We know that 2020 was a record year for firearms sales and we're beginning to see what those record setting numbers look like.
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_month_year_by_state.pdf/view
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommyb...le-background-checks-in-2020/?sh=62364efac426
https://www.tn.gov/tbi/divisions/cjis-division/firearm-background-checks.html#:~:text=In line with Tennessee law,been in operation since 1998.
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/...andguns-fear-uncertainty/stories/202101250010
Even MA had significant firearms sales increases!
What do we do for all these new gun owners? The obvious, help them learn to shoot safely and responsibly and show them that gun owners are not the evil enemy. So, look for them and help them.
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_month_year_by_state.pdf/view
Like many other states throughout the country, there was a record-setting surge in gun sales in Tennessee last year, with newly released data from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation revealing that firearm transactions increased by 53% compared to 2019.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommyb...le-background-checks-in-2020/?sh=62364efac426
KEY FACTS
Tennessee law requires that TBI personnel perform background checks on all prospective gun buyers and individuals attempting to redeem a firearm from a pawn shop.
According to TBI's Instant Check System, there were a whopping 740,000 background checks conducted in 2020, which is 256,000 more than in 2019.
Tennessee's TICS system has been in operation since 1998, and sales in 2020 alone accounted for more than 18% of all transactions during those 22 years.
The increase in background checks in Tennessee exceeded the 40% increase in FBI background checks for gun transactions nationwide in 2020.
Pam Beck, the assistant director of the TBI, said that the coronavirus pandemic was the primary reason for the rise in sales, but Beck also noted that national election, civil unrest and "talks of defunding the police, where people feel like they have to protect themselves" all contributed to people wanting to own a weapon.
BIG NUMBER:
58%. A report released by the National Shooting Sports Federation stated that 40% of all gun purchases (8.4 million) in 2020 were made by first-time buyers, and that the largest increase of any demographic category was the 58% spike in sales to Black Americans.
https://www.tn.gov/tbi/divisions/cjis-division/firearm-background-checks.html#:~:text=In line with Tennessee law,been in operation since 1998.
https://www.post-gazette.com/local/...andguns-fear-uncertainty/stories/202101250010
In 2020, Americans responded to perceived threats by breaking firearm sales records. In the new year, turmoil over the sanctity of the vote and fears that a new president might keep far-reaching gun-control campaign promises sparked a new rash of firearm sales.
Gun manufacturers’ supply lines in January are stretched thin. In Pittsburgh and across the country, retailers are struggling to meet demand, and some ammunition is hard to find.
“We saw record-breaking [numbers of] background checks in November and December, and finished 2020 with 21 million background checks,” said Mark Oliva, public affairs director for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearm industry trade association. “That’s 34% more than the previous high of 15.7 million in 2016.”
Mandated reviews of most gun customers’ police records by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and the Pennsylvania Instant Check System, are common barometers of legal firearm sales.
Even MA had significant firearms sales increases!
What do we do for all these new gun owners? The obvious, help them learn to shoot safely and responsibly and show them that gun owners are not the evil enemy. So, look for them and help them.
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