FBI: Record number of background checks for guns on Black Friday
ATLANTA (CBS46) – Forget electronics and appliances, guns were apparently the must-have item on Black Friday this year. FBI statistics show more than 200,000 people requested background checks to buy guns on Black Friday, up nine percent from last year. At Stoddard’s Range and Guns in Atlanta, Nikki Bradley is honing her shooting skills. She said she’s never been a “gun person” but started shooting a few months ago after a friend was carjacked during Atlanta’s slider crimes. “After that happened, it made me want to shoot for self-defense,” she said. “I have two little kids.”