Gun background checks increase

Posted at 4:04 PM on May 27, 2009 by Bob Collins (0 Comments)

MPR's Than Tibbetts has sent along an update of a post I made last January with an increase in gun sales following the election of Barack Obama.

According to the FBI, there have been 110,488 background checks for firearms owners in Minnesota since the beginning of 2009. Over a 10-year period, the state averaged 18,500 checks per month.

The rate of increase in Minnesota is higher than the national average. Nationally, federal background checks are up about 25 percent.

In DC recently, a gun show promoter's advertisement said, "Come and get them while you still can."

A story last month on NPR suggested that goes for ammunition, too.

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