Firearms
Presale Handgun Checks, 1996: A National Estimate
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT NOON EDT BJS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1997 202/633-3047 BRADY ACT BACKGROUND CHECKS PREVENT 173,000 ILLEGAL HANDGUN PURCHASES SINCE FEBRUARY 1994 IMPLEMENTATION Handgun Figure is Subset of More Than 250,000 Firearm Sales Blocked Since February 1994 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In its first analysis of a subset of the estimated 250,000 illegal firearm sales blocked by the Brady Act...
Firearm Injury and Death from Crime, 1993-97
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EMBARGOED UNTIL 4:30 P.M. EDT BJS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000 202/307-0784 FIREARMS ASSAULT INJURIES AND MURDERS FELL BETWEEN 1993 AND 1997 WASHINGTON, D.C. The number of gunshot wounds from any type of crime fell nearly 40 percent during the five-year period from 1993 through 1997, according to a new comprehensive Justice Department report. The Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) cites...
Federal Firearm Offenders, 1992-98: With Preliminary Data for 1999 & Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 1999
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SUNDAY, June 4, 2000 | 202/307-0784 |
More Than 200,000 Firearms Applications Rejected in 1999
Defendants Charged with Federal Firearms Offenses Increased from 1998 to 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Approximately 536,000 of the more than 22.2 million individual applications to purchase or pawn firearms have been rejected based on federal, state or local laws since the inception of the Brady Act...
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2000
FIREARMS PURCHASE APPLICATIONS DECLINED
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Firearm Use by Offenders
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Sunday, November 4, 2001 | 202/307-0784 |
EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF STATE PRISONERS COMMITTED THEIR CRIMES WHILE ARMED
Nine Percent of State Prisoners Fired Their Weapons During the Offense
WASHINGTON, D.C. - About 18 percent of state prisoners and 15 percent of federal prisoners reported in 1997 that they were armed when they committed the offense for which they were...