Gun Background Check Statistics
Firearm background checks - USAFacts
Explore government data on background checks for firearms year over year. Download the data or use our visualizations to better understand how these numbers have changed over time. ... (FBI) through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Firearm background checks Map By state Table Explorer Footnotes
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FBI's January gun background check statistics show people buying ...
The FBI conducted more than 4.3 million gun background checks in January 2021 – the highest number of checks completed during a single month in the agency’s recorded history – as one expert says...
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-gun-background-check-statistics-firearms
15 Background Check Statistics for 2021 | Screen and Reveal
The FBI performed a record high 39.2 million gun background checks in 2020. The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) that checks applicants for criminal records and whether they are disqualified from purchasing and carrying firearms recorded a 40% surge in the gun background checks in 2020, compared to 28,369,750 in 2019.
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NICS Firearm Checks: Month/Year — FBI
An official website of the United States government. Here's how you know Search FBI More Documents Documents NICS Firearm Checks: Month/Year Statistics represent the number of firearms background...
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/nics_firearm_checks_-_month_year.pdf/view
Firearm background checks: Explained - USAFacts
NICS staff perform a background check to verify the prospective buyer does not have a criminal record and is not otherwise ineligible to purchase a firearm. The NICS has conducted more than 300 million checks since launching in 1998, leading to over 3 million denials. The following groups are currently prohibited from owning guns: Convicted felons
https://usafacts.org/articles/firearm-background-checks-explained/
Guns in the U.S. – 2021 Second-Highest Year for Gun Sales Since 2000
Gun Sales and Background Checks Gun Sales in 2021 After a record year in 2020, gun sales in the U.S. dipped slightly in 2021. Still, with nearly 19 million guns sold, 2021 was the second-highest year for gun sales in the U.S. — behind only 2020, when estimated gun sales topped 21 million.
https://www.safehome.org/data/firearms-guns-statistics/
Firearms and Crime Statistics | Bureau of Justice Statistics
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2010 - Statistical Tables Firearms Stolen during Household Burglaries and Other Property Crimes, 2005–2010 Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008 Violent Victimization Committed by Strangers, 1993-2010 Victimizations Not Reported to the Police, 2006-2010
https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/guns
Firearm Statistics - American Firearms
Where does this recent trend land us for total background checks in 2021? 49 million. If we keep moving product the way we have for the first part of 2021 there will be almost 50 million background checks processed in 2021. One for every 7 people in the U.S. Gun Violence & Control Statistics
https://www.americanfirearms.org/statistics/
The Effects of Background Checks | RAND
Azrael et al. (2017) found that, on average, gun owners had close to five firearms each, and a large majority (62 percent) purchased their most recent weapon from a licensed gun dealer. For those who already own guns, a background check requirement may have little or no effect on crime or suicide risk.
https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/background-checks.html
National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
The NICS staff performs a background check on the buyer. That background check verifies the buyer does not have a criminal record or isn't otherwise ineligible to purchase or own a firearm. Since...
https://www.fbi.gov/services/cjis/nics