NSSF-adjusted NICS FBI background checks continued their streak of over-50% gains for the eighth straight month, as heated pre-election rhetoric and demonstrations have added to fears created by the coronavirus pandemic and social unrest. Checks were up 60.1% in Oct. to 1,769,553 from 1,105,335, and are now up 67.2% year-to-date to 17,227,586 from 10,303,052 in 2019. The year-to-date total has already ... Log in to view full article.