May 05, 2020, 03:39 PM
sdyAnother NICS record: April 2020 more checks than any other April
https://www.breitbart.com/poli...m-background-checks/FBI figures show April 2020 witnessed more firearm background checks than any April since the inception of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), in 1998.
A record for the month of April
According to the FBI, there were 2,911,128 background checks conducted in April 2020. The closest any other April came to that figure was in 2019, when 2,334, 294 NICS checks were done.
April’s surge in background checks followed a March that shattered all one-month records. Breitbart News reported
March 2020 witnessed 3,740,688 background checks, which were
the most checks conducted in any single month since the inception of NICS .
The March and April surge came amid an unprecedented run on guns and ammunition during the issuance of coronavirus shutdowns, coupled with doomsday scenarios with civil unrest.
