Gun sales spiked 8.3% year-over-year in October, with a clear link to the massacre of Jews in Israel and the Maine mass shootings as impetuses for the increase, according to firearms industry analysis.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation said its adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System made last month the third-highest October on record for sales. The raw FBI NICS figures show an 11.4 increase from October 2022. It's also a jump of 150,264 background checks from September, according to the FBI database.
Further, gun rights activists have seen an uptick from Jewish Americans since Hamas' slaughter of more than 1,400 in Israel, more than 800 of those civilians, beginning Oct. 7. The mass shooting in Maine that left 18 dead sparked the rote response of the left for more laws and stricter gun control. However, a survey released last week show Americans would like to see existing laws enforced first.
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