USA Today: 2019 Could Break Firearm Background Check Record USA Today: 2019 Could Break Firearm Background Check Record https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/26/usa-today-2019-could-break-firearm-background-check-record/ USA Today is tracking background checks thus far in 2019 and notes this year could witness an all-time record for the number of background checks conducted. On November 15, 2019, Breitbart News reported checks run via the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) were at all-new highs during the months of August, September, and October 2019. And the FBI shows the total number of checks January 2019 through October 2019 as 22,858, 104. USA Today reports that the record for most NICS checks in one year is 27.5 million. This means American gun buyers could break that record in 2019, especially when you consider that Black Friday sales will be part of November 2019 background check figures.