Fear of law changes keeps gun sales soaring in Pennsylvania
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Andrea Schry, right, fills out the buyer part of legal forms to buy a handgun as shop worker Missy Morosky fills out the vendors parts at Dukes Sport Shop in New Castle, Pa. last year. Interest in guns, as measured by backgrounds checks, continues to set records in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)AP
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In the first quarter of 2021, the Pennsylvania Instant Check System completed 427,450 background checks. That’s up 40.2 percent from January through March 2020. State Police said previous records for PICS activity were 420,581 background checks, set from October through December of 2020; and 406,151 checks from July through September last year.