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FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported
this week that the number of firearm-acquisition background checks in
June was the highest for that month on record. Of 1,529,057 total
firearm NICS checks in June, over 825,000 related to firearm
acquisitions, over 10 percent more than in June 2014. Another 632,000
checks were conducted in relation to firearm permits. The increase in
NICS checks was partly in reaction to gun control supporters'
predictably opportunistic attempt to promote their background check
legislation on the basis of the abominable crime that took place at the
Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, last month. Within
hours of the crime, the Brady Campaign called for "expanding Brady
background checks on all gun sales," Everytown claimed "It's time for
gun sense in America," and the Violence Policy Center blamed the crime
on "unfettered access to guns."
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