Though overall spending on this year's Black Friday weekend plummeted 11 percent, gun sales beat the crowd, enjoying an impressive kick-off to the holiday season.  On Friday alone, the FBI reported a record 175,000 new guns logged into the federal background check system.

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The success is attributed to large suppliers offering huge rebates; Walmart marked down all firearms 20 percent, Cobela offered the first 600 in line the chance to win prizes like a Browning composite rifle valued at $529. 

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While the news is disturbing to many, gun sale success has opened the door for an unprecedented variation of cynical headlines: "Gun Stores Make a Killing on Black Friday", "Guns Blow The Competition Away", etc. 

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