Gun sales hit their 18th consecutive monthly record in October according to newly-released FBI data, and increased by nearly 20 percent compared to the same month in 2015.

A total of 2,333,539 background checks were processed through the bureau’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the month of October, according to the agency’s monthly data, 18 percent higher than the 1,976,759 conducted in the same month last year.

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