{"id":163358,"date":"2022-05-04T10:42:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=163358"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:42:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:57:38","slug":"gun-sales-down-almost-20-percent-from-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/gun-sales-down-almost-20-percent-from-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Sales Down Almost 20 Percent from 2021&#8230; But There&#8217;s More to the Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" title=\"Gun Sales Down Almost 20 Percent from 2021... But There's More to the Story\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gun_Sales_NSSF-1024x763.jpg\" alt=\"Gun Sales Down Almost 20 Percent from 2021... But There's More to the Story\" class=\"wp-image-163360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gun_Sales_NSSF-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gun_Sales_NSSF-400x298.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gun_Sales_NSSF-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gun_Sales_NSSF-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gun_Sales_NSSF.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>(<em>Photo: NSSF<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun sales in April 2022 may be down 20 percent from 2021 but remain pretty strong overall compared to years past (see graph above).  Remove the two pandemic years, &#8217;20, &#8217;21, and April 2022 is the third strongest month on record.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bottom line, millions of Americans are still buying guns!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Mark Oliva, NSSF&#8217;s Director of Public Affairs, told GunsAmerica via email, &#8220;April\u2019s NSSF Adjusted NICS figures of 1,359,908 shows that there is a steady and sustained appetite for lawful firearm ownership in America.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;April\u2019s figure continues the streak of more than 1 million background checks for the sale of a firearm for 33 months and demonstrates that the firearm industry continues to meet America\u2019s strong demand for lawful firearm ownership,&#8221; he added.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full NSSF analysis of the numbers is highlighted below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From NSSF: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The&nbsp;April 2022 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System&nbsp;(NICS) figure&nbsp;of&nbsp;1,359,908&nbsp;is a decrease of 19.7&nbsp;percent&nbsp;compared to the&nbsp;April 2021 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure&nbsp;of&nbsp;1,694,118.&nbsp;For comparison, the unadjusted April 2022 FBI NICS figure 2,534,057 reflects a 27.3 percent decrease from the unadjusted FBI NICS figure of 3,485,016 in April 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The April 2022 figures are the third strongest for the month on record, surpassed by April 2021 and April 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please note:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.nssf.org\/e\/127421\/s2wq-54434495-3382jp-140833002\/46zry1\/350612546?h=KOR8N6s6GnMU1ZSNUpBN50aWAWUQIt9llzl62jJR1qI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"gun-sales-down-almost-20-percent-from-2021\" title=\"Gun Sales Down Almost 20 Percent from 2021... But There's More to the Story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Twenty-five states<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;currently have at least one qualified alternative permit, which under the Brady Act allows the permit-holder, who has undergone a background check to obtain the permit, to purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer without a separate additional background check for that transfer. The number of NICS checks in these states does not include these legal transfers based on qualifying permits and NSSF does not adjust for these transfers.<br \/><\/em><br \/><em>The&nbsp;<strong>adjusted NICS data<\/strong>&nbsp;were derived by subtracting out NICS purpose code permit checks and permit rechecks used by states for CCW permit application checks as well as checks on active CCW permit databases. NSSF started subtracting permit rechecks in February 2016.<br \/><\/em><br \/><em>Though not a direct correlation to firearms sales, the NSSF-adjusted NICS data provide an additional picture of current market conditions. In addition to other purposes, NICS is used to check transactions for sales or transfers of new or used firearms.&nbsp;<br \/><\/em><br \/><em>It should be noted that these statistics represent the number of firearm background checks initiated through the NICS. They do not represent the number of firearms sold or sales dollars. Based on varying state laws, local market conditions and purchase scenarios, a one-to-one correlation cannot be made between a firearm background check and a firearm sale.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The April 2022 figures are the third strongest for the month on record, surpassed by April 2021 and April 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":163360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[111,240],"tags":[132,617,311],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-163358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-industry-news","8":"category-this-week","9":"tag-buzz","10":"tag-industry-news","11":"tag-nssf"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gun Sales Down Almost 20 Percent from 2021... 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