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Table 4. Reasons for denial of firearm transfer applications by checking agencies, 1999-2006
|
2006 |
|
|
1999-2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
Reason for denial |
FBI |
|
State |
|
Local |
|
|
FBI |
|
State |
|
Local |
|
|
Total |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
|
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
|
Felony indictment/conviction |
36.1 |
|
44.7 |
|
26.2 |
|
|
48.0 |
|
56.7 |
|
27.3 |
|
Other criminal historya |
28.5 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
|
19.4 |
|
-- |
|
-- |
|
State law prohibition |
-- |
|
6.1 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
-- |
|
6.9 |
|
14.2 |
|
Domestic violence |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Misdemeanor conviction |
9.8 |
|
10.8 |
|
14.1 |
|
|
12.4 |
|
10.4 |
|
11.1 |
|
|
Restraining order |
4.3 |
|
3.7 |
|
1.3 |
|
|
4.5 |
|
3.4 |
|
1.8 |
|
Fugitive |
6.1 |
|
9.3 |
|
10.0 |
|
|
4.1 |
|
6.7 |
|
1.2 |
|
Illegal alien |
1.6 |
|
0.4 |
|
0.6 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
0.5 |
|
0.5 |
|
Mental illness or disability |
0.6 |
|
5.7 |
|
3.5 |
|
|
0.4 |
|
1.8 |
|
4.1 |
|
Drug addiction |
8.7 |
|
1.0 |
|
9.1 |
|
|
6.9 |
|
0.8 |
|
7.6 |
|
Local law prohibition |
-- |
|
0 |
|
2.7 |
|
|
-- |
|
0 |
|
5.8 |
|
Other prohibitionsb |
4.3 |
|
18.4 |
|
31.3 |
|
|
3.0 |
|
12.7 |
|
26.3 |
|
|
Note: Reasons for denials are based on 18 U.S.C. 922 and state laws.
--Not available or Not applicable.
aIncludes state prohibitions, multiple DUI's, non-NCIC warrants, and other unspecified criminal history disqualifiers.
bIncludes juveniles, persons dishonorably discharged from the Armed Services, persons who have renounced their U.S. citizenship, and other unspecified persons. |
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See also Methodology. |