Indicator of Strong Gun Sales
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Indicator of Strong Gun Sales





The number of background checks reported by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) increased 13.8 percent in October to 970,030, compared to 852,478 in October 2005. The increase marks the 10th straight month this year that NICS checks have increased over last year. Year-to-date figures (January through October) show 7,737,899 background checks performed -- an increase of 12.4 percent from the same period in 2005. The increase coincides with an uptick in excise taxes reported by firearms and ammunition manufacturers, another key economic indicator for the firearms industry. Since its inception in 1998, 69.8 million background checks have been reported by NICS.

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