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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: Wyoming - 2020 [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, 2020, 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 - 2015-2020 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Canada with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020, 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 - 2020 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in the Caribbean with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020, 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 - 2015-2020 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Mexico with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020, 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: Central America - 2020 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Central America with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020, 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: United States and Territories - 2020 - FFL Theft/Loss Reports Matching Firearms Subsequently Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 15.47 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2020 - Firearm Types Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 20.03 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2020 - Time-to-Crime - Firearms Sourced and Recovered [XLSX - 129.77 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2020 - Time-to-Crime - Firearms Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 17.6 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2020 - Number of Firearms Sourced and Recovered [XLSX - 29.48 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020.

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Report Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2020 - Age of Possessor - Firearms Recovered and Traced [XLSX - 17.9 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2020.

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Regulatory 2021 - July - Missouri - All FFLs - House Bill Number 85, Second Amendment Preservation Act [PDF - 261.14 KB]

Missouri House Bill Number 85, Second Amendment Preservation Act (“the Act” or “SAPA”), signed into law by Governor Parson on June 12, 2021, has generated questions from industry members and firearm owners as to how this Missouri state law may affect them while engaged in a firearms business activity or seeking to acquire a firearm. Section 1.420 of the Act states that “federal acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, rules, and regulations” falling into five categories of regulations relating to firearms “shall be considered infringements on the people’s right to keep and bear arms, as guaranteed by Amendment II of the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 23 of the Constitution of Missouri.” 

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Last Updated: December 2, 2025

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