According to NSSF, the total number of National Instant Criminal Background Checks for gun sales in July was was 1,06,790.

"The last time monthly background checks associated with the sale of a firearm at retail were below 1 million was July 2019, when 830, 579 background checks for firearm sales were recorded," NSSF noted.

NSSF president and CEO Joe Bartozzi commented:

These million-plus monthly background checks over the past five years represent the free expression of Second Amendment rights during tough and troubling times, including the COVID-19 pandemic when certain governors were shuttering gun stores and the Biden-Harris administration's 'zero-tolerance' policy to revoke licenses to sell firearms.