AG: NICS Performed 23 Million Gun Background Checks in FY2015 - 3 Million in December Alone

(CNSNews.com) – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) performed over 23 million gun background checks in fiscal year 2015 and a 3 million requests in December alone – the highest number of monthly requests since after the Sandy Hook shooting massacre in December 2012.

“Essentially, for fiscal year 2015, NICS performed over 23 million background checks. That number is increasing. In just this December alone, they received over 3 million requests. That’s the highest number of requests on a monthly basis since the month after the Sandy Hook shooting,” said Lynch.

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