World’s Greatest Gun Salesman Sets Incredible New Record!

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Great article Pawpaw! thanks for posting! :thumbs2:

From the article: "According to the FBI, the NICS background check system, which serves as a proxy for gun sales, reported 1,870,000 background checks in the month of May, the highest in recorded history and enough to re-equip the entire United States military.

Wow! That's a BIG number! That's an average of 58,065 per day counting weekends. :shock:
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I'm betting Hillary will beat that record if elected. People are already starting to panic buy guns and ammo for fear of her nomination.

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My only regret is I'm not part of those May numbers.

I'll make up for it in June...
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My family counted for one of those for May.
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My wife and I each bought a gun in May but we both used our LTCs. Am I correct in assuming our purchases were not included in the FBI number?
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Hey, I WAS part of the May numbers! :mrgreen: Got me an AR15.
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FCH wrote:My wife and I each bought a gun in May but we both used our LTCs. Am I correct in assuming our purchases were not included in the FBI number?
That is interesting. Hopefully someone can confirm this...
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Daddio-on-patio wrote:
FCH wrote:My wife and I each bought a gun in May but we both used our LTCs. Am I correct in assuming our purchases were not included in the FBI number?
That is interesting. Hopefully someone can confirm this...
This is correct. The FBI number is from the NICS background check, if you have a license to carry, that is your background check, and no NICS check is called in. So that number is probably a little lower than actual gun sales.
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locke_n_load wrote:
Daddio-on-patio wrote:
FCH wrote:My wife and I each bought a gun in May but we both used our LTCs. Am I correct in assuming our purchases were not included in the FBI number?
That is interesting. Hopefully someone can confirm this...
This is correct. The FBI number is from the NICS background check, if you have a license to carry, that is your background check, and no NICS check is called in. So that number is probably a little lower than actual gun sales.
Interesting. So the more persons that are issued a permit throughout the USA the fewer reported FBI filings when purchases are made. Hmmm. So the million or so of us in the great State of Texas could purchase a firearm tomorrow and it would not even be part of the report. Could you imaging how mystified the anti's would be if that was revealed to them? "rlol"
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Credit where credit is due, I say. There's definitely a Worlds Greatest SalesWOMAN aspect to this as well!
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Daddio-on-patio wrote:
locke_n_load wrote:
Daddio-on-patio wrote:
FCH wrote:My wife and I each bought a gun in May but we both used our LTCs. Am I correct in assuming our purchases were not included in the FBI number?
That is interesting. Hopefully someone can confirm this...
This is correct. The FBI number is from the NICS background check, if you have a license to carry, that is your background check, and no NICS check is called in. So that number is probably a little lower than actual gun sales.
Interesting. So the more persons that are issued a permit throughout the USA the fewer reported FBI filings when purchases are made. Hmmm. So the million or so of us in the great State of Texas could purchase a firearm tomorrow and it would not even be part of the report. Could you imaging how mystified the anti's would be if that was revealed to them? "rlol"
Not every state with a permit system gets to bypass NICS:

https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulatio ... rmit-chart
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Correctomundo PawPaw.
Some states dont.
Dont know which
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o b juan wrote:Correctomundo PawPaw.
Some states dont.
Dont know which
The link I posted above takes you to the Permanent Brady Permit Chart and will answer that question in great detail. :tiphat:
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That'll teach em! :thumbs2:
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