23 Million Background Checks in 2015

[longknife]

Appears the statement is true that Obama's the gun manufacturer's best salesman. Just in December along, 3,314,592 checks recorded by the FBI. And that doesn't even include guns bought by criminals and terrorists. No wonder Smith & Wessen stock is up over 100% this year.

 

[waltky]

Background checks have surged 32% in the past year...

FBI: Gun Background Checks Surged During First Six Months of 2016
July 22, 2016 | The number of applications for federal background checks, which are legally required for potential firearm buyers, surged during the first half of 2016, according to data released in early July by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Applications for background checks have increased 32 percent in the past year, according to the FBI. Nearly 14 million were recorded in the first six months of 2016, compared to about 10 million in the first six months of 2015. FBI data shows that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) received 2,131,485 background-check applications in June, 39 percent more than the 1,529,057 applications that were filed in June 2015. (See nics_data.pdf) “There have been 26.5 million checks during the last 12 months, more than in any 12-month period previously,” the National Rifle Association (NRA) reported. “If the present rate of checks holds through December, there will be over 32 million checks conducted this year, more than double the number conducted during President Obama’s first year in office.”

Applications tend to surge at the end of the year, near the holidays. The highest application-traffic month on record was December 2015, with 3,314,594 background checks filed - the first month since November 1998 to exceed 3 million applications. Further FBI data show that the rising number of background-check applications received by NICS has been a trend throughout Obama’s second term. NICS’s top 10 highest-application traffic days have all occurred since November 2012, with the highest day - Nov. 27, 2015 - bringing in 185,345 applications. Six of its 10 highest-traffic weeks occurred in the past eight months. However, the record week was Dec. 17 to Dec. 23, 2012, with 953,613 applications filed.

The NRA attributes the sharp upward trend in applications for legal gun ownership since 2012 to Americans’ increasing interest in defending themselves against crime and terrorism. “Obviously in the-- kind of the fabric of the American culture in recent years, terrorism and crime have been major headline makers, and Americans increasingly feel that their self-defense is their responsibility,” said NRA spokesman Jason Brown in an interview with CNSNews.com. “And the way by which they ensure their defense, the defense of their family and their property, is to go out, buy a firearm, receive proper training in how to use that firearm, and know and have the peace of mind that they are able to defend themselves, their families and their property in the event of an incident like crime, in the event of an incident like terrorism, etc.,” Brown continued. “That is what we believe is one of the primary drivers for why there has been such a large increase in the number of NICS background checks,” he said.

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[yiostheoy]

The only thing that is new in the USA is the recurrence of mass shootings.

So this must be a reaction by the population to arm and defend themselves.

So not only is BHO a great gun salesman, but so is ISIS.