Number of recent NICS background checks

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"Cemetery lists the NICS data for the entire year of 2008, up through October. There was definitely a spike beginning in October as gun owners read the writing on the wall in regards to the election. It’ll be very interesting to see the final November and December numbers once they come out.

UPDATE: November 2008 numbers are 1,529,635, so yup, quite a spike. Last year’s November numbers were half a million less."

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