Pa. firearm background checks set records in 2020, up 47% from 2019
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
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Pennsylvania’s background check system for firearm purchases or transfers and for concealed-carry permits saw record volume in 2020.
First, the Pennsylvania Instant Check System’s 406,151 background checks for the third quarter of the year shattered the previous quarterly record of 369,807 set in the first three months of 2013. Then that record was broken by 420,581 checks in the fourth quarter of 2020.
For the year, the 1,445,927 checks conducted outpaced the previous record, set in 2016, of 1,137,975 checks on the system, which was established in 1998.