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Gun sales hit 16th consecutive monthly record in August

By Rudy Takala
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Gun sales hit 16th consecutive monthly record in August

August marked the 16th consecutive month to hit a record for gun sales, according to data released by the FBI.

A total of 1,853,815 individual background checks were processed through the agency’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the month. That was a slight increase over the previous record of 1,745,410 set in August 2015, and brought this year’s total to a whopping 17,880,475.

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