August Was 8th Consecutive Month of Record Firearm Background Checks August Was 8th Consecutive Month of Record Firearm Background Checks August 2020 was the eighth consecutive month of record background checks for gun sales and transfers. FBI figures show 3,115,063 National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) checks were performed in August 2020, shattering the previous August record of 2,366,824. On August 3, 2020, Breitbart News reported every month, January 2020 through July 2020, set a record. In other words, there were more NICS checks in January 2020 than in any January ever, and more NICS checks in February 2020 than in any February ever. March 2020 set the record for March, April 2020 for April, and so on, all the way through July. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/02/august-was-8th-consecutive-month-of-record-firearm-background-checks/