As it turns out, Beto O’Rourke won’t be taking your AR-15s and AK-47s as he promised, but at least the Associated Press is aware enough to know that gun sales spike whenever Democrats start talking about “common sense” gun control, like having “mandatory” buy-backs and banning semi-automatic weapons, which is like all of them.

Black Friday has come and gone, and it looks like a lot of people treated themselves to guns this holiday:

Via @AP: Background checks on gun purchases in the U.S. are climbing toward a record high this year, reflecting what the industry says is a rush by people to buy weapons in reaction to the Democratic presidential candidates' calls for tighter restrictions. — Marc Levy (@timelywriter) December 3, 2019

By the end of November, more than 25.4M background checks — generally seen as a strong indicator of gun sales — had been conducted by the FBI, putting 2019 on pace to break the record of 27.5M set in 2016, the last full year President Barack Obama was in the White House. — Marc Levy (@timelywriter) December 3, 2019

On Black Friday alone, the FBI ran 202,465 checks — one every 4.85 seconds. Via @AP: https://t.co/onGN3IkJNm — Marc Levy (@timelywriter) December 3, 2019

So as some of you pointed out, that figure is backwards; it’s 4.85 checks per second, presumably in a 12-hour day … — Marc Levy (@timelywriter) December 3, 2019

That’s a lot of those background checks that anti-2A advocates say we don’t have https://t.co/Gc529xqwgM — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) December 3, 2019

Huh, I always heard there wasn’t a background check to buy a gun ? — Tommy Eversole (@TomECaster) December 3, 2019

That's what they want you to believe. Have purchased at a gun show as well as a big box store, background checks both times. — Renee Strange (@renee_strange) December 3, 2019

And unfortunately not a single one will stop a criminal from obtaining the weapon of their choice. Might inconvenience a lot of law-abiding citizens who forgot to update the address on their driver license, though but, hey, as long as the gun grabbers feel good. — Bob Thornburgh (@KJ5IK) December 3, 2019

Hopefully the vast majority of those checks resulted in approval and there are a bunch of new gun owners. If every law abiding American becomes armed and trained we can defend against violent criminals and a cabal of liberals who want absolute control over our lives and freedoms. — D. DeFrehn (@Greydoc) December 3, 2019

This happens every time a Dem runs for office. Good news is they think they might win. — Fantastic Automatic (@FantaAutoma) December 3, 2019

It's inevitable. Unlike the RINOs, the Democrats don't lie; they keep telling us they are going to take away our rights at every given opportunity. Why doubt them? — Restive Rabble (@RestiveRabble) December 3, 2019

Good. More Americans should take advantage of their natural rights as enshrined in the Constitution. — JustHalanna (@JustHalanna) December 3, 2019

The good news is, that is more than enough guns to arm the entire Marine Corps .. again… — OldTelePicker (@kd4epg) December 3, 2019

That’s enough to give one to every member of the Unites States Marine Corp … in one day’s worth of sales. — Liquid Lobotomy (@Liquid_Lobotomy) December 4, 2019

The Gun Grabbers just convinced American citizens to arm themselves at the same level of the US Marines, for Christmas…..Ha, Ha, Ha….. #MerryChristmas2A — Sasha Cees (@CeesSasha) December 3, 2019

Every time a gun is purchased….an angel gets his or her wings. ??? — JStraw (@JStrawd1) December 3, 2019

From a person who sells guns for a living, they need to find a more efficient way to do background checks. The phone call in sucks & so does the online e-check. If we're going to have to do this annoying crap figure out a way to make it simpler…rant over? — David Thrower (BATMAN) (@American1983WDE) December 3, 2019

It would appear with so many background checks being done…this system is doing little to cull gun violence.? — HalosRamsFan (@HalosRamsFan) December 3, 2019

I just had one. Got my new firearms ID card and purchase permit. Nice to live in a State that makes it soo difficult to use my 2nd amendment rights. — #insideStevesbrain (@realstevelandis) December 3, 2019

That 200k law abiding gun owners. Or as the #Democrats would say, 200k chances of gun violence. Guess which one is more plausible — PA_Brook (@TheRealFastAl) December 3, 2019

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