, a nonprofit newsroom covering guns in America.
During April, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 2.9 million checks, making it the fourth highest month on record, dating back to 1998. The Trace compared the number of background checks for handguns, long guns, and transactions involving both types of gun with the same figures for 2019.
Anthony Coulson, a former Drug Enforcement Administration agent who is an expert on the background check system, said the increased gun sales rendered the stay-at-home orders “meaningless.” Store owners offered a litany of reasons they are violating the orders. Some considered them a breach of their Second Amendment rights. Some felt emboldened by a March 28 revision to Department of Homeland Security guidance that deemed the gun industry an essential business during the pandemic.
Michigan gun stores were allowed to open before the end of April:
teamtrace The owners of these shops are heroes. While recognizing that they were risking their liberty and property, they personally overruled the government’s restrictions and served their fellow Americans in need. This is Truth to Power.
teamtrace Excellent! The government has no authority to infringe on 2A. Good to see these folks exercising their rights. Using the anti-2A group “The Trace” as a main source reveals your bias.
teamtrace Of course. They operate above the law. These nuts throw the middle finger to government at every opportunity. But, everyone else is the problem.
teamtrace Take their licences away and their stockpiles.
teamtrace Gun shops are essential and should have remained open. Anything less is a violation of the Constitution. 2a shallnotbeinfringed
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