Background checks

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                          BJS
JULY 12, 1995                         202-307-0703


JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MAKES FIRST AWARDS UNDER 
$88 MILLION PROGRAM TO IMPROVE 
STATE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD SYSTEMS


     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Twelve states will
receive a total of more than $20 million to
improve their criminal history records systems as
part of the first awards made under the $88
million National Criminal History Improvement
Program...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                          BJS
SEPTEMBER 11, 1995                    202-307-0703

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES 18 MORE GRANTS
FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS


     SEBASCO, MAINE -- Eighteen states, led by
Florida, Texas, and New Mexico, will receive about
$27 million under the $88 million National
Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) to
upgrade their criminal history records systems.  
The grants will help states implement the...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                          BJS
MAY 22, 1996                          202-307-0703

18 STATES WILL SHARE OVER $3.7 MILLION 
IN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT GRANTS TO DEVELOP
ADVANCED BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEMS

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As a result of grants
awarded by the Justice Department today to
California, New York, Florida and 15 other states,
dangerous individuals -- such as persons subject
to domestic violence protective orders or...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     BJS
FEBRUARY 25, 1997       202/633-3047



ABOUT 6,600 ATTEMPTS TO BUY GUNS
THWARTED BY BACKGROUND CHECKS EACH MONTH
SINCE BRADY LAW ENACTED

186,000 Blocked from March 1994 through June 1996


     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During the first 28
months of the Brady Act's effectiveness (March
1994 through last June) more than 186,000 illegal
over-the-counter gun sales were blocked by
background checks, the Justice Department's...

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT         BJS
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1998               202/307-0784
         
       PRESALE BACKGROUND CHECKS BLOCKED 
  AN ESTIMATED 69,000 HANDGUN SALES LAST YEAR
                                 
     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An estimated 69,000
handgun sales were blocked during 1997 through
presale background checks, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
announced today.  The rejections represented about
2.7 percent of the estimated 2.6 million...