By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
So many Americans are buying guns that the FBI is on track for a record number of firearm background checks this year, CNN reports.
Since the end of November, the FBI processed 19.8 million background checks this year – the highest number ever recorded through the first 11 months of a year.
The FBI began operating the National Instant Background Check System, or NICS, 17 years ago. Since then, the bureau has processed 222.4 million background checks and denied 1.3 million of them.
The background checks are the most reliable way to determine approximately how many guns are sold in the U.S.
CNN reported that the gun industry is doing well, with major gun makers seeing surging stock prices.
