Is the Mood Surly? Or Just Worried?

This is not really surprising.

For the 17th time in a row, the record for the amount of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in a single month has been broken. Additionally, the FBI stated in their report that there was a 32 percent increase in background checks during the first half of 2016 compared to the same time period in 2015....

NRA (the source) goes on to speculate--with foundation--that it's likely the records will be broken in November and December, too.

Imagine that!  The Feds won't control the border, nor take care that immigrants are amenable to the US' living arrangements, and the cops are not controlling criminals.

Then there's the spectre of Hildebeeste in the background....