Glad I was able to make my contribution in September. First purchase since Covid started.
There are going to be some great deals to be had. Hope everyone saved their money.
C'mon guys...we're falling down! We have to keep those numbers up! Go out there buy a gun...at least one!
I need to buy stock in companies that make gun safes. And Hoppes.Update with some different statistics.
The latest data available is from 2021 and 2020. Links provided below.
Total number of firearms manufactured in the USA in 2021 = 13,804,919
Less number of firearms exported = 458,684
Net USA sourced firearms = 13,346,255
Firearms imported from other countries (data from 2020 latest available) = 6,831,376
TOTAL est. number of firearms added to the US inventory in 2021 = 20,177,631
Over 4,000,000 of those were 9 mm pistols!
Link to Firearms Commerce in the United States 2021 (import data from 2020):
Link to ANNUAL FIREARMS MANUFACTURING AND EXPORT REPORT 2021:
Link to NICS firearms checks Month/Year data:
NICS Firearm Checks: Month/Year | Federal Bureau of Investigation
Statistics represent the number of firearms background checks initiated through the NICS from November 1998 to July 31, 2023.www.fbi.gov
Link to NICS firearms checks Month/Year by State data:
NICS Firearm Checks: Month/Year by State | Federal Bureau of Investigation
Statistics represent the number of state-by-state firearms background checks initiated through the NICS from November 1998 to August 31, 2023.www.fbi.gov