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Review of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Enforcement of Brady Act Violations Identified Through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System

Report Number I-2004-006
July 2004

APPENDIX I: STATES AND THEIR LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN NICS

FULL PARTICIPANTS (14): States that conduct their own NICS checks for all firearms purchases and for permits for handguns and long guns.

 California Hawaii Pennsylvania
 Colorado Illinois Tennessee
 Connecticut Nevada Utah
 Florida New Jersey Virginia
 Georgia Oregon  
 
 Note: The FBI performs pre-pawn checks for Florida.

PARTIAL PARTICIPANTS (9):
States that conduct their own NICS checks for handgun permits, while the FBI conducts the NICS checks for long gun purchases.

 Iowa Nebraska North Carolina
 Michigan New York  

States that conduct their own NICS checks for handgun purchases, while the FBI conducts the NICS checks for long gun purchases.

 Maryland Washington Wisconsin
 New Hampshire  

NONPARTICIPANTS (27 States; 4 Territories or Commonwealths; Washington D.C.): States where the FBI conducts all NICS checks on both handguns and long guns.

 Alabama Louisiana Ohio
 Alaska Maine Oklahoma
 Arizona Massachusetts Rhode Island
 Arkansas Minnesota South Carolina
 Delaware Mississippi South Dakota
 Idaho Missouri Texas
 Indiana Montana Vermont
 Kansas New Mexico West Virginia
 Kentucky North Dakota Wyoming
 Guam Puerto Rico Washington, D.C.
 U.S. Virgin Islands Northern Mariana Islands