Black Friday 2011 Set Gun Sales Record
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Thousands of Americans will be finding guns in their Christmas stockings this year, after the biggest one-day buy-up on record.
Black Friday set the biggest one-day record of background check requests for hopeful gun buyers, eclipsing the previous record by 32 per cent, according to the FBI.
The agency received 129,166 requests for the instant background checks required for all
firearm buyers in the US. The previous high was Black Friday 2008, when 97,848 Prospective firearm owners hit the streets.
Black Friday set the biggest one-day record of background check requests for hopeful gun buyers, eclipsing the previous record by 32 per cent, according to the FBI.
The agency received 129,166 requests for the instant background checks required for all
firearm buyers in the US. The previous high was Black Friday 2008, when 97,848 Prospective firearm owners hit the streets.
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