Hmmm ... did Riana personally account for the bulk of this increase?
http://dailycaller.com/2019/12/03/background-checks-gun-sales-skyrocket-black-friday/

Americans bought firearms in vast numbers this Black Friday as background checks were up 11% from the year before.
The FBI ran 202,465 background checks on Friday Nov. 29, 2019 - the second-highest number in one day on record, Fox Business News reported Monday. The busiest day of background checks was Black Friday 2017 when the bureau processed the names of 203,086 people. ...

The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence