BJS Releases Background Checks For Firearm Transfers, 2013-14 - Statistical Tables

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has released Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2013–14 - Statistical Tables, which describes background checks for firearm transfers conducted in 2014, including partial data for 2013, and presents estimates of firearm applications received and denied annually since the effective date of the Brady Act through 2014. Tables provide data on the number of firearm transaction applications processed by the FBI and by state and local agencies, the number of applications denied, reasons for denial, and estimates of applications by jurisdiction and by each type of approval system. State-level 2014 estimates are included for states with local checking agencies. Data are from BJS's Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program, which annually surveys state and local checking agencies to collect information on firearm background check activity and combines this information with FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) transaction data.

TITLE: Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2013–14 - Statistical Tables
(NCJ 249849)

AUTHOR: Jennifer C. Karberg, Ronald J. Frandsen, Joseph M. Durso, and Trent D. Buskirk of Regional Justice Information Service, and Allina D. Lee of BJS                    

WHERE: http://www.bjs.gov

The Office of Justice Programs (OJP), headed by Assistant Attorney General Karol V. Mason, provides federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice, and assist victims. OJP has six components: the Bureau of Justice Assistance; the Bureau of Justice Statistics; the National Institute of Justice; the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; the Office for Victims of Crime; and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. More information about OJP can be found at http://www.ojp.gov.

SOURCE The Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)