NSSF-adjusted NICS FBI background checks were up 61.4% last month to 1,632,918 from 1,011,636, and are now up 68.1% year-to-date to 15,458,033 from 9,197,717 in 2019. In the seven months starting in Mar. this year, NICS checks have grown at least 50% each month and are now just a couple of hundred thousand short of the ... Log in to view full article.