FBI: US gun checks soar 39 percent, setting record

[koalabear]

WASHINGTON - The number of FBI background checks required for Americans buying guns set a record in December, indicating that more people may have purchased one after the Connecticut school massacre stirred interest in self-defense and prompted renewed talk of limits on firearms, according to FBI data.
The FBI said it recorded 2.78 million background checks during the month, surpassing the mark set in November of 2.01 million checks - about a 39 percent rise.

The latest monthly figure was up 49 percent over December 2011, when the FBI performed a then-record 1.86 million checks.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...un-checks-soar-39-percent-setting-record?lite

 

[akatrex]

Sweet. I plan to buy 3 more in the coming months.

 

[BotanyBoy]

I'm living on vitamins/ramen and every spare penny I have is being spent on AR lower receivers/ammo when I can find them.

 

[koalabear]

I'm living on vitamins/ramen and every spare penny I have is being spent on AR lower receivers/ammo when I can find them.

I saw two LEO uppers at the GS yesterday.

 

[jeninflorida]

I think, that there should be open seasons on government workers and attorney's. Since those greedy government workers are not willing to do the right thing by paying their fair share, or give up there fat pension plans ... maybe knocking off 10-10,000 would do some good?

 

[Shagly]

WASHINGTON - The number of FBI background checks required for Americans buying guns set a record in December, indicating that more people may have purchased one after the Connecticut school massacre stirred interest in self-defense and prompted renewed talk of limits on firearms, according to FBI data.
The FBI said it recorded 2.78 million background checks during the month, surpassing the mark set in November of 2.01 million checks - about a 39 percent rise.

The latest monthly figure was up 49 percent over December 2011, when the FBI performed a then-record 1.86 million checks.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...un-checks-soar-39-percent-setting-record?lite

The cure for that is to never register guns.

 

[Squibbs]

I think, that there should be open seasons on government workers and attorney's. Since those greedy government workers are not willing to do the right thing by paying their fair share, or give up there fat pension plans ... maybe knocking off 10-10,000 would do some good?

*Reported to DHS*

 

[renard_ruse]

It already seems like the anti-gun hysteria is starting to fade. The Democrats aren't going to go to the wall for an obviously loser issue. Since the Clinton years they vowed not to lose elections over this issue, and I don't see them taking the risk now. Gun control will go back to the back burner for a while longer.

 

[BotanyBoy]

This is impossible...according to all the lefties on lit ANYONE can go buy fully automatic assault revolvers and RPG's at Walmart like a loaf of bread.