U.S. Firearms Sales Increase 10 Percent in September 2019
The Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting (SAAF) estimates September 2019 U.S. firearms sales at 1,064,579 units, a year-over-year increase of 10.7 percent from September 2018.
Single handgun sales (536,306) increased year-over-year by 11.6 percent while single long-gun sales (439,468) increased year-over-year by 7.2 percent. All the other background check-related sales (88,805) increased year-over-year by 24.7 percent. The results include "so-called multiple sales where the allocation between handguns and long-guns cannot be determined from the data record," says a press release.