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NSSF Reports Over 1 Million Adjusted NICS Checks in August 2025​

in Industry News, This Week
Published On: September 3, 2025 Updated: September 3, 2025 BY Larry Z

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has released its August 2025 report on adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figures, and the data shows that lawful firearm ownership remains strong even as raw numbers dip compared to last year.
https://cdn-kfnoj.nitrocdn.com/ILCCnYxtsGmZGyBtowSYmImHKsJVcxJe/assets/images/optimized/rev-fb69a8d/gunsamerica.com/digest/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NICS_Checks_August_2025.jpgNSSF reports August 2025 adjusted NICS checks at 1.09M, down 9.9% from last year, but firearm background checks still highlight strong 2A demand nationwide. (Photo: NSSF)

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Key Numbers​

The NSSF-adjusted NICS figure for August 2025 came in at 1,091,342, down 9.9% from August 2024’s adjusted figure of 1,210,995.
For comparison, the FBI’s unadjusted NICS figure for August 2025 was 1,743,509, a 19.4% decrease from the 2,163,540 reported in August 2024.
While these figures reflect year-over-year declines, they still represent a strong baseline of over one million adjusted checks—a sign that interest in firearms ownership remains steady.

State Leaders​

The top five states leading in adjusted NICS checks were:

• Texas
• Florida
• California
• Pennsylvania
• Virginia

 

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Artists can see the horrors that are taking place in the world perfectly well and some of them are doing what little they can to create more awareness in society at large, but many more are giving way to apathy, treating art as an escape from reality, a comfortable, insulated world…...

~ John Calder

I created some hole art on the flat range yesterday, between the 7, 10, and 15, yard positions I burned up around 300 rounds of .45 ACP. The only thing insulated in that world was my ears.

 

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New York Ordered to Pay $800K After Church Challenges Ban on Firearms in Houses of Worship​

Magdalene Henah

A church that challenged parts of a 2022 state law banning guns in places of worship has secured another victory in its legal battle after a federal court has ordered New York to pay over $817,000 to cover the legal fees for His Tabernacle Church’s attorneys, who contested the law.

The 2022 Concealed Carry Improvement Act, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, established “sensitive” zones where even licensed individuals cannot carry concealed firearms, including churches.

His Tabernacle Church challenged the law and in early 2023, achieved a temporary victory when a U.S. District Court judge blocked the state from enforcing the gun-free zone rule for churches while the legal case continued. New York appealed, but the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision, keeping the block in place.

More here: https://protestia.com/2025/09/05/ne...llenges-ban-on-firearms-in-houses-of-worship/

 

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New York Ordered to Pay $800K After Church Challenges Ban on Firearms in Houses of Worship​

Magdalene Henah

A church that challenged parts of a 2022 state law banning guns in places of worship has secured another victory in its legal battle after a federal court has ordered New York to pay over $817,000 to cover the legal fees for His Tabernacle Church’s attorneys, who contested the law.

The 2022 Concealed Carry Improvement Act, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, established “sensitive” zones where even licensed individuals cannot carry concealed firearms, including churches.

His Tabernacle Church challenged the law and in early 2023, achieved a temporary victory when a U.S. District Court judge blocked the state from enforcing the gun-free zone rule for churches while the legal case continued. New York appealed, but the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the decision, keeping the block in place.

More here: https://protestia.com/2025/09/05/ne...llenges-ban-on-firearms-in-houses-of-worship/

Funny, they used to bring their firearms to church and have militia practice after services once upon a time.

 

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There would be a one year spike from Unknown/Unfathomable Reasons . . . .

 

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Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh




We all form self-images and much of our behavior is pretty well determined by how we feel about ourselves.

~ Eunice Baumann-Nelson, Ph.D

 

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Yes, the people with guns who don't get in cattle cars are historically called brownshirts.

Recently the new wave of brownshirts (aka "Deplorables") voted in a fascist control freak who has commenced militarizing our cities and loading people into this century's version of cattlecars.

 

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Vive La Résistance . . . .

 

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Vive La Résistance . . . .

Yes, ultimately we will defeat the MAGAts, including the geriatric ones who hang out on your ammosexuality thread.

 

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And then you drop them and you can;t find the darn pin

 

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And then you drop them and you can;t find the darn pin

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I had to open up my spare parts box, got'em, I'm good.

 

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Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the Buddha...Using the mind to look for reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

~ Bodhidharma




Buddha Sakyamuni said four verses:

“All things have an end,
all that is high will fall,
all that is united will separate,
all that is born will die.”

The meaning of this verse is: Everything has an end, all that is high will fall, all that is united will separate, all that is alive will die.

After hearing the teachings of Buddha Sakyamuni, the father was filled with grief and his heart was enlightened and clear. He was no longer so miserable when thinking about his daughter.

 

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It is very dangerous to be correct when the government is wrong….

