State Progress in Record Reporting for Firearm-Related Background Checks: Mental Health Submissions

• NCJ Number: 249793
• Date Published: February 2016
• Length: 14 pages
• Author(s): Becki Goggins; Anne Gallegos
• Agencies: BJS-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Third-Party Report, Report (Grant-Sponsored)
• Grant Number(s): 2009-NS-BX-K050

Abstract

This resource is part of a series of BJS grant-funded reports on firearm-related background checks. This report presents an overview of legislation and reporting mechanisms for mental health information used in background checks for firearm purchases; identifies the challenges States face in reporting; strategies that have been implemented to address the challenges; and data that illustrate the improvements in this area over the past decade.