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Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2001
Describes background checks for firearm transfers conducted in 2001. Provides the number of applications checked by State points of contact, estimates of the number of applications checked by local agencies, the number of applications rejected, the reasons for rejection, and estimates of applications and rejections conducted by each type of approval system, including permit approval systems. Also provides limited information about appeals of rejected applications and arrests for falsified applications. The Firearm Inquiry Statistics Program, funded under the National Criminal History Improvement Program, is an ongoing data collection effort focusing on the procedures and statistics related to background checks in selected States.
Highlights include the following:
- Total applications
for firearm transfers or permits nationwide increased 3%, from 7.7 million
in 2000 to 8.0 million 2001.
- In 2001, 151,000
applications for firearm transfers or permits were rejected by the FBI
or State and local agencies.
- The number of
rejections for reasons other than felonies increased 256% from the beginning
of the Brady Act to yearend 2001.
09/02 NCJ 195235
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