 

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And then you drop them and you can;t find the darn pin

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Look in the most unlikely place - your local haystack.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the Buddha...Using the mind to look for reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

~ Bodhidharma




Buddha Sakyamuni said four verses:

“All things have an end,
all that is high will fall,
all that is united will separate,
all that is born will die.”

The meaning of this verse is: Everything has an end, all that is high will fall, all that is united will separate, all that is alive will die.

After hearing the teachings of Buddha Sakyamuni, the father was filled with grief and his heart was enlightened and clear. He was no longer so miserable when thinking about his daughter.

The Heart Sutra

观自在菩萨 行深般若菠萝蜜多时
guān zì zài pú sà háng shēn bān ruò bō luó mì duō shí
When Avalokiteshvara Boddhisattva was meditating upon the pursuit of transcendent wisdom

照见五蕴皆空
zhào jiàn wǔ yùn jiē kōng
He came to the realization that form is nothing more than illusion

度一切苦厄
dù yī qiē kǔ è
And so he freed himself from all suffering and dissatisfaction.

舍利子，色不异空 空不异色
shě lì zǐ，sè bú yì kōng kōng bú yì sè
Shariputra: Form does not differ from emptiness; emptiness does not differ from form.

色即是空，空即是色
sè jí shì kōng, kōng jí shì sè
Form itself is emptiness, emptiness itself is form.

受想行识，亦复如是
shòu xiǎng xíng shí, yì fù rú shì
So too are feelings, perceptions, impulses, and consciousness, neither existing nor not existing.

舍利子，是诸法空相
shě lì zǐ，shì zhū fǎ kōng xiàng
Shariputra, everything is empty, non-existent.

不生不灭，不垢不净，不增不减
bú shēng bú miè，bú gòu bú jìng，bú zēng bú jiǎn
No birth, no death, no purity, no impurity; nothing increases, nothing diminishes.

是故空中无色 无受想行识
shì gù kōng zhōng wú sè wú shòu xiǎng háng shí
Therefore, in meditation there is no form, no desire, no thought, no consciousness

无眼耳鼻舌身意
wú yǎn ěr bí shé shēn yì
The eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, mind; all are irrelevant.

无色声香味触法
wú sè shēng xiāng wèi chù fǎ
Seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, thinking; all are useless

无眼界，乃至无意识界
wú yǎn jiè，nǎi zhì wú yì shí jiè
Everything that we see, hear, smell, taste, touch or imagine has no significance

无无明，亦无无明尽
wú wú míng，yì wú wú míng jìn
There is no ignorance; there is no cure for ignorance

乃至无老死 亦无老死尽
nǎi zhì wú lǎo sǐ, yì wú lǎo sǐ jìn
There is no aging, no death; there is no cure for aging or death.

无苦集灭道
wú kǔ jí miè dào
There is no way to end one's unfulfillment, no way to ever feel satisfied, no path to follow

无智亦无所得
wú zhì yì wú suǒ dé
Wisdom cannot be attained, there is no wisdom to be attained.

以无所得故 菩提萨埵
yǐ wú suǒ dé gù pú tí sà duǒ
By seeking nothing

依般若菠萝蜜多故
yī bān ruò bō luó mì duō gù
The Bodhisattva through reliance on transcendent wisdom is unimpeded in his mind.

心无挂碍 无挂碍故 无有恐怖
xīn wú guà ài, wú guà ài gù, wú yǒu kǒng bù
His heart is free, and when the heart is free, there is no fear,

远离颠倒梦想
yuǎn lí diān dǎo mèng xiǎng
Abandoning false dreams.

究竟涅盘
jiū jìng niè pán
He can achieve Nirvana.

三世诸佛 依般若菠萝蜜多故
sān shì zhū fó yī bān ruò bō luó mì duō gù
Thus the Buddhas of the three worlds attain perfect wisdom.

得阿耨多罗三藐三菩提
dé ā nòu duō luó sān miǎo sān pú tí
And awaken to complete enlightenment

故知般若菠萝蜜多 是大神咒
gù zhī bān ruò bō luó mì duō: shì dà shén zhòu
The perfect wisdom is this: the great spiritual mantra

是大明咒
shì dà míng zhòu
the Great Mantra of Awareness

是无上咒
shì wú shàng zhòu
the Highest Mantra,

是无等等咒
shì wú děng děng zhòu
A Unique Mantra

能除一切苦
néng chú yī qiē kǔ
The cure for all suffering

真实不虚
zhēn shí bú xū
The ultimate truth.

故说般若菠萝蜜多咒
gù shuō bān ruò bō luó mì duō zhòu
Recite the Mantra of Perfect Wisdom.

即说咒曰
jí shuō zhòu yuē
Recite it like this:

揭谛揭谛 波罗揭谛波罗僧揭谛菩提萨婆诃
jiē dì jiē dì bō luó jiē dì bō luó sēng jiē dì pú tí sà pó hē Bodhi svaha!
Gone, Gone, Gone Beyond, Gone Completely Beyond, Enlightened. So be it!