NICS Background Checks
The February 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,280,825 is the second highest February on record for the 16-year-old system, with an increase of 1.3 percent compared to the February 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,264,010. For comparison, the unadjusted February 2015 NICS figure of 1,848,308 reflects a 10.9-percent decrease from the unadjusted NICS figure of 2,073,978 in February 2014.
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