Statistics
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- Historical Profile — Budget and Number of Employees
- Fact Sheet — Facts and Figures (FY 2009)
Firearms Trace Data
A key component of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) enforcement mission is the tracing of firearms on behalf of thousands of Federal, State, local and foreign law enforcement agencies. Firearms trace data is critically important information developed by ATF. ATF has prepared the following state-by-state reports utilizing trace data which is intended to provide the public with insight into firearms recoveries.
Annual Firearms Manufacturers And Export Report
All Federally licensed manufacturers of firearms and destructive devices (Federal Firearms License types 07 and 10) are required to submit a production report of manufacturing and export activity to ATF by April 1 of each year. The information must be reported using the Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report Under 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, Firearms (ATF Form 5300.11). The report covers activity for the calendar year ended the previous December 31. For example, calendar year 2009 data was due to ATF by April 1, 2010.
ATF compiles the submitted data and releases it here each January, with a one year delay to comply with the Trade Secrets Act. For example, data released in January 2010 was for calendar year 2008. The January 2011 data release will cover calendar year 2009 activity. In response to requests from the industry, ATF released interim AFMER data for the first time in July 2010. This release included aggregate data only and did not identify any specific industry member (to comply with the Trade Secrets Act).
Questions about the AFMER program and data should be directed to Program Analyst Tom DiDomenico at 304-616-4590.
Federal Firearms Licensee Statistics Theft / Loss Reports
Federal firearms licensees (FFLs) must report to ATF each missing, lost, or stolen firearm within 48 hours of discovery of the loss or theft by completing and forwarding a Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report. In addition, the FFL must also report the firearm theft or loss to the appropriate local law enforcement agency.
Reporting Multiple Sales or Other Disposition of Certain Rifles
ATF is undertaking the effort to increase its ability to detect and disrupt the illegal firearms trafficking networks responsible for diverting firearms from lawful commerce into the hands of criminal gangs that threaten citizens on both sides of the border. As a central element of this effort, ATF is requiring licensed gun dealers in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to submit information concerning multiple sales of certain semi-automatic, high-caliber rifles.
The multiple sales reporting requirement simply extends an existing practice with respect to handguns to certain types of semi-automatic, high-caliber rifles. The specific application of the requirement is as follows:
- Sales to a single individual
- Within five business days
- Of two or more rifles that have semi-automatic action, a caliber greater than .22, and the ability to accept a detachable magazine.
The multiple sales reporting requirement, which affects sales of only a limited number of firearms, should significantly increase our ability to detect illegal firearms trafficking.
ATF will evaluate the multiple sales reporting requirement and the investigative leads generated from the information on a periodic basis.
Statistical Information (Reporting period August 14, 2011 – October 6, 2011):
| State | Reports | Firearms | Totals | 502 | 1276 |
|---|---|---|
| AZ | 69 | 166 |
| CA | 90 | 222 |
| NM | 15 | 45 |
| TX | 328 | 843 |
National Firearms Act (NFA)
| Fiscal Year | Firearms Procesed |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 992,975 |
| 2010 | 826,393 |
| 2009 | 834,328 |
| 2008 | 981,303 |
| 2007 | 563,127 |
| 2006 | 296,127 |
| 2005 | 147,484 |
| Fiscal Year | Forms Procesed |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 105,373 |
| 2010 | 91,949 |
| 2009 | 86,753 |
| 2008 | 72,808 |
| 2007 | 66,560 |
| 2006 | 57,783 |
| 2005 | 41,579 |
