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       Gun sales soar
   DIR By: allmanav
       Date: March 7, 2020, 4:32 pm
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       For the 10th month in a row, gun sales data has climbed
       nationwide as politicians and anti-gun advocates press for more
       restrictions on legal firearms.
       If February 2020’s figures are an indicator of what the coming
       year has to offer, the firearms industry is in for a booming
       year. The second month of the year saw a significant increase in
       firearm background checks when compared to the data from
       February 2019.
       The non adjusted number of 2,776,380 checks conducted through
       the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal
       Background Check System in the first month of the year is a
       36.9% jump from the unadjusted FBI NICS figure of 2,028,667 in
       February 2019.
       When the figures are adjusted — removing data for gun permit
       checks and rechecks by states which use NICS for that purpose —
       the latest total stands at 1,294,123, according to the National
       Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade organization for the U.S.
       gun industry. This number is a 16.9% increase when compared
       against the February 2019 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of
       1,109,087.
       Where the increase was all out of portion was in Virginia, where
       licensed gun dealers saw a 63.4 % increase over the February
       2019 adjusted NICS figures.
       The Commonwealth is currently amidst a campaign by the
       Democrat-controlled state legislature for increased gun
       regulations. In recent days, at least five new measures ranging
       from allowing cities and counties to establish their own local
       gun restrictions to a controversial “red flag” seizure bill have
       been forwarded to Gov. Ralph Northam’s desk for signature.
       When it comes to the national figures, February 2020 is the 10th
       month in a row that the number of adjusted checks was higher
       than the previous year’s data.
       It should also be noted that the true number of guns sold across
       the country is likely higher than what NICS figures suggest. The
       data does not include private gun sales in most states or cases
       where a carry permit is used as alternatives to the background
       check requirements of the 1994 Brady law which allows the
       transfer of a firearm over the counter by a federal firearms
       license holder without first performing a NICS check.
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