Gun Control

Federal Firearms Cases, FY 2008 [PDF]
Ronald J. Frandsen, Michael N. Bowling, Ph.D., January, 2010
“The mean prison sentence for defendants convicted in FY2008 and FY2007 pursuant to the Gun Control Act of 1968 was 90 months.”
Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Transfers, 2005 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2006
“The report summarizes issues about State procedures, including persons prohibited from purchasing firearms, restoration of rights of purchase to prohibited persons, permits, prohibited firearms, waiting periods, fees, and appeals.”
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2005 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2006
“The Firearm Inquiry Statistics Program is an ongoing data collection effort focusing on the procedures and statistics related to background checks in selected States.”
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2004 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2005
Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2004 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, July, 2005
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2003: Trends for the Permanent Brady Period, 1999-2003, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2004
Background Checks for Firearm Transfer, 2002 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2003
Weapon Use and Violent Crime, 1993-2001 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2003
Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2002 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 2003
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2001 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 2002
Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales, Midyear 2001 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 2002
Firearm Use by Offenders [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 2001
“18% of state prisoners committed their crimes while armed”
(Topics of this BJS Special Report include types of firearms used, characteristics of inmates using firearms, why and where inmates used their firearms, and where they obtained their firearms)
Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2000 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, July, 2001
Firearm Injury and Death from Crime, 1993-97, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, October, 2000
“Firearms assault injuries and murders fell between 1993 and 1997”
Federal Firearm Offenders, 1992-98: With Preliminary Data for 1999, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, June, 2000
Presale Handgun Checks, the Brady Interim Period, 1994-98 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, June, 1999
Presale Handgun Checks, 1996 [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, September, 1997
“Overall, 2.7% of all handgun purchases had their application for purchase rejected during 1996. About 68% of the rejections were for a prior felony conviction or a current felony indictment.”
Firearm Injury from Crime: Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 1996
Weapons Offenses and Offenders--Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice: Selected Findings, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, November, 1995
Guns Used in Crime: Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, July, 1995
Federal Firearms-Related Offenses: Federal Offenses and Offenders, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, July, 1995
(Notes the association between firearms involvement and an increased severity of sentence)
Guns and Crime: Handgun Victimization, Firearm Self-Defense, and Firearm Theft, [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, April, 1994
Firearms and Crimes of Violence [PDF]
Bureau of Justice Statistics, February, 1994
“trends in firearm use in serious violent crime, based on FBI data on homicide, BJS data on victimization and inmate firearm use, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data on firearm ownership by high school students.”

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