Firearms Sales Numbers for First 4 Months of 2021

[SoonerP226]

I have a couple of friends from the Chicago area that are gun enthusiast. According to them, the FOID is in the courts but not struck down yet.

My understanding (and I stand to be corrected on this) is that it was struck down by the trial court, but has been appealed, and is working its way through the appeals process.

I do recall hearing that Chicago's virtual ban on firearms ownership was struck down (maybe when Dana Loesch was on Jack Carr's Danger Close podcast last week? I know she talked about the guy who fought and won that in the courts), so it's probably not correct to exclude Chicagoans from the population of Illinois gun owners.

 

[dennishoddy]

My understanding (and I stand to be corrected on this) is that it was struck down by the trial court, but has been appealed, and is working its way through the appeals process.

I do recall hearing that Chicago's virtual ban on firearms ownership was struck down (maybe when Dana Loesch was on Jack Carr's Danger Close podcast last week? I know she talked about the guy who fought and won that in the courts), so it's probably not correct to exclude Chicagoans from the population of Illinois gun owners.

I had to go look it up.
Yes, struck down but not dead. It's on the Illinois SC docket for review.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/5...ois-supreme-court-downstate-webb-white-county

 

[killerpigeon]

I've got to say, these 2021 have been slow gun buying for me. Prime time was when they offered bonuses for each overtime shift about two years ago, that was 3-4 guns a month. But I also usually buy private sale.

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[OKNewshawk]

I can't recall exactly where I saw it or I'd cite it here, but I either read or heard that the reason that Illinois's NICS check totals are so high is that the IL State Police runs multiple 4473s on FOID card holders--sometimes as often as daily. Therefore, if you only look at raw NICS figures, then Illinois will always be over reported in the statistics.

 

[Elm Creek Smith]

I bought 2 this year, a Taurus PT-22 & a KelTec SU-16c. I traded a Ruger EC-9s to my grandson for his "It's too heavy!" Makarov PM. (It's not!)

The PT-22 filled an empty slot in my EDC bag to go along with my Henry AR-14 ver 0.5 in my "go bag." The SU16c replaced the Ruger Mini-14 I promised to my granddaughter when she was 14. She got out of the USMC thus year ona medical discharge w/80% disability.

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[BobbyV]

I bought one last week, I ordered it from PA but the NICS was placed from Broken Arrow. So who gets credit for selling a gun?

It should count based on the dealer info . . . so an OK FFL submitting the NICs check = credit for Oklahoma.

 

[joegrizzy]

lefties were buying baby's first gun when evil drumpf was in office.

lots of places overstocked on this increased demand that wasn't going to hold.

now lots of stores are terribly overstocked and making great deals.

if you just wait, prices will keep coming down a bit until that inventory moves. especially on ammo. i have been buying guns, but i haven't bought any ammo outside of .22 since covid. i'm just simply not paying those prices; everyone should have done the same.