Record number of firearm-related background checks

640x360_51211P00-POCDYThe FBI processed a record number of firearms-related background checks in 2015.

According to FBI data more than 23 million checks went through the system, setting a record. That’s after the months May through December also set records.

The number of background checks, however, does not indicate the number of guns sold.

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