firearm checks
Washington House Passes Centralized Gun Background Check Bill
The Washington House passed a new gun background check bill this week that was surprisingly supported by both the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Alliance for Gun Responsibility. The said bill, supported by the opposing advocacy groups, aims to centralize firearm background checks under the Washington State Patrol. House Bill 2467 passed the Washington…
FBI NICS Firearm Checks Jumped By 10 Percent In September
The number of firearm background checks conduction in the month of September this year has significantly increased when compared to the same month last year. New data released by the Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check Systems (NICS) revealed an increase of over 10 percent year-on-year. Unadjusted numbers for the month of September…
January 2018 NICS data reveals continuing drop in background checks and gun sales
The FBI has recently released the official FBI NICS Background Check data for January 2018 and it looks like the country’s gun sales are continuing its steady decline. According to the recently published data, estimated firearms sales last month fell by 8 percent. Dealers across the country managed to process approximately 2,030,530 applications through the…