ATLANTA (AP) – Data shows that Georgians in record numbers are taking a key step to obtain a gun.
The federal government by law doesn’t keep a count of the number of guns sold, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
But one measure – the number of background checks performed by the FBI – is up sharply.
In 2020, a record 904,000 Georgians got firearms background checks. The average for the previous five years was about 561,800.
Nationally, a record 38.9 million Americans got background checks, up 14.7 million from 2019.