Over 14 Million NICS Firearm Purchase Background Checks Done In 2009

A record 14.033,824 NICS Instant Background checks were performed in 2009. This means that after the denial process takes place, some 13,753,147 guns were sold by FFL dealers alone to United States residents. That does not include private sales.The FBI, which administers the NICS system, says that the historic denial rate as a result of the checks is under 2%. 

Sales began to skyrocket in September, 2008 when it became apparent that Barack Obama would win the Presidency. 

Is it coincidence that the FBI has reported that the national Crime rate dropped 10% during the same period of the highly publicized run on gun purchases? Mayor Bloomberg credits New York City's Crime rate drop on tough gun laws and good policing. But, how does he explain the corresponding crime rate drop in states without repressive gun laws like New York? 

	Number of Transactions Conducted	Number of Denials Rendered	Denial Rate Percentage
1998-1999	5,044,574	89,836	1.78
2000	4,260,270	66,808	1.57
2001	4,291,926	64,500	1.50
2002	4,248,893	60,739	1.43
2003	4,462,801	61,170	1.37
2004	4,685,018	63,675	1.36
2005	4,952,639	66,705	1.35
2006	5,262,752	69,930	1.33
2007	5,136,883	66,817	1.30
Total	42,345,756	610,180	1.44

The total checks in 2008 was 12,393,553. That's a total check number of 68,773,133 NICS checks since the program began in 1994. 


It is important to know that a full 20% of all of the background checks since 1994 happened in 2009! 


The NICS System will deny approval of a firearm purchase from a FFL for a variety of reasons. 


The reasons below are for denials and there are the number of denials in the FBI files since the Brady Act took effect:

(How many of these people were actually prosecuted?)

A1           Convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year or a misdemeanor

 punishable by more than two years 331,537 5.83%

A2           Under Indictment/Information 243 0.01%

B             Fugitive from Justice 364,550 6.41%

C             Unlawful User/Addicted to a Controlled Substance 1,361 0.02%

D             Adjudicated Mental Health 888,807 15.63%

E              Illegal Unlawful Alien 3,978,988 69.96%

F              Dishonorable Discharge 16,149 0.28%

G             Renounced U.S. Citizenship 14,337 0.25%

H             Protection Restraining Order for Domestic Violence 976 0.02%

I              Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence Conviction 53,609 0.94%

M            Federally Denied Persons File 37,005 0.65%

Total Active (Denial) Records in the NICS Index 5,687,562 


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