FBI: Gun background checks break record for 9th consecutive month

By Paul Bedard

Published February 25, 2016 6:02pm ET

FBI: Gun background checks break record for 9th consecutive month — A researcher simulates a check done for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System or NICS, at the FBI's criminal justice center in Bridgeport, W.Va. (AP Photo/Matt Stroud) | Matt Stroud

The FBI in January recorded the highest ever monthly number of firearm background checks of Americans purchasing guns and applying for conceal-carry licenses, a pace of 82,122 a day, 3,421 an hour.

At 2,545,802, it was the ninth consecutive record-breaking month for background checks, according to the FBI.

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