FBI background checks on gun buyers reached 1,529,057 in June, an increase of 10.6 percent from 1,382,975 in June 2014.
These statistics represent the number of firearm background checks initiated through the NICS. They do not represent the number of firearms so
The June 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 886,825 is the highest June on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 10.1 percent compared to the June 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 805,571.
The second quarter 2015 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 2,793,230 is the second highest second quarter on record – a 4.5 percent increase over second quarter 2014 and surpassed only by second quarter 2013.
