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Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2006 - Statistical Tables

Appendix table 2. National Instant Criminal Background Check System: Checking agencies – FBI or state point of contact – for firearm transfers, 2006

State	FBI conducts checks for all  firearmsa		POC conducts  for all firearms		POC checks handguns and FBI checks long guns
Total	29		13		8
Alabama	X
Alaska	X
Arizona	X
Arkansas	X
California			X
Colorado			X
Connecticut			X
Delaware	X
Florida			X
Georgia	X
Hawaiib			X
Idaho	X
Illinois			X
Indiana	X
Iowab					X
Kansas	X
Kentucky	X
Louisiana	X
Maine	X
Maryland					X
Massachusetts	X
Michiganb					X
Minnesota	X
Mississippi	X
Missouri	X
Montana	X
Nebraskab					X
Nevada			X
New Hampshire					X
New Jersey			X
New Mexico	X
New York	X
North Carolinab					X
North Dakota	X
Ohio	X
Oklahoma	X
Oregon			X
Pennsylvania			X
Rhode Island	X
South Carolina	X
South Dakota	X
Tennessee			X
Texas	X
Utah			X
Vermont	X
Virginia			X
Washingtonb					X
West Virginia	X
Wisconsin					X
Wyoming	X
Note: Includes checks on purchases or on permits required for purchase. aThe FBI also conducts all NICS checks for the District of Columbia, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. bStates with multiple points of contact.

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