Category of state's gun sales laws* | City, state | % Of city crime guns first purchased within the state | Permit to purchase | Registration† | Private purchases regulated‡ | Purchase restrictions: certain misdemeanors | Possession restrictions: youth <21 years old | Fingerprint required on purchase application | Maximum wait >7 days | One gun/month |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
*Category A = permit to purchase licensing and registration systems; category B = permit to purchase licensing or registration but not both; category C = neither permit to purchase licensing or registration. | ||||||||||
†Includes those states where police retain records of handgun purchases. | ||||||||||
‡Permit or background check required for sales through non-licensed dealers. | ||||||||||
§Permit issued with law enforcement agency discretion. | ||||||||||
A | Boston, MA | 31.4 | X§ | X | X | X | X | |||
Detroit, MI | 47.5 | X§ | X | X | X | |||||
Jersey City, NJ | 13.0 | X§ | X | X | X | X | X | |||
New York, NY | 14.0 | X§ | X | X | X | X | ||||
St Louis, MO | 62.9 | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
B | Baltimore, MD | 73.0 | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Chicago, IL | 64.7 | X | X | X | ||||||
Inglewood, CA | 69.9 | X | X | X | X | |||||
Los Angeles, CA | 78.0 | X | X | X | X | |||||
Minneapolis, MN | 74.4 | X | X | |||||||
Philadelphia, PA | 66.7 | X | X | X | ||||||
Salinas, CA | 82.3 | X | X | X | X | |||||
C | Atlanta, GA | 86.0 | ||||||||
Birmingham, AL | 88.3 | |||||||||
Cincinnati, OH | 67.4 | |||||||||
Cleveland, OH | 85.6 | |||||||||
Gary, IN | 89.3 | X | ||||||||
Houston, TX | 88.3 | |||||||||
Memphis, TN | 70.8 | X | X | X | X | |||||
Miami, FL | 90.1 | |||||||||
Richmond, VA | 90.6 | X | X | |||||||
Milwaukee, WI | 80.9 | |||||||||
San Antonio, TX | 90.0 | |||||||||
Seattle, WA | 78.1 | X | X | |||||||
Tucson, AZ | 89.0 |