FBI receives single day record of over 200,000 requests for gun background checks on Black Friday - smashing record set on same day last year
The FBI said on Saturday that it was inundated with over 200,000 requests for background checks for gun purchases on Black Friday
The bureau said that it received 203,086 requests for background checks on Black Friday, smashing the previous all-time single day record of 185,713 in 2016
Background checks are required for anyone seeking to purchase a gun at a federally licensed dealer
The statistic was reported by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered review of NICS after a man who killed 26 people in a Texas church was left off the system despite having a criminal record
By Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com and Reuters
Published: 01:19 EST, 26 November 2017 | Updated: 10:08 EST, 26 November 2017
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