Who are the Prohibited Possessors on the NICS list?

Gun Watch ^ | 28 December, 2015 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

At the end of 2014, there were 12,881,223 people who were legally prohibited from possessing modern firearms on the NICS list of prohibited persons(pdf).  As can be seen from the chart below, obtained from the FBI, nearly half of those prohibited, 49.2%, are illegal aliens. 

The next largest number are those who have been adjudicated with a mental health problem.  177,000 of the recent numbers are veterans  added by the veteran administration.  The total "mental defectives" is over 29% of the prohibited possessors in the NICS data base.  In 2007, only 10.15% of prohibited possessors were listed as mental defectives.  Under the Obama administration, the number of "mental defectives" in the prohibited possessor list has grown from 518,499 at the end of 2007, and 648,120 at the end of 2008, to 3,774,301, an almost sixfold increase of over 3 million people.  The Obama administration has said that it wishes to swell those numbers even more, by adding in Social Security recipients who choose to have their financial affairs attended to by someone else.   Those numbers are reported to be over 4 million.  The Obama administration backed away from that executive action after a strong public reaction.

Then come those convicted of a crime, a felony, or misdemeanor punishable by two years of incarceration, or more.  They amount to almost 15%.  I was surprised by that number.  Only 15% of those on the NICS prohibited possessor list are for felony or serious misdemeanor convictions.  Fugitives from justice account for another 3.6%

Those four categories account for 96.8% of all the people on the database. 

All the rest are relatively minor numbers:

State Prohibitors: .9%  These numbers started being added in to the NICS system in April, 2012.  They include information voluntarily submitted by the states. 

Convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence: .9%  I thought this would be a much larger number. 

Order of Protection/Restraining Order domestic violence: .4%  This number is also much smaller than I thought it would be.  Orders of Protection/Restraining orders are relatively easy to obtain, but they also are often temporary. 

Under Indictment/Information: .3%

Federally denied persons file: .2%

Renounced U.S. Citizenship: .2%

Unlawful user/addicted to a controlled substance: .2%  This one appears to be low, but most people who have been convicted in a court of law are likely picked up in the felony/serious misdemeanor category.

Dishonorable discharge: .1%




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[marktwain]

Over six million illegal aliens, and only 1.8 million felons.

Very interesting.

[mad_as_he$$]

Might want to add a lead for those that don’t off the top of their head know what NICS is. Other than that good stuff.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Since, according to the ‘RATS, there are only “11 million” illegal alien invaders in the US, a lot of Barry’s “unaccompanied minors” must be trying to buy guns.

[thackney]

[jjotto]

heh heh

Pauley Perrette is WAAAY too old for that Goth shtick.

[grobdriver]

I did not know a dishonorable discharge would prevent you from owning a firearm.

[Charles Martel]

The number of illegals who were denied a gun purchase in 2014 (14,526) is shown in a different table. I’m curious where the 6 Million + number came from. Illegals who’ve been arrested in the past?

[marktwain]

National Instant Check System (NICS) run by the FBI

[marktwain]

The Border Patrol fingerprints all the illegals that they catch. I suspect that information is put into the NICS database.

I was surprised at the total number of Felons in the U.S.

Only 1.8 million. Many people have put the number much higher.

[mad_as_he$$]

lol..everybody knows what NCIS is!

[nobamanomore]

Even the old 4473 form from years ago required that question to be answered.

[marktwain]

“I did not know a dishonorable discharge would prevent you from owning a firearm.”

It makes you a prohibited possessor under federal law.

It may or may not prevent you from owning a firearm.

[wita]

A bit longer than that. National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics/nics

and prohibited persons:

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/identify-prohibited-persons

[dware]

or misdemeanor punishable by two years of incarceration, or more

This is horsecrap, plain & simple.

[Charles Martel]

Yeah, I hope Frank Lautenberg is burning in Hell.

[saleman]

Gotta get caught up on the law.

I thought anything that called for incarceration of over a year was considered a felony.

Anything a year or less was a misdemeanor.

There are misdemeanors that call for 2 years?

[Charles Martel]

State laws on misdemeanors and felonies can vary. The federal law that made *domestic* misdemeanors (under whatever state laws) equal to felonies as far your Second Amendment rights are concerned was the Lautenberg Amendment to the ‘68 Gun Control Act.

[dware]

There are misdemeanors that call for 2 years?

There are misdemeanors that call for 5+ years, but they are misdemeanors, not felonies.

[grobdriver]

It may or may not prevent you from owning a firearm.

Ah. Of course...

[JimRed]

Never, ever see a psychologist or psychiatrist or even a counselor under your own name. It’ll get you on a list, and bad things can happen.