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Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2006 - Statistical Tables
Download spreadsheet version (.csv file)Jurisdiction |
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Purchase check or permit |
Exempt carry permita |
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| United States | Federal Bureau of Investigation | --- | |
| Alabama | --- | --- | |
| Alaska | --- | --- | |
| Arizona | --- | Department of Public Safety | |
| Arkansas | --- | State Police | |
| California | Department of Justice Firearms Division | --- | |
| Colorado | Bureau of Investigation Insta-Check Unit | --- | |
| Connecticut | State Police Special Licensing & Firearms | --- | |
| Delaware | State Police Bureau of Identification | Three county superior courts | |
| Georgia | --- | 159 county probate courts | |
| Florida | Department of Law Enforcement | --- | |
| Hawaii | Four police departments | --- | |
| Idaho | --- | 44 county sheriffs | |
| Illinois | State Police FOID and FTIP units | --- | |
| Indiana | --- | --- | |
| Iowa | Dept. of Public Safety/99 county sheriffs | Dept. of Public Safety/99 county sheriffs | |
| Kansas | --- | --- | |
| Kentucky | --- | State Police | |
| Louisiana | --- | --- | |
| Maine | --- | --- | |
| Maryland | State Police Firearms Enforcement Division | --- | |
| Massachusetts | 351 police departments | 351 police departments | |
| Michigan | 595 sheriffs and police departments | County licensing boards | |
| Minnesota | 568 sheriffs and police departments | 87 county sheriffs | |
| Mississippi | --- | Department of Public Safety | |
| Missouri | 115 sheriffs and police departments | --- | |
| Montana | --- | 56 county sheriffs | |
| Nebraska | 95 sheriffs and police departments | --- | |
| Nevada | Highway Patrol | 17 county sheriffs | |
| New Hampshire | Department of Safety | --- | |
| New Jersey | State Police/505 local police departments | --- | |
| New Mexico | --- | --- | |
| New York | 58 county sheriffs; some police departments | --b | |
| North Carolina | 100 county sheriffs | 100 county sheriffs | |
| North Dakota | --- | Bureau of Criminal Investigation | |
| Ohio | --- | --- | |
| Oklahoma | --- | --- | |
| Oregon | State Police Firearms Unit | --- | |
| Pennsylvania | State Police Firearms Division | --- | |
| Rhode Island | 39 police departments | --- | |
| South Carolina | --- | Law Enforcement Division | |
| South Dakota | --- | --- | |
| Tennessee | Bureau of Investigation Instant Check | --- | |
| Texas | --- | Department of Public Safety | |
| Utah | Bureau of Criminal Identification | Bureau of Criminal Identification | |
| Vermont | --- | --- | |
| Virginia | State Police Firearm Transaction Program | --- | |
| Washington | 291 sheriffs and police departments | --- | |
| West Virginia | --- | --- | |
| Wisconsin | Department of Justice Handgun Hotline | --- | |
| Wyoming | --- | Wyoming Attorney General | |
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| ---FBI conducts purchase checks or jurisdiction has no exempt permits. aAgencies issue carry permits that may be used to waive a purchase check. bLicense required for purchase may also allow carrying. |
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See also Methodology.
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