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Compendium of State Privacy and Security Legislation
References and classifies state legislation on privacy and security of state criminal
history record information. Statutes are grouped into 29 categories and presented
by classification and state. It is compiled every two years.
Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program
Designed to collect annual data describing the number of inquiries made in
connection
with presale handgun checks and the number and basis for rejection of such
inquiries.
Data are collected directly from state agencies conducting background checks and
from
local checking agencies and include the number of firearm applications made to the
agency, firearm applications rejected by the agency, and the reasons for rejection.
Data collection procedures are adjusted to reflect the differing presale check
procedures under the permanent system (which became effective on 11/30/98) and the
interim period (02/28/94 - 11/29/98).
NICS Act State Record Estimates
Annual collection of estimated available state and local records, and other
information pursuant to the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-180).
Estimates are collected of records pertaining to persons prohibited from purchasing or
possessing a firearm under the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968, as amended, 18 U.S.C.
921 et. seq.
Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems
Collects data used as the basis for estimating the percentage of total state records
that are immediately available through the FBI's Interstate Identification Index (III)
and the percentage that include dispositions. Other data collected include the number
of records maintained by each state, the percentage of automated records in the
system,
and the number of states participating in the FBI's III.
Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales
Collects data about the state laws, regulations, procedures, and information systems
related to sales and other transfers of firearms that were in effect as of June 30 of
the collection year. These data were collected from hundreds of federal, state, and
local agencies, including law enforcement organizations, statistical analysis centers,
and legislative research bureaus.
1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
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