Last updated on: 2/1/2021 | Author: ProCon.org

Gun Sales Increased 39% in 2020

The FBI conducted more background checks in 2020 than in any other year since 1998 when the agency began collecting data. The FBI reported 39,695,315 background checks completed in 2020, up from 2019 in which 28,369,750 million checks were performed.