It is a popular time of year to buy guns. The previous record of 185,713 background checks was set one year earlier on Black Friday.. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System is ...

FBI Swamped With Gun Background Checks on Black Friday. The agency processed a record 185,345 firearm background checks in 24 hours. By ABC News. December 2, 2015, 11:54 AM.

Keane, whose group is the trade association for the firearms industry, said that although the "sales peak has crested,'' this year's Black Friday number of background checks is still ranked as the ...

The busiest shopping day of the year also saw a major boom for gun sales, with the federal background check system setting a record of more than 175,000 background checks Friday, according to the ...

There were over 1 million opportunities for someone to buy a gun from a licensed dealer without a completed background check in 2020 and 2021, according to an FBI report released last month.. In ...

The FBI said a record-setting number of gun background checks were processed this Black Friday, a possible indicator of higher firearm sales. This year the National Instant Criminal Background ...