With over 3 million Nics Background check requests (the verification, through the FBI database, of any reason impeding the purchase of guns) in the month of december alone, 2022 reached a total of 31,596,646 requests, from January 1st to December 31st. The Background check (or Instant check) is a rather reliable indicator (although it does not cover all individual arms transactions, especially those between private owners) on arms sales made in the United States, it can be concluded that 2022 is the third best all-time year for civilian arms trade in the federation. The absolute first in ranking is 2020, with 39,695,315 Background check requests, followed closely by 2021, with 38,876,673. To reach the fourth best result, we need to go back to the pre-pandemic period, with just over 28…
