FBI background checks, as adjusted by the NSSF, were down 12.4 percent in March to 1.31 million compared to the February 2018 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1.5 million.
For comparison, the unadjusted March 2019 FBI NICS figure 2.6 million reflects a 5.4 percent decrease from the unadjusted FBI NICS figure of 2.75 million in March 2018.
The first quarter 2019 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 3.41 million reflects a decrease of 8.5 percent over the 3.73 million figure for first-quarter 2018.
The adjusted NICS data were derived by subtracting out NICS purpose code permit checks and permit rechecks used by states for CCW permit application checks as well as checks on active CCW permit databases. NSSF started subtracting permit rechecks in February 2016.
