IF ONLY THE REST OF THE ECONOMY WAS AS STRONG: Gun sales up 36% in 2016

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Remember how gun sales last year posted the largest number or purchases (call-ins, at least) of all time? With nearly 25 million guns purchased?

Here’s a bit of news for you: In the first quarter of 2016, gun sales are up 36% over last year’s record-breaking numbers. We’re also looking at 11 consecutive year-over-year records getting broken, according to the Free Beacon.

In the first three months this year, 7682141 NICS checks got completed, up from 5644866 from the same period in 2015. That’s a 36.1% increase. Yes, 2016 is a leap-year, but that 36% growth didn’t happen in one day.

Americans aren’t stupid. They understand that the only thing that stops bad guys will evil intentions is a good guy with a gun.

And now with 9, soon to be 10 states with Constitutional Carry, more people will carry. As will more folks in the other 40/41 states with carry laws.

March Sees Record Gun Sales
Latest figures indicate eleven straight record-setting months

(Free Beacon) – Gun sales broke records yet again in the month of March.

The FBI performed 2,523,265 firearms-related background checks between March 1 and March 31, according to the agency’s records. That’s a new record for the month. It’s nearly 35,000 more checks than the previous record set in March 2014.

Despite the new record, March saw the fewest checks of any month so far in 2016.

The March record is the eleventh straight monthly record for background checks. The unprecedented streak, which began in May 2015, has included all-time records for both monthly and yearly sales. With 7,682,141 checks processed through the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System, 2016 is currently on pace to set another all time yearly sales record.

FBI background checks are widely considered a reliable gauge for gun sales because all sales conducted through federally licensed firearms dealers must include one. Some states also require private sales between non-dealers to include a background check. However, many states do not.