The annual number of background checks for firearms transactions peaked in 2020
The National Shooting Sports Foundation — a trade group — uses FBI data to estimate demand for guns in the U.S.
The column chart shows the estimated number of background checks for firearms transactions in the U.S. fro each year from 2000 through 2022. The figure is produced by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade group for the gun industry, by compiling and modifying federal and state data.