Total NICS Background Checks | |||||||||||||||||
November 30, 1998 - July 31, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
YEAR | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | TOTALS | ||||
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1998 | 21,196 | 871,644 | 892,840 | ||||||||||||||
1999 | 591,355 | 696,323 | 753,083 | 646,712 | 576,272 | 569,493 | 589,476 | 703,394 | 808,627 | 945,701 | 1,004,333 | 1,253,354 | 9,138,123 | ||||
2000 | 639,972 | 707,070 | 736,543 | 617,689 | 538,648 | 550,561 | 542,520 | 682,501 | 782,087 | 845,886 | 898,598 | 1,000,962 | 8,543,037 | ||||
2001 | 640,528 | 675,156 | 729,532 | 594,723 | 543,501 | 540,491 | 539,498 | 707,288 | 864,038 | 1,029,691 | 983,186 | 1,062,559 | 8,910,191 | ||||
2002 | 665,803 | 694,668 | 714,665 | 627,745 | 569,247 | 518,351 | 535,594 | 693,139 | 724,123 | 849,281 | 887,647 | 974,059 | 8,454,322 | ||||
2003 | 653,751 | 708,281 | 736,864 | 622,832 | 567,436 | 529,334 | 533,289 | 683,517 | 738,371 | 856,863 | 842,932 | 1,008,118 | 8,481,588 | ||||
2004 | 695,000 | 723,654 | 738,298 | 642,589 | 542,456 | 546,847 | 561,773 | 666,598 | 740,260 | 865,741 | 890,754 | 1,073,701 | 8,687,671 | ||||
2005 | 685,811 | 743,070 | 768,290 | 658,954 | 557,058 | 555,560 | 561,358 | 687,012 | 791,353 | 852,478 | 927,419 | 1,164,582 | 8,952,945 | ||||
2006 | 775,518 | 820,679 | 845,219 | 700,373 | 626,270 | 616,097 | 631,156 | 833,070 | 919,487 | 970,030 | 1,045,194 | 1,253,840 | 10,036,933 | ||||
2007 | 894,608 | 914,954 | 975,806 | 840,271 | 803,051 | 792,943 | 757,884 | 917,358 | 944,889 | 1,025,123 | 1,079,923 | 1,230,525 | 11,177,335 | ||||
2008 | 942,556 | 1,021,130 | 1,040,863 | 940,961 | 886,183 | 819,891 | 891,224 | 6,542,808 | |||||||||
TOTAL | 89,817,793 | ||||||||||||||||
NOTE: The totals above indicate the number of background checks requested. The totals do not indicate firearm transfers. | |||||||||||||||||
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Information