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Gun Rights Advocates Urges Trump To Reverse Social Security Data Inclusion in NICS Background Checks [VIDEO]
Gun rights advocates have reportedly now lobbied for the incoming Trump administration to do away with a recently finalized ruling that would collate information gathered from the Social Security System into the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) database. The ruling was originally submitted as part of the White House’s package of executive…
NRA Proudly Brags about 27 Million Firearm Background Checks in 2016
The National Rifle Association (NRA) seems to be quite happy with how 2016 had turned out as the organization tweeted the record breaking number of last year’s background checks on its official Twitter account. The organization expressed its delight on how Americans are apparently embracing their right to bear arms as indicated by the estimated…
South Carolina Sees Filing of New Real Estate Agent Background Check Bill
Background checks have always been reserved as an added security measure for high-profile or high risk situations such as firearm purchases, security-related job applications, and safety-related fields. However, a South Carolina State representative seems to want to make it as a requirement for people who want to apply for a real estate license and for…
South Carolina Senators files Senate Bills to close ‘Charleston Loophole’
On the fourth day of the federal trail for gunman, Dylan Roof, who shot down nine parishioners during a bible study session inside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, two of the state’s senator filed new background check Senate Bills that were aimed at closing the very loophole that allowed Roof…
2016 Black Friday sets new single-day gun background check record
The recently concluded 2016 Black Friday sales event saw hordes of consumers flocking to different retail outlets to try to get the best deals on the latest electronics and gadgets. However, new data from the FBI National Instant Background Check System (FBI NICS) has revealed that gadgets apparently weren’t the only things on people’s shopping…
Gun sales trend post-election: Consumer confidence gets boost with Trump win
The recently held presidential elections had varying effects on businesses, supply, manufacturing, and the economy as a whole. However, reports have now revealed that the election, and president-elect Donald Trump’s win, apparently also influenced the country’s overall gun sales trend. According to reports, several gun retailers had initially prepared themselves for a possible democratic win…
US Gun laws 2016: Newly passed California law aims at firearm ammunition regulation
A brand new regulation for firearms and ammunition has just recently passed into law in California. The new law is apparently infringing on the second amendment rights of law-abiding citizens; at least this is how some gun rights activists feel about the newly passed regulation which was recently approved by voters in the state. The…
Presidential election year set to break background check records
The number of firearm background checks, and consequently the number of guns purchased, continues to following an increasing trend as reported by the different gun manufacturers in the United States. The recently reported numbers have revealed an industry wide surge in the demand for firearms and shooting accessories in this presidential election year. The outdoor…
Federal Audit reveals FBI NICS still a work in progress
Gun control groups such as Moms Demand Action, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Mayors Against Illegal Guns have been lobbying its “Fix NICS” campaign, which aims to resolve the numerous issues currently plaguing the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, for quite a while now. However, the recently released federal audit seems to point…
August NICS background check data not indicative of market slowdown
Despite the previously released August data from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), it seems like gun manufacturers were not experiencing that bad of a month as some people would have been led to believe. According to reports, the dip in the number of checks in recently released data may have been caused…