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Firearms Publications

ATF occasionally issues publications to inform the industries it regulates and the general public about the laws and regulations administered and enforced by ATF. These include guidebooks, newsletters, brochures, studies, and reports.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2025 - Top Calibers Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 24.85 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2025 - Categories Associated with Firearms Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 31.42 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2025 - FFL Theft/Loss Reports Matching Firearms Subsequently Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 14.74 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2025 - Time-to-Crime - Firearms Sourced and Recovered [XLSX - 130.04 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2025 - Age of Possessor - Firearms Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 17.43 KB]

Information from the 2024 Firearms Trace Data report. Data includes firearms recovered and traced in the United States and territories, sorted by age of possessor.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2025 - Number of Firearms Sourced and Recovered [XLSX - 29.27 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2025 - Time-to-Crime Firearms Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 17.55 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2025 - Firearm Types Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 21.69 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

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Regulatory 2026 - August - All FFLs - Silencers [PDF - 193.17 KB]

The purpose of this open letter is to notify all federal firearm licensees (FFLs) of guidance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regarding modifying firearm silencers registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR). A complete silencer may be repaired, or the caliber may be changed, and such actions will not be considered a new making under the National Firearms Act (NFA), provided the action does not result in destroying the serialized “frame or receiver,” remove, obliterate, or alter required markings, or make a new firearm.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: Canada - 2020-2025 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Canada with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2025, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: Mexico - 2020-2025 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Mexico with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2025, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: The Caribbean - 2025 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in the Caribbean with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

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Last Updated: December 2, 2025

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