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March 4th, 2020, 09:25 AM #1
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Boom: FBI gun checks surge 30% amid Biden, Bloomberg gun grab threats
FBI gun background checks required in most weapon sales have jumped 30% as consumers have rushed in to gun stores and shows to load up amid threats from Democratic presidential candidates to end sales and safety concerns as the coronavirus spreads.
Background checks in January and February recorded the highest number ever for the period, said the FBI.
In just two months, there have been 5,505,169 checks. Last year, there were 4,218,980 background checks in January and February.
If the trend continues the way arms industry officials expect, 2020 will record the most-ever checks through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, at over 30 million.
"Sales are in record territory for both January and February for us.
Along with political pressure, coronavirus fears are also driving sales. In particular, entry-level AR-15s are selling extremely well, and thankfully, unlike the Obama years, there’s enough inventory in the pipeline to satisfy demand. It should be an interesting year," said Justin Anderson, the director of marketing for Hyatt Guns of Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the nation's biggest.
The NICS number is a key barometer on gun sales. The system is used for sales from federal firearm license holders, such as gun shows, but misses private sales and sales in a handful of states where it is not used. Checks are also made for concealed carry permits and other security needs.
Sales saw a similar surge in 2016 when Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton was polling ahead of Donald Trump for president. She had promised to enact an assault weapons ban like her husband did.
At a recent gun show in northern Virginia, lines to get in stretched blocks. Secrets witnessed long lines inside as people bought multiple guns, including so-called "ghost guns" that do not carry a serial number. And sales of pro-Trump goods like MAGA hats and flags were brisk.
This year, Michael Bloomberg, who funds several anti-gun groups and politicians, is spending heavily to win the nomination. And surging Joe Biden has teamed up with gun-banner Beto O’Rourke.
Bloomberg yesterday said during a Fox town hall, “The whole idea is to keep people from carrying guns.” He added during a discussion of his controversial “stop and frisk” policy he’s since apologized for, “You just have to make sure there's no guns.”
Biden, at a Texas rally, said that O’Rourke will be his gun czar. During his short presidential campaign, O’Rourke promised to take every sporting rifle in America. “Hell, yes, we're going to take your AR-15, your AK-47,” he said of the two most popular rifles in the world.
Biden has promised a new ban and wants to buy back every AR and AK in the country. He told a CNN debate, "The fact of the matter is they should be illegal, period. Look, the Second Amendment doesn't say you can't restrict the kinds of weapon people can own. You can't buy a bazooka, you can't have a flame thrower."
Trump, meanwhile, is expected to win a second endorsement from the National Rifle Association this year and has pledged to fight any gun grab.
At last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, he mocked O’Rourke’s gun plan and Biden’s erroneous claim that 150 million people have been killed by guns.Ecclesiastes 10:2 ...........
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March 4th, 2020, 11:23 AM #2
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Bloomberg, picking up where Obama left off as gun salesman of the year.
Galations 6:9...And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
Ashli Babbitt - Patriot
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March 4th, 2020, 11:41 AM #3
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I think the driving engine consists of more. Bloomberg and ilk represent(ed) what they want to do. New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, California represent what has been done and may be copied.
There are two kinds of guns. Those I have acquired, and those I hope to.
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March 4th, 2020, 04:23 PM #4Super Member
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Bloomberg is out of running but he says he will use his money to support all democratic candidates all over the country.
He bought Virginia and now he wants to buy the whole country.
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March 4th, 2020, 07:13 PM #5
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Maybe they are going to shoot the virus.
Any vote for a third party is a vote for a Democrat. You are the enemy.
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March 4th, 2020, 08:26 PM #6
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I'm thinking. I want twice what I paid for my AR. Then I'll immediately buy another AR and ANOTHER PISTOL.
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March 4th, 2020, 09:18 PM #7
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Biden likes using that line about how "you can't buy a flamethrower".
The problem with it is that any motherfucker who is breathing CAN buy a flamethrower!
God bless America!I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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March 4th, 2020, 09:45 PM #8
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The uncontrollable proliferation of legally owned firearms in America makes me happy like nothing else.
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March 5th, 2020, 09:31 AM #9
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I am thinking oct. of this year will be the record breaking month ,just before the election .
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March 5th, 2020, 09:43 AM #10PickingPA Guest
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FBI gun background checks required in most weapon sales have jumped 30% as consumers have rushed in to gun stores and shows to load up amid threats from Democratic presidential candidates to end sales and safety concerns as the coronavirus spreads.
Everybody knows that you don’t need a background check at gun shows, just use the loophole
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