NICS

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U.S. federal system background check system

NICS (the National Instant Criminal Background Check System) is the U.S. system used to quickly determine whether a prospective firearm buyer is legally eligible to purchase guns.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
NICS canonical 3
NICS Index 2
NICS E-Check online system 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal system ⓘ
background check system ⓘ
abbreviation NICS self-link ⓘ
administeredBy FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division ⓘ
appliesTo federally licensed firearms dealers ⓘ
prospective firearm purchasers ⓘ
checksDatabases III ⓘ
Interstate Identification Index ⓘ
National Crime Information Center ⓘ
surface form: NCIC

NICS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NICS Index

National Crime Information Center ⓘ
checksFor active protection orders for intimate partner violence ⓘ
adjudicated mental defective status ⓘ
dishonorable military discharge ⓘ
domestic violence misdemeanors ⓘ
felony convictions ⓘ
fugitive from justice status ⓘ
illegal or unlawful immigration status ⓘ
involuntary mental health commitments ⓘ
renunciation of U.S. citizenship ⓘ
unlawful user of controlled substances ⓘ
communicationMethod electronic system ⓘ
telephone ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdUnder Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ⓘ
surface form: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993
dataSources criminal history records ⓘ
domestic violence records ⓘ
immigration status records ⓘ
mental health adjudication records ⓘ
protection and restraining orders ⓘ
decisionTypes delay ⓘ
deny ⓘ
proceed ⓘ
excludes most private firearm sales at federal level ⓘ
fullName National Instant Criminal Background Check System ⓘ
launchDate 1998-11-30 ⓘ
legalBasis Brady Act ⓘ
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ⓘ
locationOfOperator Clarksburg, West Virginia ⓘ
maintainedBy FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division ⓘ
surface form: FBI CJIS Division
managedBy FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division ⓘ
surface form: FBI NICS Section
operatedBy Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
surface form: FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
partOf U.S. federal firearms regulation framework ⓘ
primaryPurpose determine firearm purchase eligibility ⓘ
processingTimeGoal within minutes ⓘ
relatedTo firearm regulation in the United States ⓘ
gun control in the United States ⓘ
scope federally licensed firearms transactions ⓘ
handgun purchases ⓘ
long gun purchases ⓘ
some firearm transfers ⓘ
startDate 1998-11-30 ⓘ
usedBy federally licensed firearms dealers ⓘ
state point-of-contact agencies ⓘ
usedFor determining legal eligibility to purchase firearms ⓘ
firearm background checks ⓘ
screening prospective gun buyers ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division → manages → NICS ⓘ
National Instant Criminal Background Check System → abbreviation → NICS ⓘ
National Instant Criminal Background Check System → dataSource → NICS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NICS Index
National Instant Criminal Background Check System → hasComponent → NICS ⓘ
this entity surface form: NICS E-Check online system
NICS → abbreviation → NICS self-link ⓘ
NICS → checksDatabases → NICS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NICS Index
Brady Bill → supersededBy → NICS ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Instant Criminal Background Check System