As thousands of pro-Second Amendment protesters gather in Richmond, Virginia, to decry gun legislation introduced by Democrats in the state government, new data shows firearm sales across the commonwealth reached record levels.

More than 73,000 guns were sold in Virginia in December, the second-highest monthly total for gun sales since the 1990s, according to WHSV.

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