Federal Denials        
      Reasons Why the NICS Section Denies        
      November 30, 1998 - May 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
460,359   64.90%       Missing
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      A2 Under Indictment/Information 3,632   0.51%      
      B Fugitive from Justice 42,554   6.00%      
      C Unlawful User/Addicted to a Controlled Substance 54,139   7.63%      
      D Adjudicated Mental Health 4,226   0.60%      
      E Illegal/Unlawful Alien 9,280   1.31%      
      F Dishonorable Discharge 436   0.06%      
      G Renounced U.S. Citizenship 37   0.01%      
      H Protection Restraining Order for Domestic Violence 31,271   4.41%      
      I Misdemeanor Crime of Domestic Violence Conviction 83,785   11.81%      
      J State Prohibitor 14,740   2.08%      
      M Federally Denied Persons File 4,843   0.68%      
      Total Federal Denials 709,302   100.00%