The latest figures from the FBI show that background checks for October 2016 exceeded the previous October record by more than 350,000.
The previous record was 1,976,759 background checks, set in October 2015, but the latest FBI figures show 2,333,539 checks were performed in October 2016. That is an increase of 356,780 background checks.
The new record also makes October 2016 the 18th consecutive month of record background checks, thereby continuing a pattern that we have seen monthly beginning May 2015.
by Awr Hawkins