Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2021
NCJ Number
310167
Date Published
August 2025
Publication Type
Publication
Publication Link
Firearms
Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence, 1993–2023
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Press release
In recent years, 90% of all firearm violence involved a handgun
WASHINGTON ― In 2023, the rate of nonfatal firearm violence was 2.0 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or older, down 72% from 7.3 per 1,000 in 1993...
Trends and Patterns in Firearm Violence, 1993-2023
NCJ Number
309428
Date Published
November 2024
Publication Type
Publication
Publication Link
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2019–2020
NCJ Number
306971
Date Published
November 2023
Publication Type
Publication
Publication Link
FY 2023 National Criminal History Improvement Program
15PBJS-23-GK-01433-NCHI
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$703,614
FY 2023 Hawaii NARIP
15PBJS-23-GK-02358-NARI
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$169,728
Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program, 2023-2026
15PBJS-23-GK-00832-BJSB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$1,471,619
FY23 New York SJS Program
15PBJS-23-GK-00676-BJSB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$194,711
FY23 District of Columbia SJS Program
15PBJS-23-GK-00691-BJSB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$75,000
FY23 Georgia SJS Program
15PBJS-23-GK-00692-BJSB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$225,000
FY 2023 Arizona Courts NCHIP Supplemental Funding
15PBJS-23-GK-00297-NCHI
Open
Funding First Awarded
2023
$3,865,826
BJS SJS 2021 Core Capacity Project and the Special Emphasis Project.
15PBJS-21-GK-00031-BJSB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$230,839
FY 2022 Pennsylvania NICS Record Improvement Program
15PBJS-22-GK-01014-NARI
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$530,578
FY 2022 DC SJS Program
15PBJS-22-GK-00692-BJSB
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2022
$75,000
Louisiana FY 2021 NARIP
15PBJS-21-GK-00184-NARI
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2021
$579,494
BJS SJS 2021 Core Capacity Project and the Special Emphasis Project.
15PBJS-21-GK-00031-BJSB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$231,217
GIS-Mapping and Data Analytics/Gun Violence Research
15PBJS-21-GK-00028-BJSB
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2021
$225,000
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2018
NCJ Number
301318
Date Published
October 2021
Publication Type
Publication
Publication Link
FY 2021 MS DPS NCHIP Grant
15PBJS-21-GK-00180-NCHI
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$279,000
FY 2021 National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
15PBJS-21-GK-00177-NCHI
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2021
$850,000
Virginia FY 2021 NARIP
15PBJS-21-GK-00183-NARI
Open
Funding First Awarded
2021
$1,703,664
Pennsylvania FY21 NARIP
15PBJS-21-GK-00192-NARI
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2021
$986,398
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2016-2017
NCJ Number
254757
Date Published
February 2021
Publication Type
Publication
Publication Link
FY 2021 NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP)
Closing Date
Nevada Disposition Backfill Project
2020-NS-BX-K014
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2020
$720,508