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Economy
Obama legacy: 2016 Smashed Previous Gun Sales Record
2017-01-05
[Free Beacon] The FBI ran 27.5 million gun-related background checks in 2016--about 4.4 million more than any other year on record.
The late actor Dennis Hopper with his favorite FN.
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 2,771,159 background checks in December, bringing 2016’s total to 27,538,673, according to FBI records posted on Wednesday. That dwarfs the firearms check record of 23,141,970 set the previous year.

NICS firearms background checks are considered an accurate metric of gun sales.

The FBI processed twice as many firearms checks in 2016, the last full year of President Obama’s administration, than it did in 2008, the year Obama was elected. During President Obama’s eight-year tenure, the FBI has processed 157,233,157 firearms checks--61,249,149 more than the previous ten years.

Those figures have led some to label Obama "the greatest gun salesman in history." Gun rights activists have long argued that Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the Democratic Party’s advocacy for gun control measures has fueled gun sales.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  NoMoreBS, posting a long URL broke the Burg, so I attached it to some words as a hot link. Type some text, select it, click on the icon below the text box that looks like a world sitting on a bit of chain, paste the URL into it, and click OK.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-01-05 21:41  

#5  Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a defense dept medal yesterday

He actually had Ash Carter award him a DoD medal for his service!
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-01-05 20:01  

#4  Nationally, applications for Concealed Carry permits have mirrored the increase in gun sales. Contrary to gun control advocates assertions this would indicate many of are first time owners.
Posted by: DepotGuy    2017-01-05 10:27  

#3  Several of the gun shops I frequent in Western PeeAye have a picture of the jug eared won on or near the cash register, with the phrase "Our Best Salesman" across the bottom. Always makes me laugh...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2017-01-05 10:03  

#2  His record as a gun salesman is the sole positive on the table of his legacy.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-01-05 08:35  

#1  FBI has processed 157,233,157 firearms checks--61,249,149 more than the previous ten years.

But the effective vetting of illegal immigrants, refugees, and visa applicants remains a bridge too far.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-01-05 07:29  

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