The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the industry's trade group, confirmed that July 2023 marked the fourth year in a row with over one million adjusted background checks each month.
Alaska Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy signed a measure into law over the weekend that aims to block state and local officials from closing gun stores during disasters declared by the governor.
For 47 consecutive months, the sale of firearms in the United States has persistently crossed the 1 million mark, according to reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The lawmakers are reacting to whistleblower testimony highlighted in a report by the House Judiciary Committee and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
"These extremists dare claim to be for life, but instead of acting to save lives from gun violence, extremists state by state made it legal to open carry a gun without even a permit or background checks," Harris stated.
