FBI reports record number of gun background checks on Black Friday
The FBI processed more background checks for gun sales on Black Friday this year than any day on record, according to data released by the agency this week.
The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System reported 185,345 requests on Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving and a top day for retail sales.
{mosads}That’s about 5 percent more background checks than processed on the same day last year, which itself was just shy of the previous record of 177,170 set on Dec. 21, 2012.
The previous record came days after the shooting Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were shot dead. Several other Black Friday shopping days are on the FBI’s list of top 10 days with the most background checks processed.
On Black Friday this year, a gunman opened fire at a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colo., killing three people and wounding several others.
President Obama repeated his call for stricture limits on guns in the wake of that shooting. The accused killer in the shooting is expected to be formally charged later this month.
Those seeking to buy weapons who undergo a background check can be denied for a variety of reasons, including criminal checks, domestic violence convictions and restraining orders.
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