FBI Reports Record Number Of Background Checks On Black Friday

Gun buyers were out in force shopping the day after Thanksgiving.

While early sales numbers are showing Black Friday being down, gun sales set a single day mark according the New York Post:

Still, plenty of shoppers hit stores and malls, and many were apparently buying guns. The FBI fielded 203,086 background-check requests for gun purchases on Black Friday, setting a new single-day record, up from the previous record of 185,713 set on the day after Thanksgiving last year.

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