UpdatedFri, Apr 9, 2021 at 5:01 pm ET
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Pennsylvania State Police announced this week that the Pennsylvania Instant Check System (PICS) set another record for activity in the first quarter of 2021. It was the third straight quarter to experience record-breaking volume. (Shutterstock)
PENNSYLVANIA For a third quarter running, firearm background checks in Pennsylvania are setting records and growing.
Pennsylvania State Police announced this week that the Pennsylvania Instant Check System (PICS) set another record for activity in the first quarter of 2021. It was the third straight quarter to experience record-breaking volume.
The department also released the number of firearms purchase denials, subsequent investigations, and arrests resulting from such investigations for the period of Jan. 1 through March 31, 2021.