Black Friday Gun Sales Set Record

[RugersGR8]

DUH!

http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/29/black-friday-gun-sales-set-record/
Black Friday Gun Sales Set Record
3:54 PM 11/29/2012

.."A new single-day record for point-of-sale background checks was established on Black Friday, November 23, when 154,873 were conducted by the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). That total was nearly 20 percent more than the previous high of 129,166 set on Black Friday last year. Since a federal background check is mandatory for every firearm sold at retail, background check activity serves as an indicator of retail gun sales."..

 

[JesseR]

That's a beautiful number... I would love to see more new gun owners learning the joy of shooting.

 

[Coded-Dude]

I wonder how many changed hands that did not require a federal check(probably just as many). I know CA is responsible for at least 10k of those reported sales, and it would be interesting to see the numbers broke down state by state.

 

[RugersGR8]

The Obama administration and the gun grabbing libs are once again showing their prowess in selling guns.

From the article:....."The new one-day record was not unexpected, as NSSF pointed out in a recent blog post, given reports of increased gun sales following the election of President Barack Obama to a second term and also hunting license sales increasing.".....

 

[Lone Wolf '49]

I would like to see how many actually know how or what to do with their new purchase.

 

[reddog1]

IT would have been 20% more if the NCIS would not have went COMPLETELY down for one hour, then hold times from 5-40 min the rest of the day!!!

That is the most load BS.

 

[Coded-Dude]

IT would have been 20% more if the NCIS would not have went COMPLETELY down for one hour, then hold times from 5-40 min the rest of the day!!!

That is the most load BS.

I heard it shutdown twice....both times for about 20-30 minutes.

 

[RugersGR8]

All of these top ten days of NICS background checks happened AFTER Obama was elected President back in 2008.

http://www.nssf.org/share/images/NICS_ChecksTop10.jpg

 

[JesseR]

I also how many were for more then one item?

 

[ripnbst]

What I would really like to see is the progression of that number over the last 20 years. Ok so it's up 20% over last year. Is that a-typical? Is the usual progression 5% increase year over year?

I talked to a Canadian today and he said that in Canada even if you buy a shotgun for HD you NEVER say that is the purpose you are buying it for. Not matter if it's a chainsaw handled Mossy 500, you are planning to shoot waterfowl, rabbits, and squirrels with it...He brought up a valid point. The thinking behind that is that in Canada they somehow keep track of those buying for leisure shooting and those buying for sporting/hunting purposes. In the event there was ever a grab at firearms those who bought for leisure purposes would lose them first. The right of people to take part in the long and deeply rooted past time of hunting would be the last reason for the government to take their guns. So apparently the Canadians are already buying guns on the premise that they will be taken away.

If you don't have your OK hunting license, might as well get it. At least then you can claim you use your guns for hunting. Without a license it's a tough case to make. The safety course is free, online, and doesn't take long to complete. The hunting license is around $32.