It's not your typical Black Friday shopping, but the FBI says there's been a big boom in the number of guns sold on the the biggest shopping day of the year.
"I have seen increased sales," said Adam Miller, owner of Lehigh Valley Guns and Ammo in Allentown.
Miller says the number of people in the store shot up on Friday.
"We had a few glocks on sale, we did five percent off all of our guns," said Miller.
The FBI says on average, someone tries to buy a gun every three seconds on Black Friday.
However, it's not always a straight shot from the gun store to your home. The FBI says because of the increased sales nationally, background checks are taking longer.
"Our instant check system has gone down on Black Friday and days following because of increased sales," said Miller.
The FBI says its employees are working overtime because a background check must be processed within 3 days.
Officials say 2% of the more than 144,000 Black Friday background checks will be rejected.
But for those who are cleared, Miller says many customers keep coming back.
"In general, I have a lot of loyal customers," said Miller.
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