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Background checks, a metric for gun sales, hit all-time high

by Associated Press
| July 1, 2020 2:03 PM

Historic numbers of background checks to purchase or possess a firearm were done in June, a trend in a year marked by uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, a subsequent economic recession, protests over racial injustice and calls to reduce police funding.

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