State gun sales laws in effect in 25 Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative cities, overall classification of the set of these laws, and the percentage of the city's crime guns that were first purchased from in-state gun dealers
| 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 | |||||||||