Likely due the anxieties attributed to the notion that president-elect Barak Obama will tighten firearm restrictionsm, gun sales have reached record levels in Colorado, reports the Rocky Mountain Times.
Background checks to clear buyers exceeded 200,000 for the first time in history-more than a quarter occurred after the Nov. 4 election.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation conducted nearly 30,000 instant background checks for potential gun buyers in November and more than 26,300 in December, reports the Times.
That compares with 18,569 checks in October and 14,556 in September. In January 2008, the CBI conducted 13,161 background checks.
Overall, the Times reports background checks were up 26 percent in 2008. Total background checks last year numbered 202,772, compared with 160,756 in 2007. Roughly 97 percent of all background checks are approved.
