Appendix table 1. Agencies conducting firearm background checks, December 31, 2006
Jurisdiction |
Names or description of checking agencies |
|
Purchase check or permit |
Exempt carry permita |
|
United States |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
--- |
Alabama |
--- |
--- |
Alaska |
--- |
--- |
Arizona |
--- |
Department of Public Safety |
Arkansas |
--- |
State Police |
California |
Department of Justice Firearms Division |
--- |
Colorado |
Bureau of Investigation Insta-Check Unit |
--- |
Connecticut |
State Police Special Licensing & Firearms |
--- |
Delaware |
State Police Bureau of Identification |
Three county superior courts |
Georgia |
--- |
159 county probate courts |
Florida |
Department of Law Enforcement |
--- |
Hawaii |
Four police departments |
--- |
Idaho |
--- |
44 county sheriffs |
Illinois |
State Police FOID and FTIP units |
--- |
Indiana |
--- |
--- |
Iowa |
Dept. of Public Safety/99 county sheriffs |
Dept. of Public Safety/99 county sheriffs |
Kansas |
--- |
--- |
Kentucky |
--- |
State Police |
Louisiana |
--- |
--- |
Maine |
--- |
--- |
Maryland |
State Police Firearms Enforcement Division |
--- |
Massachusetts |
351 police departments |
351 police departments |
Michigan |
595 sheriffs and police departments |
County licensing boards |
Minnesota |
568 sheriffs and police departments |
87 county sheriffs |
Mississippi |
--- |
Department of Public Safety |
Missouri |
115 sheriffs and police departments |
--- |
Montana |
--- |
56 county sheriffs |
Nebraska |
95 sheriffs and police departments |
--- |
Nevada |
Highway Patrol |
17 county sheriffs |
New Hampshire |
Department of Safety |
--- |
New Jersey |
State Police/505 local police departments |
--- |
New Mexico |
--- |
--- |
New York |
58 county sheriffs; some police departments |
--b |
North Carolina |
100 county sheriffs |
100 county sheriffs |
North Dakota |
--- |
Bureau of Criminal Investigation |
Ohio |
--- |
--- |
Oklahoma |
--- |
--- |
Oregon |
State Police Firearms Unit |
--- |
Pennsylvania |
State Police Firearms Division |
--- |
Rhode Island |
39 police departments |
--- |
South Carolina |
--- |
Law Enforcement Division |
South Dakota |
--- |
--- |
Tennessee |
Bureau of Investigation Instant Check |
--- |
Texas |
--- |
Department of Public Safety |
Utah |
Bureau of Criminal Identification |
Bureau of Criminal Identification |
Vermont |
--- |
--- |
Virginia |
State Police Firearm Transaction Program |
--- |
Washington |
291 sheriffs and police departments |
--- |
West Virginia |
--- |
--- |
Wisconsin |
Department of Justice Handgun Hotline |
--- |
Wyoming |
--- |
Wyoming Attorney General |
|
---FBI conducts purchase checks or jurisdiction has no exempt permits.
aAgencies issue carry permits that may be used to waive a purchase check.
bLicense required for purchase may also allow carrying. |
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