TABLE 1

$315,600.00

$123,500.00

$18,800.00

TABLE 2

1. Volume of Transactions

	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	TOTAL
Jan		4,697	4,949	12,156	16,051	18,418	14,377	12,759	13,347	96,754
Feb		4,722	5,053	13,364	15,835	16,011	13,756	13,608		82,349
Mar		5,881	5,252	12,931	16,372	18,424	14,934	16,904		90,698
Apr		4,856	5,009	11,273	13,319	15,539	14,105	12,473		76,574
May		4,400	4,600	11,361	11,922	16,882	11,590	11,198		71,953
June		4,451	4,235	10,640	11,820	13,999	11,480	10,622		67,247
July		4,382	10,004	10,968	11,844	14,577	12,242	11,692		75,709
Aug		6,443	12,040	13,193	13,726	18,118	14,444	14,033		91,997
Sept		5,157	15,071	17,518	18,402	21,876	17,556	14,527		110,107
Oct		4,934	17,019	22,297	22,477	21,243	18,647	17,827		124,444
Nov	4,435	4,814	21,815	25,769	28,514	24,778	22,775	21,778		154,678
Dec	6,093	5,281	23,311	30,070	32,598	28,880	26,873	24,963		178,069
	10,528	60,018	128,358	191,540	212,880	212,880	212,880	212,880	212,880	212,880

TABLE 3

2. Transactions Denied

	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	TOTAL
Jan		68	79	159	89	135	119	114	179	942
Feb		48	80	135	97	157	99	139		755
Mar		80	97	116	122	184	164	143		906
Apr		81	76	102	104	142	105	121		731
May		176	77	88	89	134	100	113		777
June		86	78	95	91	115	98	91		654
July		94	107	80	106	99	91	106		683
Aug		82	152	129	128	142	112	125		870
Sept		91	186	177	177	139	135	160		1,065
Oct		76	265	184	236	179	185	208		1,333
Nov	52	86	205	236	270	176	212	288		1,525
Dec	57	67	183	166	230	154	175	288		1,320
	109	1,035	1,585	1,667	1,739	1,739	1,739	1,739	1,739	1,739

TABLE 4

3. Reasons for Denial

	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	TOTAL
Pending Felony Charge/Indictment		302	370	309	270	246	271	274	25	2067
Felony Conviction¹	108	693	1,120	1,271	1,148	947	790	939	63	7,079
Felony Warrant of Arrest	1	40	83	72	47	78	40	53	4	418
Illegal Alien²			4	7	4	4	8	8	0	35
Mental Health⁴			5	3	5	6	29	63	6	117
Military Dishonorable Discharge²			3	5	1	1	0	1	0	11
Attempt to Exceed Handgun Limit³					264	463	404	346	46	1523
Protective/Restraining Order⁴						9	47	69	5	130
Attempt—Handgun to Non-Resident						1	0	0	0	1
Purchaser ID Requirements Not Met						1	2	4	0	7
Attempt to Use Expired Handgun Certificate							1	1	0	2
Misdemeanor Drug Prohibitor⁵							3	17	0	20
Misdemeanor Domestic Violence⁶								121	30	151
Total	109	1,035	1,585	1,667	1,739	1,756	1,595	1,896	1,896	1,896

¹Includes felony convictions in Guam, France, England, Spain.

²Information not maintained prior to 1991.

³1993 legislative amendment, effective July 1, 1993.

⁴1994 legislative amendment, effective July 1, 1994.

⁵1995 legislative amendment, effective July 1, 1995.

⁶1996 Amendment, Federal Gun Control Act.

TABLE 5

4. Wanted Persons Identified/Apprehended and Arrests

	PRIOR	CY94	CY95	CY96	CY97	TO DATE

Wanted Persons Identified	342	181	127	128	7	785
Wanted Persons Arrested		83	55	61	3	202


Confirmed Arrests Related to the Sale or Attempt to Purchase Firearms	718	608	528	482	67	2403

TABLE 6

5. Number of Firearms by Category

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	TOTAL

Pistols	35,293	73,652	64,936	61,716	5,240	240,837
Revolvers	14,139	26,915	26,210	25,440	2,120	94,824
Rifles	52,262	91,757	69,975	64,264	4,141	282,399
Shotguns	29,906	44,345	39,469	38,560	2,417	154,697
Total	131,600	236,669	200,590	189,980	13,918	772,757

1993 = July 1—December 31