Nearly 170,000 Background Checks on Black Friday Alone

Guns: Nearly 170,000 Background Checks on Black Friday Alone

AWR Hawkins

Nearly 170,000 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks
were conducted on November 29, which was Black Friday 2024.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported the precise number of
NICS checks at 169,906 for the day.

There were over 613,000 NICS checks conducted during Black Friday week, which
began on Saturday, November 23, and ended at the close of business on November
29.

There have been 64 consecutive months of over one million NICS checks a month
for gun sales at retail.

On November 4, 2024, Breitbart News reported October was the 63rd consecutive
month for over million such checks, and during a phone call, NSSF's Mark Oliva
confirmed November 2024 proved to be the 64th consecutive month.

The raw figures for November 2024 show 2,593,565 background checks, 1,514,773
were for gun sales at retail.

NSSF president and CEO Joe Bartozzi reacted to Black Friday's NICS checks and
the ongoing millions of checks each month, saying, "The background checks
reported by the FBI are in keeping with the trends NSSF has seen throughout the
year. While the overall trends are still coming off the peaks experienced in
recent years, firearm sales remain consistently strong, with over a million per
month for more than five years running."

He added, "These figures tell us that there is a continued strong appetite for
lawful firearm ownership by law-abiding Americans and that firearm manufacturers
across the country continue to deliver the quality firearms our customers have
come to expect."

https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/12/03/guns-nearly-170000-background-checks-on-black-friday-alone/