Record Gun Sales in November and December; A helpful breakdown of the composition of NICS checks

This information is available here (you can make the charts bigger by clicking on them).  The record sales in December were up 39 percent from their already high levels in November and November was up 24 percent from October.  Sales were also 50 percent from the previous December and November's were up 31 percent from the previous November.  Indeed, each month in 2012 set records for that month.  Records being broken even before the Newtown shooting.

This information is available here.  About 37 percent of the handgun and long gun sales are for handguns.