Gun sales in the US up dramatically on Black Friday.
According to the FBI, the number of background checks for gun sales on Black Friday was the fourth-highest single-day total on record in 2020.
According to USA Today, the National Instant Criminal background check System (NICS) recorded 186 thousand checks on what’s typically the biggest shopping holiday of the year, but it was fewer than last year.
In 2019, the FBI conducted 202,465 on Black Friday.