The NICS checks for May, 2017 were 1,942,677. That is a new record for May. The next highest was in 2016, 1,870,000. It is obvious from the overlap of the red bar and the blue line in the chart.
The National Instant Criminal background check System (NICS) checks continue to confound expectations. Instead of a continual fall during the Trump administration, there was a one time drop in January of 2017 followed by a seasonally adjusted rise that has broken the record for May.
The May 2017 checks are just under 104% of the previous record, set in 2016.
Not really surprising when you see the acrimony these days, which I suspect is itself a measure of resource limitation. It really feels like a conflict is brewing out there, and that is the foundation of K.
As in the second term of Reagan, if President Trump produces a resource glut, expect things to quiet down in his second term, as the nation rejects the left and that will make gun sales slump. Then again if there is another economic burp, watch as firearm sales go through the roof, and the conservative policy mood skyrockets.
Tell everyone about r/K Theory, because more guns is not a bad thing
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Your title is misspelled. Everyone will think that Mark Harmon is doing checks.
Right you are.
Part of whats driving this is MSM/pop culture is signalling the wrong things to minorities, liberals and cucks/white knights. They all have believed Trump is on the verge of being removed from office and a backlash against the right is brewing. They couldn’t be more incorrect. However- flush with a heavy dose of fantasyland agitprop, they vibrantly saunter out into reality were normal people are sick of their shit and want nothing to do with them. Acting on the wrong social ques they then harass normal people. The normies then go and buy a handgun, then a shotgun, and then a rifle. We will be seeing elevated firearms purchases for a while, there will be hiccups, this macrotrend started after 9/11 and probably will continue until a dollar collapse.
I’m not seeing evidence that many gun buyers are the lettuce eating variety.
Are they still that out of it?
Looks like it. The Police will protect them, I guess.