Reuters: U.S.: Gun purchasers set new record in December: FBI

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Gun purchasers set new record in December: FBI Jan 2nd 2013, 17:30 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News NRA calls for armed school guards as U.S. mourns massacre Sat, Dec 22 2012 Gun group NRA calls for armed guards at all schools Fri, Dec 21 2012 Insight: Mass shootings tend to lift gun sales, data shows Fri, Dec 21 2012 Obama promises gun control action early next year Wed, Dec 19 2012 Analysis: Shocked Obama wants to target gun violence, but how? Mon, Dec 17 2012 Analysis & Opinion The high cost of hating government A year when government failed us A dealer displays firearms for sale at a gun show in Kansas City, Missouri December 22, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Dave Kaup WASHINGTON | Wed Jan 2, 2013 12:30pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of FBI background checks for U.S. gun purchases set a record in December, as the Connecticut school massacre prompted renewed talk of limits on firearms, according to new FBI data. The FBI said it recorded 2.8 million background checks during the month, surpassing the record set in November of 2 million checks. The number was up 49 percent over December 2011, when the FBI performed a then-record 1.9 million checks. (Reporting by David Ingram; Editing by Bill Trott) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (2) No surprise there. Every time a gun nut goes nuts, the gun nuts go nuts. We're the only country that does this, and we're the only country that shoots 32,000 of its own people every year and then get surprised by it. There is no solution now that there are 300 million guns loose in a population which clearly can not handle them. Gun control will not work now. Given the advanced state of decay here, birth control works better. Jan 02, 2013 12:42pm EST  --  Report as abuse With over 2 million more guns out there, we should be REALLY safe now. Jan 02, 2013 12:50pm EST  --  Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment

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