Black Friday background checks hit record high

By Christen Smith

NICS background checks exceeded 200,000 on Nov. 24, 2017 — the busiest single day in the system’s two-decade history. (Photo: Larry Deklinski/The News-Item via Associated Press)
Background checks exceeded 200,000 on Black Friday — shattering the FBI’s record for single busiest day set just last year by almost 10 percent, according to a report from USA Today.
Dealers processed 203,086 applications through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during Black Friday’s traditional shopping frenzy. The system serves as the gun industry’s best sales barometer — though the measurement isn’t exact.
Six of the FBI’s top 10 days fall on Black Fridays, including the most recent record of 185,713 checks set just last year. It’s the third year in a row Black Friday checks earned the top spot on the agency’s list of highest days.
The surge comes two days after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a review of NICS — a system he says is undermined by spotty records and lackadaisical reporting from state and military agencies, as evidenced by the shooting at a Texas church earlier this month.
“The National Instant Criminal Background Check System is critical for us to be able to keep guns out of the hands of those that are prohibited from

Source: Guns.com