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Gun Background Checks Continue at Record Pace, Black Friday’s Gun Sales Set Record

Dec 2, 2015 | Featured

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For the last six months, NICS background checks have been setting a records.  On Black Friday, there were 185,345 NICS checks, over 8,000 more than the previous record of 177,170 set on December 21, 2012.  The previous Black Friday record was last year and it was 175,754.

More Americans had their backgrounds checked purchasing guns on Black Friday than any day in the on record, according to data released by the FBI this week.

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System processed 185,345 requests on Nov. 27, one of the largest retail sales days in the country.

“This was an approximate 5% increase over the 175,754 received on Black Friday 2014,” wrote Stephen Fischer, the FBI’s chief of multimedia productions. “The previous high for receipts were the 177,170 received on 12/21/2012.” . . .

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