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Top 5 States for Long Gun Sales

Sales soared last month.

According to FBI data on NICS firearm checks by year and by state and type of gun, long gun sales surged in New York in May. Overall, May saw a 6 percent increase in gun sales from last year. That's nationwide, not just in New…

Posted 7 years ago

By Reed Gilchrist

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May 2017 Gun Sales Set Record

What about this "Trump Slump'?

The Federal Bureau of Investigation ran more firearms-related background checks in May 2017 than in any previous May. That's any previous May ever, according to the data. Even more so than May 2016. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) registered 1,942,677 checks from May…

Posted 7 years ago

By Reed Gilchrist

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High Gun Sales, Low Gun Accident Rates

...among the things the media doesn't want you to know.

The National Safety Council has released new statistics related to gun safety. The results might surprise you. According to 2015 statics in the group's "Injury Facts" report, there were 489 accidental gun deaths. The Washington Examiner reports that record-keeping on these types of accidents began in 1903.…

Posted 7 years ago

By Reed Gilchrist

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Black Friday Biggest Day of the Year for Gun Sales

Big discounts push gun shopping.

Multiple news outlets, such as CNN and Independent Journal Review, report that from New York to Jacksonville, Florida, Black Friday was the biggest shopping day for guns seen yet this year. Steep discounts of up to 75% were pushing people to buy guns. An interesting result…

Posted 7 years ago

By Reed Gilchrist

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Boost In Gun Sales Before Election

Who know what the future holds, but we want our guns.

No one knows what’s in store for the United States after a new president is elected. That’s why many gun enthusiasts are headed out to get guns before they may not be able to anymore. According to a recent report released by Washington Examiner, Elementu, a…

Posted 7 years ago

By Jack Hardy

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