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National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 Contact: Kara McCarthy (202) 307-1241
https://www.bjs.gov/ After hours: (202) 598-0556

JUSTICE AWARDS NEARLY $17 MILLION TO EIGHT STATES UNDER NICS IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS ACT

WASHINGTON – Nearly $17 million was awarded to eight state agencies to improve the quality, completeness, and accessibility of records available under the National Instant Criminal Background...

Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2002

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 A.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2003 Contact: Stu Smith
  202/307-0784

BACKGROUND CHECKS BLOCKED 136,000 GUN PURCHASES IN 2002

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Instant Criminal Background Check System last year rejected 136,000 applications from among the more than 7.8 million applications to buy or transfer a firearm, a 1.7 percent rejection rate, the Justice Department's...