Gun Sale Background Checks Soared to All-Time High in March

Andrea Schry (R) fills out the buyer part of legal forms to buy a handgun as shop worker Missy Morosky fills out the vendors parts after Dukes Sport Shop reopened in New Castle, Pennsylvania, on March 25, 2020. Keith Srakocic/AP Photo

The number of firearm background checks performed by the FBI soared to an all-time high in March amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background checks spiked to 3.74 million, according to the FBI, by far the most ever performed in one month.