Federal Denials          
      Reasons Why the NICS Section Denies          
      November 30, 1998 - February 28, 2010          
                    
      PCA
Code
Prohibited Category Description Total   Percent
of Total
         
                   
      A1 Convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year or a
misdemeanor punishable by more than two years
482,567   63.35%       Missing
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      A2 Under Indictment/Information 6,509   0.85%        
      B Fugitive from Justice 51,815   6.80%        
      C Unlawful User/Addicted to a Controlled Substance 58,999   7.74%        
      D Adjudicated Mental Health 4,988   0.66%        
      E Illegal/Unlawful Alien 9,776   1.28%        
      F Dishonorable Discharge 491   0.06%        
      G Renounced U.S. Citizenship 41   0.01%        
      H Protection Restraining Order for Domestic Violence 33,419   4.39%        
      I Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence Conviction 87,371   11.47%        
      J State Prohibitor 20,883   2.74%        
      M Federally Denied Persons File 4,955   0.65%        
      Total Federal Denials 761,814   100.00%