WASHINGTON – CNN reported Wednesday that the FBI performed about 2.8 million background checks on prospective gun owners last month.
CNN reported that this is a record amount of background checks for one month.
“The FBI performed more than 2.78 million checks in the final month of the year. That followed a record November. For 2012, the agency ran more than 19.5 million background checks, another record that represented a year-over-year increase of more than three million.”
