Federal Denials        
      Reasons Why the NICS Section Denies        
      November 30, 1998 - October 31, 2009        
                  
      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
471,033   64.15%       Missing
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      A2 Under Indictment/Information 4,987   0.68%      
      B Fugitive from Justice 46,701   6.36%      
      C Unlawful User/Addicted to a Controlled Substance 56,497   7.70%      
      D Adjudicated Mental Health 4,606   0.63%      
      E Illegal/Unlawful Alien 9,528   1.30%      
      F Dishonorable Discharge 469   0.06%      
      G Renounced U.S. Citizenship 39   0.01%      
      H Protection Restraining Order for Domestic Violence 32,210   4.39%      
      I Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence Conviction 85,493   11.65%      
      J State Prohibitor 17,665   2.41%      
      M Federally Denied Persons File 4,877   0.66%      
      Total Federal Denials 734,105   100.00%