SAAF Press Releases

Note: Since January 1st, 2023, SAAF no longer issues public press releases.

2022, December 1. “U.S. firearms sales November 2022: muted 1.7% year-over-year decline; long-gun sales suffered whereas handgun sales did well.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, November 4. “U.S. firearms sales October 2022: 12% year-over-year decline, per capita sales on target to equal the 2016 level.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, October 4. “U.S. firearms sales September 2022: Down from the 2020 peak but still significantly up from 2019.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, September 1. “U.S. firearms sales August 2022: Normal ‘August bump’ disappears for third year in a row.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, August 1. “U.S. firearms sales July 2022: This year’s downward adjustment continues.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, July 1. “U.S. firearms sales June 2022: At +7.7%, June saw this year’s first year-over-year unit sales increase.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, June 1. “U.S. firearms sales May 2022: 12.6% year-over-year drop.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, May 3. “U.S. firearms sales April 2022: drastic year-over-year drop.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, April 5. “U.S. firearms sales March 2022 update and other updated industry data.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, March 1. “U.S. firearms sales February 2022: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine appears to have increased U.S. firearms unit sales.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, February 1. “U.S. firearms sales January 2022: Drastic but not unprecedented drop.” [pdf] [docx]
2022, January 5. “U.S. firearms sales December 2021: Slight fall from December 2020. Year closes out with nearly 20 million firearms sold.” [pdf] [docx]
2021, December 1. “U.S. firearms sales November 2021: Third-highest November since 1998 but 21.6% year-over-year drop.” [pdf] [docx]
2021, November 1. “U.S. firearms sales October 2021: Still a flourishing market.” [pdf] [docx]
2021, October 4. “U.S. firearms sales September 2021: The pattern continues; less than 2020 but more than 2019.” [pdf] [docx]
2021, September 1. “U.S. firearms sales August 2021: The slow down continues” [pdf] [docx]
2021, August 2. “U.S. firearms sales July 2021: Slowed down or sped up?” [pdf] [docx]
2021, July 1. “U.S. firearms sales June 2021: Drastic year-over-year decrease, from 2.4 million to 1.4 million firearms.” [pdf] [docx]
2021, June 2. “U.S. firearms sales May 2021: Year-over-year decrease, from 1.7 million to 1.4 million firearms.” [pdf] [docx]
2021, May 3. “U.S. firearms sales April 2021: Small year-over-year increase, to 1.8 million firearms.” [pdf] [docx]
2021, April 1. “U.S. firearms sales March 2021: Very large, yet less than a year ago.” [pdf] [docx]
2021, March 15. “U.S. firearms and ammunition imports boom in 2020.” [pdf] [docx]
2021, March 2. “U.S. firearms sales February 2021: Slow-down?” [pdf] [docx]
2021, February 2. “U.S. firearms sales January 2021: Bang!” [pdf] [docx]
2021, January 5. “U.S. firearms sales December 2020: Sales increases slowing down, year’s total sales clock in at 23 million units.” [pdf] [docx]
2020, December 1. “U.S. firearms sales in November: Still booming, but less so.” [pdf] [docx]
2020, November 19. “U.S. firearms imports boom in 2020.” [pdf] [docx]
2020, November 2. “U.S. firearms sales: 2020 sales continue at record pace.” [pdf] [docx]
2020, October 3. “U.S. firearms sales: 2020 year-to-date sales set new high.” [pdf] [docx]
2020, September 1. “U.S. firearms sales: Year-to-date sales exceed all of 2019.” [pdf] [docx]
2020, August 3. “U.S. firearms sales: July 2020 - unit sales continue to boom” [pdf] [docx]
2020, July 1. “U.S. firearms sales: June 2020 unit sales soar once more” [pdf] [docx]
2020, June 2. “U.S. firearms sales: May 2020 unit sales break records yet again” (supplement) [pdf] [docx]
2020, June 1. “U.S. firearms sales: May 2020 unit sales break records yet again [pdf] [docx]
2020, May 4. “U.S. firearms sales: April 2020 unit sales continue drastic covid-19-related increase.” [pdf] [docx]
2020, April 1. “U.S. firearms sales: March 2020 unit sales show anticipated covid-19-related boom.” [pdf] [docx]
2020, March 5. “U.S. firearms sales: February 2020 unit sales again increase drastically.” [pdf] [docx]
2020, February 5. “U.S. firearms sales: January 2020 unit sales shoot up drastically.”
2020, January 6. “U.S. firearms sales: December 2019 up over last year.”
2019, December 4. “U.S. firearms sales: November 2019 only slighter higher than 2018.”
2019, November 25. “U.S. firearms unit sales forecast for November and December 2019.”
2019, November 5. “U.S. firearms sales: Year-over-sales sales rise again in October 2019.”
2019, October 3. “U.S. firearms sales: Year-over-year sales rise in September 2019.”
2019, September 14. “U.S. firearms sales: Year-over-year sales rise substantially in August 2019.”
2019, August 6. “U.S. firearms sales: Year-over-year sales barely budge in July 2019.”
2019, July 3. “U.S. firearms sales: Year-over-year increase in June 2019.”
2019, June 7. “U.S. firearms sales: Slight year-over-year increase in May 2019.”
2019, May 3. “U.S. firearms sales slump continues in April 2019.”
2019, April 3. “Sharp drop in year-over-year March 2019 U.S. firearms sales.”
2019, March 6. “Sharp drop in year-over-year February 2019 U.S. firearms sales.”
2019, February 6. “January 2019 U.S. firearms sales increase year-over-year.”
2019, January 29. “December 2018 U.S. firearms sales.”
2018, December 3. “Despite further declines, November 2018 U.S. firearms sales were uncommonly strong.”
2018, November 4. “October 2018 U.S. firearms sales fall to 7 year low for October sales.”
2018, October 3. “September 2018 U.S. firearms sales subdued.”
2018, September 6. “While August 2018 U.S. firearms sales tick up, sales remain sluggish for the year.”
2018, September 3. “NAFTA: U.S. firearms and ammunition trade with Canada and Mexico.”
2018, August 2. “July 2018 U.S. firearms sales: Second-lowest July sales since 2012.”
2018, July 3. “June 2018 U.S. firearms sales reach seasonal low; forecast for all of 2018 unchanged at 14.5 million units.”
2018, June 4. “May 2018 U.S. firearms sales continue on sluggish path.”
2018, May 7. “April 2018 U.S. firearms lowest since 2015.”
2018, Apr. 4. “March 2018 U.S. firearms sales picking up.”
2018, Mar. 6. “Top Firearms Imports into the U.S. 2012-2017. Canada Tops the Long-Gun Category, Austria is Tops for Handguns.”
2018, Mar. 5. “Despite Parkland, Fla., School Shooting February 2018 U.S. Firearms Sales Break No Record.”
2018, Feb 24. “US 2018 Sales Forecast of 14.5 Million Firearms.”
2017, Oct. 5. “US Firearms Sales: Projected 11% Sales Decline 2016 to 2017.”
2017, July 8. “Third Quarter 2017 Sales Forecast of 3.5 Million Firearms.”
2017, Apr. 4. “Second Quarter 2017 Sales Forecast of 3.0 Million Firearms.”
2017, Jan. 16. “First Quarter 2017 Sales Forecast of 4.3 Million Firearms.”
2016, Dec. 21. “Record Firearms Sales Year Projected as American Stuff their Stockings with Guns: Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting Projects Record Firearms Sales Year.”