Total Background checks since 1998

[GreyGeek]

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics/reports/total-nics-background-checks-1998_2013_monthly_yearly_totals-033113.pdf

It shows that there were 169,984,008 background checks since November of 1998, and 73,219,367 since Pres. Obama took office in 2008.  Checks reached a peak in December of last year, at 2,783,765.

For this year the checks seem to be slowing down, which fairs well for ammo shortages:

Code: [Select]

Year    Jan            Feb            March         April
2013   2,495,440      2,309,393      2,209,407   1,714,433