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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - It's a shopping bonanza. All over town many people purchase the usual Black Friday steals while others wait all year to get discounts, on firearms.



Second Amendment Sports in Bakersfield said the number of sales was four times the amount of a normal day which means record amounts of background checks.

Alex Talley is the manager of the store and said nothing got in the way of shoppers and their guns.

"The more rules the government tries to enforce, the more people want to get in and buy before it actually goes into effect," said Talley.



Bakersfield resident, 22-year-old Efrain Rodriguez waited all year to purchase his first gun.

"I got the Maverick 88 which is a shotgun for self defense and home protection," said Rodriguez.

He spent an hour taking a thirty question test, filling out paperwork in order to purchase the gun. But he cant take it home. He has to wait on his background check.



According to the FBI, Black Friday is at the top of the list for the most background checks performed in a single day. All are recorded in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System keeping tabs on legal transactions, a process Rodriguez says he's grateful for.

"I wouldn't be safe if somebody mentally unstable would walk around with a weapon," said Rodriguez.



Staff at Second Amendment Sport said they would continue some of the sales throughout the holidays.