The number of background checks performed in Virginia are in.
Depending on your position on gun control, the numbers may or may not surprise you.
Background checks jumped nearly 50 percent between November 2011 and 2012, primarily because of President Obama's re-election.
If you think that increase was high, the number jumped nearly 80 percent between December 2011 and 2012, likely because of the gun control debate firing up after the shootings at Sandy Hook.
And statewide the number jumped by 100,000, almost 35 percent.
Here is a month-by-month look at background checks in Virginia, according to Virginia State Police:
Month 2011 2012
January 23,655 27,226
February 31,004 39,624
March 29,632 35,239
April 25,110 29,402
May 19,922 24,266
June 18,640 24,762
Jul 22,547 29,072
August 22,315 31,016
September 24,640 32,524
October 28,275 33,893
November 33,469 50,243
December 41,957 75,120
Total 321,166 432,387
