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Table 5. Number of applications, denials, and reasons for denials among all agencies conducting background checks during the permanent Brady period, 1999-2007
| |
2007 |
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
1999 |
|
Percent
change,
1999-2007 |
| |
| Applications |
8,658,000 |
|
8,612,000 |
|
8,278,000 |
|
8,084,000 |
|
7,831,000 |
|
7,806,000 |
|
7,958,000 |
|
7,699,000 |
|
8,621,000 |
|
0.4 |
% |
| Denials |
136,000 |
|
135,000 |
|
132,000 |
|
126,000 |
|
126,000 |
|
136,000 |
|
151,000 |
|
153,000 |
|
204,000 |
|
-33.3 |
|
| |
Felony denials |
49,000 |
|
52,000 |
|
57,000 |
|
53,000 |
|
53,000 |
|
65,000 |
|
87,000 |
|
88,000 |
|
147,000 |
|
-66.7 |
|
| |
All other reasons |
87,000 |
|
83,000 |
|
75,000 |
|
73,000 |
|
73,000 |
|
71,000 |
|
64,000 |
|
65,000 |
|
57,000 |
|
52.6 |
|
| Percent felony |
36.0 |
% |
39.0 |
% |
43.0 |
% |
42.0 |
% |
42.0 |
% |
48.0 |
% |
58.0 |
% |
58.0 |
% |
72.0 |
% |
-50.0 |
|
|
|
Felony denials per
1,000 applications |
5.7 |
|
6.0 |
|
6.9 |
|
6.6 |
|
6.8 |
|
8.3 |
|
10.9 |
|
11.4 |
|
17.0 |
|
-66.5 |
|
| |
| Note: Counts are rounded. See notes on table 1. |
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See also Methodology. |
