{"id":97412,"date":"2020-03-23T15:28:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=97412"},"modified":"2020-03-23T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:28:12","slug":"the-gun-sales-surge-accompanying-the-conronavirus-pandemic-is-overwhelming-state-and-federal-background-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=97412","title":{"rendered":"The gun sales surge accompanying the conronavirus pandemic is overwhelming state and federal background checks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Governor Ned Lamont\u2019s (D-Conn) ‘stay at home’ order closes non-essential businesses, but lists gun stores as \u201cessential,\u201d allowing them to continue to operate. That this sent shock-waves through both Pro 2A and Gun Control camps is a given, with Pro 2A organizations applauding the Governor’s Executive Order, and Gun Control groups panning it. Interesting times indeed.<\/p>\n

Coronavirus Gun Sale Surge Overwhelms State, Federal Background Check Systems<\/h3>\n

By: AWR HAWKINS<\/strong><\/p>\n

On March 19, 2020, Breitbart News reported National Shooting Sports Foundation numbers showing gun sales in the U.S. had jumped 300 percent above where they were at the same point in time last year. Thereafter, various Federal Firearm License holders (FFLs) contacted Breitbart News to talk of calling into the FBI\u2019s National Instant Criminal Background Checks (NICS) to do a background check for a pending sale, only to be placed on hold for hours and\/or, in some cases, to have the line disconnected.<\/p>\n

An FFL from a western state told Breitbart News he has a stack of background checks forms\u2013ATF form 4473\u2013already filled out by customers who came into the store to purchase firearms during the sales surge. The FFL arrives at store early in the morning and places a call to the FBI NICS number simply to be placed in the queue, and once he is talking to someone he runs as many of the background checks as he can before being disconnected.<\/p>\n

An FFL in a midwestern state told Breitbart News he lost \u201c$10,000 to \u201c$12,000\u201d in sales on Friday, March 20, 2020, due to delays in NICS response to phone calls for background checks.<\/p>\n

An FFL in a southern state told a similar story after having so many struggles with NICS that he thought the background check system had simply been shut down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hmmm, down to about 1K 5.56mm, may have to stop by my neighborhood firearms emporium and see what’s in stock. Read the rest here: Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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