FBI processing record number background checks for guns

Sunday, November 26, 2017
A surge in Black Friday gun sales has the FBI very busy processing a record number of requests for background checks.

More than 203,000 background checks were requested for gun purchases on Friday.
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It's the biggest single day record, which beat last year's record by 15,000.

Actual gun sales were likely higher because buyers may have bought more than one gun.
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