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    FBI saw record 3.7 million gun background checks in March amid coronavirus fears

    The FBI has recorded a record-breaking number of background checks required for firearms purchases in the span of a single month, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.

    In the month of March the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) managed by the FBI, recorded a total of 3,740,688 background check requests. The March sales represented the highest number of background check requests recorded by the system, surpassing the only other time requests exceeded 3 million, in the month of December 2015.


    NICS Firearm Background Checks by month from Nov. 30,1998 to March 31, 2020. (FBI)

    The FBI noted the numbers only represent the number of background checks requested, rather than the total number of firearms sold during the period of time.


    After subtracting raw data regarding background checks for firearms permit requests and renewals, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) calculated the number of background checks specifically for new firearms purchases at 2,375,525.

    The number represents a roughly 80 percent increase in background check requests directed for gun sales compared to the same month period in March of 2019.

    According to the Associated Press, the month of March 2020 also saw five of the top 10 days for background checks, including the highest day on record, March 20, 2020 when 210,000 background checks were conducted. On a week by week basis, four of the top ten weeks of background checks have since mid-February.

    The record breaking month began after the first recorded U.S. fatality from the coronavirus on Feb. 29 and saw continued spikes as many states declared closure orders affecting schools and businesses deemed non-essential.

    Various state and local governments have debated how to classify firearms retailers during the coronavirus pandemic, with some declaring the businesses as essential, while others have called for their closure.

    The Texas attorney general recently ruled that gun stores may stay open despite other individual cities and counties within the state debating including those stores in closure orders. The governor of Pennsylvania also recently ruled in favor of maintaining gun stores as “life sustaining” businesses that may stay open during the pandemic.

    In California, various counties have taken differing stances on whether gun stores must close and California Gov. Gavin Newsom called on shooting ranges to close despite threats of lawsuits from gun rights advocates.

    Some gun rights advocates have raised the record background check numbers as evidence of their views.

    “This is overwhelming evidence that Americans value their ability to take responsibility for their own safety in times of uncertainty,” Mark Oliva, a spokesman for the NSFF said. “The figures are simply eye-popping.”

    Meanwhile, gun-control activists have warned that adding a high number of firearms to populations of people largely stuck at home and stressed out about the virus could lead to an uptick in domestic violence and suicides.

    “We need to prepare for the increased risk of more firearms in untrained hands,” said David Chipman, a senior policy adviser with the Giffords gun control group. “If you didn’t think you needed a gun prior to March of this year, you certainly don’t need to rush out and get one now.”
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    M'ingAGA.
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    You just have to love it as it is a middle finger to the gun grabbers

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    Welcome all you new gun converts...it is up to you to take care of your loved ones...Police are there to write up a report and clean up the scene.

    Now educate yourself to gun safety and gun etiquette.

    Enjoy your new found Freedom.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RenoV8 View Post
    Welcome all you new gun converts...it is up to you to take care of your loved ones...Police are there to write up a report and clean up the scene.

    Now educate yourself to gun safety and gun etiquette.

    Enjoy your new found Freedom.
    Wonderful...i wonder how many will vote democrat none the less
    Judging by the number of anti gun politicians in this country, many established gun owners among the 92 million either don't vote or vote for an anti gun candidate.

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    I hope all these new gun owners receive proper training.

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    Quote Originally Posted by john9001 View Post
    I hope all these new gun owners receive proper training.
    You know what they say: "hope in one hand and shit in the other and see which one fills up first."

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    Quote Originally Posted by john9001 View Post
    I hope all these new gun owners receive proper training.
    They won't need training. I doubt most of them have the correct ammo for the gun they bought.
    Any vote for a third party is a vote for a Democrat. You are the enemy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by john9001 View Post
    I hope all these new gun owners receive proper training.
    Proper training for what to do in November.

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