Background checks for firearms conducted by the FBI reached a new record high in March. Nearly 4.7 million checks were done across the month, smashing the previous record of 4.3 million set in January. The FBI numbers include background checks for firearms, permits, and other purposes related to guns. Adjusted numbers from the National Shooting Sports Foundation provided to The Epoch Times shows the gun checks alone in March were 2 million. That is the second highest number on record, after the 2.3 million checks completed in March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic conditions and the push for gun ownership restrictions are propelling Americans to buy more guns, Mark Olivia with the foundation told The Epoch Times. “I think as long as you continue to see these misguided calls for gun control to chip away the rights of law abiding citizens and not look at legislation that’s going to keep firearms out …