State Progress in Record Reporting for Firearm-Related Background Checks: Protection Order Submissions

• NCJ Number: 249864
• Author(s): Becki Goggins; Anne Gallegos
• Date Published: April 2016
• Length: 13 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2009-NS-BX-K050
• Publication Type: Third-Party Report

Abstract

This resource is part of a series of BJS grant-funded reports on firearm-related background checks. This report provides background information and examples related to how States are facilitating firearm-related background checks that identify persons named in protection orders who are prohibited from owning a firearm.