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The FBI’s unadjusted numbers showed an even larger jump. The agency processed 1,917,379 NICS checks during August, up 10 percent from 1,743,509 one year earlier.

The gun-control movement often presents itself as a grassroots uprising demanding more firearm restrictions.

NSSF Managing Director of Public Affairs Mark Oliva pointed to a massive surge in firearm purchases ahead of the state’s new permit-to-purchase requirement for Modern Sporting Rifles.

First, I was downright giddy. Then, with a sigh, I thought, “It’s about time.”

According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, there were 1,123,006 adjusted background checks in June 2026, an 11.7% increase over June 2025.

The new department will carry a $100 million annual budget and move existing violence reduction programs under one umbrella. Mayor Johnson said the idea would “ensure” those efforts are aligned.

That’s why Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and 15 Senate Republican colleagues introduced the Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts (SHOT) Act on Friday.

Yet here we are. Brady wants it anyway.

If anyone thought Americans were done buying guns in 2026, the latest background check numbers suggest otherwise.