{"id":2022773,"date":"2023-09-05T20:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-million-guns-sold-in-august-49th-straight-month-of-over-1-million-sales\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T20:58:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:58:49","slug":"2-million-guns-sold-in-august-49th-straight-month-of-over-1-million-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-million-guns-sold-in-august-49th-straight-month-of-over-1-million-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"August saw the sale of 2 million guns, marking the 49th consecutive month with over 1 million sales."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2-million-guns-sold-in-august-49th-straight-month-of-over-1-million-sales%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Gun sales in the United States exceeded 2 million \u2063last month\u2014the 49th straight month in which firearm \u200dsales crossed a million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>In August, 2.04 million checks were conducted through the FBI\u2019s \u2062National Instant Criminal Background Check \u200bSystem (NICS), according to \u2063an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2023\/09\/05\/august-2023-gun-sales-top-11-million-at-least\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> by Guns.com. Though this is a \u200c16.4 percent \u200cdip from the 2.45 million checks conducted in August 2022, the\u2063 numbers \u200care \u200bstill higher when compared to the years before the COVID-19 pandemic of \u200d2020, it said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>This August registered the \u2062fifth highest NICS checks for any August in the past 25 years.\u2064 This was also the 49th consecutive month \u200dthat gun sales\u2063 crossed\u2062 the 1 million mark.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/catholic-police-officers-urged-to-take-guns-to-church-after-data-breach-5486393\">Catholic Police Officers Urged to Take Guns to\u2062 Church \u200cAfter Data Breach<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/5\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/catholic-police-officers-urged-to-take-guns-to-church-after-data-breach-5486393\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/less-than-half-of-cross-border-mail-packages-x-rayed-for-guns-federal-report-5485411\">Less Than Half \u200dof Cross-Border Mail Packages X-Rayed for Guns: Federal Report<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/2\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/less-than-half-of-cross-border-mail-packages-x-rayed-for-guns-federal-report-5485411\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Data from the\u2062 National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) showed around\u200c 1.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-boom-fbi-ran-187585-background-checks-on-black-friday-alone\/\" title=\"Gun Boom: FBI Ran 187,585 Background Checks on Black Friday Alone\">1 million background checks<\/a> last month, down 13\u200c percent\u2064 from the same month last year.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200bNICS numbers include checks conducted for reasons like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-million-guns-sold-in-august-49th-straight-month-of-over-1-million-sales\/\" title=\"August saw the sale of 2 million guns, marking the 49th consecutive month with over 1 million sales.\">clearing concealed carry permit applications<\/a>, the NSSF adjusts\u200c these \u200dnumbers. As such, NSSF\u200d data is seen as a potentially truer depiction of retail gun \u2063sales.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Guns.com, Mark Oliva, public affairs\u200c officer with the NSSF, said that the 1.1 million gun sales \u2062figure shows \u201cthe desire for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-gun-prices-are-sky-high\/\" title=\"Why Gun Prices Are Sky High\">lawful firearm ownership<\/a> is far from over.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAmericans, literally\u2062 by the millions, are investing in exercising their Second Amendment rights.\u2062 This has \u200bhappened every month for more than four years continuously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile \u200bthe Biden administration \u2062proposes rules to infringe on fundamental American rights and certain governors, attorneys general and district attorneys general and district attorneys refuse to lock up criminals that prey on communities without consequence, Americans \u200bare sending a clear and \u2063unequivocal message \u200bthat their \u200bpersonal safety, and the free exercise of their rights, is non-negotiable.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to safety research organization Safehome, around 17.4\u2063 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safehome.org\/data\/firearms-guns-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guns<\/a> were sold across the United States in 2022, a lower number compared to 2021 and 2020.