{"id":400143,"date":"2021-04-08T13:28:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T17:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=400143"},"modified":"2021-04-08T13:28:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T17:28:42","slug":"firearm-background-checks-soar-to-record-high-in-march-ahead-of-biden-gun-control-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/firearm-background-checks-soar-to-record-high-in-march-ahead-of-biden-gun-control-push\/","title":{"rendered":"Firearm Background Checks Soar To Record High In March Ahead Of Biden Gun Control Push"},"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\">30<\/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%2Ffirearm-background-checks-soar-to-record-high-in-march-ahead-of-biden-gun-control-push%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=400143&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3289.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Background checks for gun sales soared to an all-time record in March, reportedly spurred on by President Joe Biden\u2019s threats to increase federal gun regulations, and by a wave of $1400 COVID-19 stimulus checks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2021-04-01\/firearm-background-checks-soar-to-record-high-in-march\">U.S. News and World Report noted Thursday<\/a> that the FBI reported a record number of gun background checks in March. The bureau \u201cconducted nearly 4.7 million background checks, breaking the record high that was just&nbsp;set in January, another month that was marked with violence and turmoil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarch\u2019s background checks represent a 36% increase from February, which saw about 3.44 million checks. Additionally, nearly 1 million more background checks took place last month than in March 2020,\u201d the outlet added.<\/p>\n<p>Although it is not clear whether every background check resulted in a gun purchase \u2014 each individual sale is governed by varying state laws, and many buyers may not pass the FBI investigation \u2014 an increase in the number of background checks does appear to correlate with an increase in the number of gun sales, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/biden-stimulus-checks-spark-historic-surge-in-gun-sales-especially-ar-15s\">according to the Washington Examiner<\/a>, citing gun retailer groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the FBI release, for example, Small Arms Analytics &amp; Forecasting reported that sales are set to break the yearly record of 22.8 million in 2021. \u2018For the first quarter of 2021 as a whole, about 5.9 million firearms were sold as opposed to 5.2 million in the first quarter of 2020. If this rate of sales were to be sustained throughout 2021, last year\u2019s record sales of 22.8 million would be broken,&#8217;\u201d one group noted to the Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in the number of background checks also seems to correlate with the threat of increased gun regulation and, in March, the number of gun background checks spiked following two reported mass shootings, both of which were followed by an increase in gun control rhetoric from the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the top 10 days for most background checks, six were in March 2021, according to FBI data, including the top three days,\u201d US News reported. \u201cFollowing deadly mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado, gun sales soared and five of the top days occurred following either one or both shootings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to mass shootings, gun-control legislation can also be a driver of gun sales and House Democrats on March 11 passed a pair of gun-control bills that would expand background check requirements on all gun sales and transfers,\u201d the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, President Joe Biden is expected to announce gun control executive orders on Thursday that will expand federal background checks, outlaw sales of \u201cghost guns\u201d \u2014 homemade, often 3D printed firearms, without serial numbers \u2014 and implement so-called \u201cred flag\u201d provisions, controversial rules that limit gun sales to people who have a record of being treated for mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has, as of yet, refused to commit to stricter regulations on so-called \u201cassault\u201d weapons and high-capacity magazines, noting in previous interactions with the media that those restrictions must be passed by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner noted, also, that the Biden administration may have inadvertently spurred the increase in gun sales by passing a coronavirus relief bill that issued $1400 stimulus checks to most American taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are obvious factors at play here: Biden\u2019s gun rhetoric being No. 1, as well as two mass shootings that were heavily covered in the media. However, we also saw a lot of transactions of around $1,400 starting on March 17, so it appears many people are using their stimulus money to buy guns,\u201d one gun retailer told the examiner.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background checks for gun sales soared to an all-time record in March, reportedly spurred on by President Joe Biden\u2019s threats to increase federal gun regulations, and by a wave of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311865,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3289.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Firearm Background Checks Soar To Record High In March Ahead Of Biden Gun Control Push","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3289.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Firearm Background Checks Soar To Record High In March Ahead Of Biden Gun Control Push","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400143","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}