Washington background checks doubled in March

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background checks in Washington state went up from ~56,000 to 126,000 in one month. Are there new laws coming?

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[TM-Salem]

Lets hope the trend keeps up, the more people with guns the less people that will vote to regulate them.

 

[IronMonster]

Did you see the breakdown?

The chart I saw showed that 89,000 of them were CPL checks.

Not that it's a bad thing, but paints a different picture

 

[nammac]

Increases are a good thing both in the number of firearms owned and those carried...

Every state should adopt constitutional carry...

 

[bolus]

Did you see the breakdown?

The chart I saw showed that 89,000 of them were CPL checks.

Not that it's a bad thing, but paints a different picture

I did not see that, where is the breakdown?

 

[IronMonster]

Gun Rights Coalition page on Facebook

 

[bolus]

Thanks, I see it is in a different report

89,000 permits in washington and 69 in Oregon?
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[IronMonster]

Yeah, seems weird. When you look at past months the 89K seems like an outlier

 

[Pops1911]

This thread is interesting. I happened to be in West Coast Armory today. Was in line behind a nice guy, perhaps in his late 30's, who was telling the clerk he wanted to learn to shoot. [OK I listened in on his conversation- he didn't appear to mind] Seems like the nice guy had never even handled a firearm before. Hats off to him. I hope he does learn and one day gets his CCW.

 

[mjbskwim]

Did you see the breakdown?

The chart I saw showed that 89,000 of them were CPL checks.

Not that it's a bad thing, but paints a different picture

So now someone needs to do the math on how many are getting their first guns and starting to carry or are gun owners that are deciding to start carrying
Either way more folks carrying or buying guns ,the numbers are good

 

[IronMonster]

The numbers for Washington are great, For most of the country are great. It should show the anti's that firearms are not some relic of a past time but a part of our culture.... Of course it wont, but it should.

 

[mjbskwim]

Not a rant towards you IM
With all the sales and new carry licensees ,since Sandy Hook,didn't we vote with our pocket books already? Didn't we show the world we want our freedom and ability to defend ourselves?
What else could one make of the increases over the last few years?
How is this so hard for the law makers to see?
Yeah I understand,it ain't about guns,it's about control

 

[thorborg]

Gun Rights Coalition page on Facebook

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I tried to read your chart. Any advice on fixing this?

 

[IronMonster]

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Click on it, it gets bigger

 

[bolus]

I tried to read your chart. Any advice on fixing this?View attachment 286926

same chart is here as well
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[etrain16]

Thanks, I see it is in a different report

89,000 permits in washington and 69 in Oregon?
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The numbers are low for Oregon in previous months too. Does Oregon use NICS for CHL checks, or just go through OSP?

 

[thorborg]

Thanks for the clear picture, Wow, Pretty impressive for monthly totals. goes to show how much the media drives negative opinions not only through misinformation bur failure to promote reality that doesn't fit their agenda.
I bet saved a life gun scenarios heavily ought weigh take an innocent life gun scenarios but with the exception of a few gun magazines you rarely read of them or see them in the news.

 

[PiratePast40]

... 89,000 permits in washington and 69 in Oregon?....

'cause Oregon be like:

 

[bolus]

'cause Oregon be like:

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Noticed New Jersey says has had zero background checks for permits as far back as the chart goes.

we should change "land of the free" to "land of the imprisoned*"
*or soon to be imprisoned

 

[Slobray]

same chart is here as well
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I wish we could get the PNW CPL numbers in line with Kentucky's; since Jan 2014 (I'm too lazy to go back farther) they have had around 1.5 million more CPL checks than the states population. We need to figure out what they're doing that we aren't.


Ray