While 2019 may be known in history as the year President Donald Trump was impeached, it also was the year that more firearms were purchased in the United States than at any other time in history.
The Washington Times reported that 28.3 million checks were run on the FBI’s National Instant Check System last year. That included over 2.9 million in December, the month House Democrats voted to impeach the president on a party-line vote.
According to FBI data on NICS checks, the previous record for a year was 27.5 million in 2016.
That data also notes that the highest monthly total was 3.1 million in December 2015.
The sale of firearms is continuing, with 2.7 million NICS checks being run last month.
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Compared with the 2.2 million checks that were run in January 2019, that is an increase of more than 530,000.
Why the sudden surge in gun sales from earlier in the Trump administration?
Did the Democrats’ push to impeach the president boost firearms sales?
While it cannot be ruled out, there are other events that seem more likely to be behind the surge in sales.
David Adams
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