Tactical Atlas Firearm Blog

Attention Media: Gun Sales are NOT Collapsing in Illinois

Samuel Stebbins breathlessly reported gun sales were collapsing in Illinois. Unfortunately, his facts are wrong based on his misunderstanding of NICS background check use & changing gun law.

NICS & Gun Sales in August 2022, Third Highest Month

National Instant Background Check System (NICS) checks and calculated gun sales both show the third highest August on record for 2022.

U.S Senate Considering Criminal Investigations for Innocent Gun Owners?

Passage would result in criminal investigations into TENS OF THOUSANDS of innocent, law-abiding Americans for the non-crime of being denied a gun purchase by a broken background check system.

FBI NICS (background check) Accountability Audits of States Delayed a Year by COVID

Anti-gun states like New Jersey could be making the same mistake as Virginia. With the delay, it might be more than a year for mistakes to come to light.

FBI Admits It Is Often Wrong On Gun Related Background Check Denials

Uncovered FBI records provide even further reasons why Congress should finally end the Brady Act’s seriously flawed & unconstitutional background check experiment.

Virginia Incorrectly Adds 46,000 Citizens To FBI’s NICS Prohibited Person List

Blaming a technical error, Virginia State Police incorrectly added over 46,000 residents a Federal list of people prohibited from owning guns.

FOIA Request Shows FBI Adding Non-Prohibited Buyers to NICS Preventing Gun Purchases

In the United States, we have a long tradition of “innocent until proven guilty,” but the FBI seems to take the opposite approach when it comes to gun purchase rights.

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September 2020 NICS and Gun Sales Continue Record Trend

September 2020 is another record month for National Instant Background Checks and Gun Sales. Total for the year to date is over 15 million sales, with over six million new gun owners.

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NJ 2A Groups Demand Accountability in Gun Permitting, Eliminate State NICS Middle-Man

The pro-gun groups are calling for the elimination of qualified immunity for delays in firearms permitting that result in bodily harm or death to the applicant.

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NSSF-Adjusted NICS Background Checks for May 2020

Description automatically generated instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,595,790 is an increase of 75.2 percent compared to the May 2019.

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FBI NICS 2018 Christmas Holiday Hours of Operation Update

Due to the Christmas holiday, the NCCC will be closed beginning at 7 p.m. ET on December 24, 2018, and will be back in operation at 8 a.m. ET on December 26, 2018.

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