Boom: Record January gun background checks, 2020 set to make history

By Paul Bedard

Published February 5, 2020 5:09pm ET

Boom: Record January gun background checks, 2020 set to make history — Mayor Nathan Dial of Estancia, N.M., center, speaks at a news conference about gun legislation on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in Santa Fe, N.M., as hundreds of advocates for 2nd Amendment rights rallied outside the Statehouse against a proposed red-flag gun law.

The 2020 presidential race is already weighing on the minds of gun owners who flocked to gun stores to load up in January.

The FBI reported today that January saw a record of 2,702,702 background checks, which closely track gun sales and requests for concealed carry permits.

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