Dear JD, do you understand how to interpret data? It seems you never learned this skill; what on God’s green earth does FBI background checks in 1998 have to do with random people carrying guns on an airplane? Are you foolish enough to think I wouldn’t check out your links? Lol, this is a pathetic attempt: “These statistics represent the number of firearm background checks initiated through the NICS.  They do not, in any way, represent the number of firearms sold.  Based on varying state laws and purchase scenarios, a one-to-one correlation cannot be made between a firearm background check and a firearm sale.”