendment and labeled the claim “false.”

May 2021 proved to be the 17th consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks for firearm sales and transfers.

In a column highlighting the surge in gun sales, the New York Times admitted, new gun buyers are less likely “to be male and white.”

Etsy is banning the sale of gun parts and gun accessories, effective Tuesday, on its online marketplace platform.

April 2021 proved to be the 16th consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks for firearm sales and transfers.

March 2021 set a single month record for the number of National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks performed. 

Amid reports Hunter Biden may have given false information on an ATF background check form, it is notable that the punishment for false answers on that form includes fines up to $250,000 and/or ten years of imprisonment.

Asian Americans are flocking to gun stores to arm themselves for self-defense amid the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. 

“Stimulus check equals gun money,” Brandon Wexler, owner of Wex Gunworks in Florida, told Forbes’ Aaron Smith last week.

A report from Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting (SAAF) shows handgun and long gun imports to the U.S. surged 60 percent in 2020 from the previous year.

February 2021 saw more NICS checks than any February in history, and that comes on the heels of 13 months in which a record for NICS checks was set for each month.

A report by the Washington Post indicates over two million guns were sold during January 2021.

January 2021 shattered the previous all-time high for the number of National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks performed in any month. 

On Saturday, The Hill reported on the record surge in firearm sales and suggested “spotty unrest” since the 2020 presidential election is a partial factor in the rush to buy a firearm.

Americans underwent over 21 million background checks and purchased nearly 23 million firearms during 2020.

December 2020 was the 12th consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks.

At this point in December it is already apparent that Americans bought approximately 21 million guns this year, an increase of 73 percent over the number of guns purchased in 2019.

Illinois saw a 167 percent surge in applications for Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) cards through November this year as compared to 2017 numbers.

November 2020 was the eleventh consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks.

Over 186,000 firearm background checks were performed on Black Friday 2020, making it the fourth-highest one-day total for National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks on record.

There are nearly 20 million concealed carry permit holders in the United States and perhaps untold millions more who carry every day in the 16 states that don’t require such permits.

Figures from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) show that nearly seven million first-time buyers purchased guns between January 1, 2020, and October 31, 2020.

October 2020 was the tenth straight month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks for gun sales.

An Arizona gun store owner told Breitbart News that Joe Biden’s gun control proposals would crush small gun stores and erase the Second Amendment freedoms that Arizonans cherish and enjoy.

Gun sales year-to-date in 2020 already surpass the total number of guns sold for all of 2019.

The stock for renowned gun maker Smith & Wesson is up 130 percent his year, amid the unprecedented surge in gun sales. 

The run on guns and ammunition in the U.S. during 2020 is compounded by the fact that it is hunting season, and interest in hunting has increased.

Economist and gun scholar John R. Lott, Jr., used a Wall Street Journal op-ed Monday to ask voters to imagine how American industry would look if we treated the Ford Motor Company the way Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden wants to treat Ruger, Daniel Defense, and Sig Sauer.

Figures released Saturday show September 2020 was the ninth consecutive month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks for gun sales.

Michael Bloomberg-founded Everytown for Gun Safety is opting to push healthcare instead of new gun laws in swing states as the November election approaches.