The number of guns bought in the month of April surpassed any April on record, according to an analysis of FBI background check data. Over 3.5 million checks were done across the month, according to the newly released NCIS background check data. Background checks are done for both permitting and buying firearms. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), a firearm industry trade association, said adjusted figures show 1.69 million checks were done for buying guns. That’s a record high for the month of April, an increase of nearly 1 percent from April 2020. Gun purchases spiked in March 2020 as the country went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and have remained at unprecedented levels since then, Mark Olivia, director of public affairs for the foundation, told The Epoch Times in an email. Sales in each month have ranged between 1.5 million and 2 million per month, driven in part by …