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>The organization attributed the decline to \u201cconsumers reducing \u200dtheir spending and \u2063the economy experiencing inflationary pressures that have led to a slowdown in discretionary expenses overall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gun sales saw a 64 percent increase in 2020, the biggest annual rise in two decades. The current downward trend \u201cindicates a return \u200bto the typical sales figures seen in the years prior to 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sales \u2062boom in 2020 was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to which people spent more time\u200d in outdoor activities, Safehome said while pointing out that 2020 was also\u2062 a presidential election year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraditionally, \u200celection years can spark\u2062 an increase in gun\u200c buying as customers may worry new leaders could \u200cchange laws regarding \u200cgun ownership. There were similar smaller increases in gun sales in 2016 and \u20622012, both presidential election years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>In 2022, states like Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska had the highest estimated gun sales \u200dper capita. In contrast, this figure was the lowest in Iowa, \u2064Oregon, and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<h2>Biden\u2019s Gun \u2062Crackdown<\/h2>\n<p>While gun \u200bsales continue to exceed a million on a monthly \u200dbasis, the\u2062 Biden administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/judge-dismisses-third-attempt-to-block-washington-state-assault-weapons-ban-5486094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposing<\/a> a rule that would essentially \u2063classify any American who sells guns as a firearms dealer, thereby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-dismisses-third-attempt-to-block-washington-state-assault-weapons-ban\/\" title=\"Judge dismisses third attempt to block Washington State's 'assault weapons' ban.\">tightening gun control measures<\/a> in the \u200dcountry.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>President Joe Biden speaks during an event to celebrate the\u200d passage of the &#8220;Bipartisan\u2063 Safer Communities Act,&#8221; a law meant to reduce \u200dgun\u200d violence, on\u2064 the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington on July 11, 2022. (Evan Vucci\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At present, individuals can engage in selling firearms\u2064 without\u2064 having to be a \u2063registered firearms dealer. The new rules would classify gun sales under \u2064business activities and require that individuals get a license as\u200c well as\u2064 undertake background checks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Randy Kozuch, executive\u200b director of the National Rifle Association\u2013Institute for Legislative Action (NRA\u2013ILA), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20230901\/biden-atf-declares-war-on-second-amendment-sidesteps-congress-with-universal-background-check-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> the move a \u201cwar \u200bon the Second\u200c Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Gun Owners Association said the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/tell-congress-to-defund-and-repeal-the-atfs-new-ubc-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rule<\/a> is \u201cvirtually\u200c outlawing \u200cprivate firearm transactions to ensure the government gets its hands on your personal information and \u200btransaction records for their \u200dillegal gun registry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Biden\u200b administration\u200d had also introduced a law that would make Americans felons if caught possessing an unregistered\u2063 braced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/goa-gof-state-of-texas-secure-preliminary-injunction-against-biden-pistol-brace-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firearm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Multiple federal judges have issued \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/us-pistol-brace-rule-likely-illegal-federal-appeals-court-rules-2023-08-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preliminary<\/a> orders blocking the rule from being enacted. However, these rules only apply to members \u200bof the groups\u2062 who \u200cfiled lawsuits and in\u2064 the jurisdictions of \u2063the judges who issued the verdicts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<h2>Guns Promote Safety<\/h2>\n<p>President Biden and Vice President\u2064 Kamala Harris are also pushing\u2064 for a nationwide ban\u200d on &#8220;assault weapons.&#8221; In\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nra-digs-history-push-back-kamala-harris-claim-assault-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> to\u200b Fox\u2064 News, the NRA criticized such attempts.<\/p>\n<p>The organization pointed out that the AR-15 \u2062rifle, which many\u2063 gun control advocates \u2062refer to as an \u200c&#8221;assault weapon,&#8221; is one of the most popular self-defense rifles in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA testament to this is \u200cthe 8-month pregnant Florida mother who, with her AR-15,\u200b defended her\u2064 family from two armed intruders who brutally assaulted her \u2064husband,\u201d NRA spokesman\u2062 Billy McLaughl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun sales in the US surpassed 2 million last month, marking the 49th consecutive month with over a million firearm sales. In August, 2.04 million background checks were conducted through the FBI&#8217;s NICS, a 16.4% decrease from the previous month&#8217;s 2.45 million checks, as reported by Guns.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":2022774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2022773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2022773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2022773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2022774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2022773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2022773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2022773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}