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Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Reinstatement of BJS Data Collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics Program

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until March 16, 2021, on the reinstatement of a previously approved data collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program. Your comments to BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have practical utility
  • the accuracy of...

Public Comments Requested on the Proposed Extension and Update of BJS Data Collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

BJS encourages comments for 60 days until May 4, 2020, on the proposed extension and update of a previously approved data collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program. Your comments on BJS's request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed data collection is necessary, including whether the information will have...

Solicitation: The 2018-21 Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program

Apply now for funding to administer the program which—

  • provides national estimates of the total number of firearm purchase applications received and denied pursuant to the Brady Act and similar state laws
  • collects counts of firearm transfers and permit checks conducted by state and local agencies and combines them with the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) transaction data
  • collects information on reasons...

Bureau of Justice Statistics Proposes Data Collection Extension for Firearm Inquiry Statistics Program: Annual Survey of Background Checks for Firearm Transfers and Permits

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) encourages comments for 60 days until March 27, 2017, on the extension of a previously approved collection: Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program's Annual Survey of Background Checks for Firearm Transfers and Permits. Your comments to BJS's requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), published in the Federal Register, should address points such as—

  • whether the proposed...

Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program

The Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) program collects information on firearm applications and denials and combines this information with the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) transaction data to produce an estimated number of background checks for firearm transfers or permits since the effective date of the Brady Act in 1994. Reports describe trends in background check activities and the number of firearm transaction...