Black Friday Sets New Record for Gun Background Checks

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Black Friday Sets New Record for Gun Background Checks

According to the FBI, this year’s Black Friday saw more background checks for gun purchases that ever before.

The FBI reported that it processed about to background checks per second on Black Friday. That’s a total of 185,345 background checks. That figure broke the previous record, set on December 21, 2012 roughly a week after the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

GoLocal teamed up with Graphiq for this look at gun rights vs. gun control support over time and gun laws by state.

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Data curated by FindTheData

The Influence of Gun Money in New England States

Rhode Island

State Candidates

Control $: 0

Rights $: 229650

Federal Candidates

Control $: 19557

Rights $: 5612

Massachusetts

State Candidates

Control $: 2850

Rights $: 20538

Federal Candidates

Control $: 54058

Rights $: 104579

Maine

State Candidates

Control $: 8325

Rights $: 51700

Federal Candidates

Control $: 27318

Rights $: 142505

Connecticut

State Candidates

Control $: 4076

Rights $: 56200

Federal Candidates

Control $: 43666

Rights $: 121596

Vermont

State Candidates

Control $: 0

Rights $: 40330

Federal Candidates

Control $: 4500

Rights $: 7550

New Hampshire

State Candidates

Control $: 1500

Rights $: 22475

Federal Candidates

Control $: 34337

Rights $: 293560

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