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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: South Dakota - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in South Dakota with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Tennessee - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Tennessee with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Texas - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Texas with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: U.S. Virgin Islands - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in U.S. Virgin Islands with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Utah - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Utah with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Vermont - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Vermont with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Virginia - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Virginia with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Washington - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Washington with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: West Virginia - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in West Virginia with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Wisconsin - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Wisconsin with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Wyoming - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Wyoming with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Canada - 2016-2021 [HTML]

This report relates only to those firearms recovered in Canada and traced by ATF between calendar years 2016 - 2021. The firearm trace results are based upon the supplied firearm identifiers on the Canada trace requests. The Canadian trace data in this report is organized by the calendar year in which the firearm was recovered, not the year in which the trace was initiated.

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Last Updated: December 2, 2025

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