CBI receives 14,604 background check requests between March 10 and Monday
A gun lock on a pistol at the Meriden Police Department, Fri., June 21, 2019.
Toilet paper. Hand sanitizer. Canned soup. And guns.
Colorado Bureau of Investigation background check numbers between March 10 and Monday indicate firearms are flying off the shelves the same way groceries are in the state.
In that seven-day span, the CBI received 14,604 background check requests, compared to 7,357 during the same timeframe last year. That’s a 98% increase.
