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FBI conducted record number of gun sale background checks in 2019, as Democrats promise gun control

The FBI carried out a record 28 million background checks on firearms purchases in 2019, as Americans rushed to buy weapons amid calls for tougher gun laws.

According to FBI data, 28,369,750 background checks were performed in 2019, smashing the previous record of 27 million in 2016. The agency ran 202,465 checks on Black Friday alone. The Christmas period was a festive one for firearms retailers, with just under three million checks carried out in December, the second-highest month since the National Instant Criminal Background Check System began in 1998.

The number of background checks performed does not directly correlate with weapons sales, the FBI cautioned. Some states, for example, carry out checks for concealed-carry permits, for example, and the figures don’t account for multiple weapons purchased at once. Nevertheless, it is the most reliable indicator of nationwide gun sales that exists.

Firearms sales typically spike when gun owners feel like their Second Amendment rights are threatened. Though President Trump has been a vocal proponent of gun rights, his opponents spent 2019 pushing the opposite message.

Every Democratic candidate for next year’s election has promised to restrict gun rights in some manner, with Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke proposing a mass confiscation of AR- and AK-style rifles in September, shortly before dropping out of the race.

O’Rourke’s fellow Democrats, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, then announced that they too would introduce their own mandatory buyback schemes. The following month saw the third-highest number of checks in the whole year.

https://www.rt.com/usa/477595-record-gun-sales-2019/

Harvey Weinstein Indicted On New Sex Crime Charges In Los Angeles As New York Trial Begins

Director Harvey Weinstein was indicted on two new sex crime charges Monday in Los Angeles, the same day his trial in New York City began.

Weinstein was charged again with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault stemming from two separate incidents that occurred back in 2013, according to a report published by the Associated Press.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/06/harvey-weinstein-los-angeles-indictment-rape-sexual-assault/

Lockheed Martin F-35 production exceeded goals, lowered costs in 2019

Lockheed Martin is making good on its commitments to the U.S. military and other customers, delivering more F-35 aircraft than originally planned, according to a release Monday.

The defense and aerospace company delivered its 134th F-35 aircraft of 2019 Monday, exceeding its joint government and industry commitment of 131 for the year. The 134 aircraft delivered in 2019 is a 47% increase over production in 2018, according to Lockheed Martin.

“We have met our annual delivery targets three years in a row and continue to increase production rates, improve efficiencies and reduce costs,” Lockheed Martin vice president and general manager of the F-35 program, Greg Ulmer, said in a statement.

The jets — the company’s largest source of profit — are manufactured at Lockheed’s Fort Worth, Texas, assembly plant, which employs more than 14,000 workers.

The 134th aircraft was an F-35B, a variant that specializes in short takeoffs and vertical landings, that was delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps. The program has now produced a total of 490 aircraft and surpassed 240,000 cumulative flight hours, according to Lockheed Martin.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2020/01/lockheed-martin-f-35-production-exceeded-goals-lowered-costs-in-2019/