Gun Sales Drop
Significantly in June of 2021
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By Dean Weingarten. July 22, 2021
The National Instant background Check System (NICS) numbers are in for June of 2021. There has been a significant drop from the numbers for June of 2020, a year ago. Total background checks have declined 29%, and total gun sales have declined 47% from last year. June of 2020 was a record setting month.
If we look back to June of 2019, the 2021 numbers are 40% higher for gun sales this June, than in June of 2019.
Looking to 2016, the previous record year before 2020, gun sales in June of 2021 exceeds those in June of 2016 by 12%.
Even though June gun sales in 2021 are only 53% of the firearm sales of June of 2020, they are still the second highest number of June gun sales since NICS started keeping records in 1998.
Historically, June gun sales are one of the three lowest months in the year for gun sales. May, June, and July are the "Summer Doldrums" for gun sales, with June and July tending to be a little lower than May.
The total NICS checks are becoming less and less representative of the total number of firearm sales.
There always was a disconnect, because there can be multiple gun sales on one NICS check.
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"The number of people carrying guns has been growing spectacularly. Yet, the number of people who are using guns to illegally commit violence against other people does not track with the increase in gun ownership nor with the increase in the number of people legally carrying guns."
