And, in the northeast, sales seem to be booming because people want to protect themselves from looting after Superstorm Sandy.
On Black Friday, the FBI fielded almost 155,000 calls for background checks, compared to the previous record of about 129,000.
The FBI says call centers even experienced brief black outs, and had to stop taking calls.
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