Weather, Low Inventory Translate to Slower Feb NICS Gun Sales Numbers The string of monthly record-high gun numbers slowed in February as gun shops increasingly had empty cases and gun buyers fought bad winter weather. While the second month of the year saw a significant increase in firearm background checks when compared to the data from February 2020, last month was only the third highest February on record rather than setting a new bar. The unadjusted number of 3,394,895 checks, conducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System in February 2021, is a 22.3 percent jump from the unadjusted FBI NICS figure of 2,776,380 in February 2020.
honor the request and not bring the gun into starbucks. then there s walmart would like to sit out this controversy, but it can t. the company has released specific gun sales data. it was reported some walmart sold out of the ar-15 rifle in the days following the newtown massacre. the very type of firearm involve ared in the shooting. i ask the u.s. walmart s ceo if he has second thoughts about el issing these types of firearms in the same stores that would ban a cd for controversial lyrics? we are very responsible in our sales are firearms. something we re focused on. the debate in the country, whether it s legal or illegal is something we don t participate in dine to day basis. that s something congress deals with. if they re sold in the u.s., we want them sold through formal channels rather than through gun shows. no matter how a gun is purchased or obtained, the gun debate has changed since last december.