Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report - 2024

Data Source: Firearms Tracing System

January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
 

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Analytical Criteria Used to Compile the FFL Theft/Loss Statistics
  3. Definitions
  4. Table: FFL Theft/Loss Firearm Counts by Firearm Type and FFL Theft/Loss Category
  5. Table: FFL Theft/Loss Reports by State/Territory and Theft/Loss Category
  6. Summation

Introduction

Federal firearms licensees (FFLs) must report to ATF each missing, lost, or stolen firearm from the FFL's inventory or collection within 48 hours of discovery of the loss or theft by completing and forwarding a Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report (ATF Form 3310.11). In addition, the FFL must also report the firearm theft or loss to the appropriate local law enforcement agency.
 

Analytical Criteria Used to Compile the FFL Theft/Loss Statistics

Queries of the Firearms Tracing System (FTS) were used to determine which firearms were reported in Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Thefts/Losses. This information was extracted from the FTS on January 3, 2025.

  • FFL Theft/Loss Reports where the reported incident dates were from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024, were selected.
  • Firearms reported in FFL Theft/Loss Reports and subsequently determined not lost/stolen were excluded from the totals.
  • The high number of reported firearm losses associated with Minnesota are due to a single Federal Firearms Licensee audit.

Definitions

Burglary: The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.

Larceny: The unlawful taking or carrying away property from the possessor or of another.

Robbery: Taking anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence.

Loss: When an FFL takes a firearm into its inventory and later cannot account for the disposition of the firearm from its inventory during an inventory reconciliation.
 

FFL Theft/Loss Firearm Counts by Firearm Type and FFL Theft/Loss Category

Calendar Year 2024
Firearm Types TOTALS

Burglary
Firearm
Count

 Larceny
Firearm
Count		 Robbery
Firearm
Count		 Loss
Firearm
Count
Pistols 8,092 3,087 418 106 4,481
Rifles 4,121 528 101 3 3,489
Shotguns 1,888 197 56 2 1,633
Receivers/Frames 1,432 82 31 0 1,319
Revolvers 1,346 309 30 7 1,000
Silencers 220 59 37 0 124
Derringers 73 6 1 0 66
Machineguns 23 7 1 0 15
Combination Guns 19 0 0 0 19
Unknown Types 18 1 1 0 16
Destructive Devices 5 1 0 0 4
Any Other Weapons 2 0 0 0 2
Machinegun Conversion Devices 1 1 0 0 0
Tear Gas Launchers 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 17,241 4,278 676 118 12,169

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FFL Theft/Loss Reports by State/Territory and Theft/Loss Category

Calendar Year 2024
State/Territory All Burglary Larceny Robbery Loss
Reports Firearm
Count		 Reports Firearm
Count		 Reports Firearm
Count		 Reports Firearm
Count		 Reports Firearm
Count
Alabama 48 337 4 73 19 42 0 0 25 222
Alaska 11 140 1 21 2 2 0 0 8 117
Arizona 67 229 9 58 14 16 1 6 43 149
Arkansas 37 151 4 44 7 19 1 1 25 87
California 82 631 16 472 39 45 0 0 27 114
Colorado 39 295 15 245 13 16 0 0 11 34
Connecticut 19 215 5 53 0 0 0 0 14 162
Delaware 2 24 1 16 0 0 0 0 1 8
Florida 120 637 14 151 25 33 0 0 81 453
Georgia 79 405 16 117 13 55 0 0 50 233
Guam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hawaii 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho 12 188 2 47 1 1 0 0 9 140
Illinois 24 231 2 7 1 1 0 0 21 223
Indiana 37 453 8 76 14 36 0 0 15 341
Iowa 18 73 4 29 5 7 0 0 9 37
Kansas 19 154 2 60 7 10 0 0 10 84
Kentucky 34 269 5 130 6 7 0 0 23 132
Louisiana 33 99 3 32 17 26 0 0 13 41
Maine 16 50 2 5 5 17 0 0 9 28
Maryland 33 248 6 158 4 5 1 1 22 84
Massachusetts 9 88 0 0 1 4 0 0 8 84
Michigan 41 172 8 57 4 4 0 0 29 111
Minnesota 27 4,847 1 3 5 6 0 0 21 4,838
Mississippi 47 280 11 108 13 20 0 0 23 152
Missouri 40 255 7 179 8 9 3 4 22 63
Montana 13 35 2 4 4 4 0 0 7 27
Nebraska 21 234 1 10 4 9 1 12 15 203
Nevada 25 142 4 80 3 3 0 0 18 59
New Hampshire 23 284 2 26 1 3 0 0 20 255
New Jersey 3 62 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 57
New Mexico 17 154 5 44 2 2 0 0 10 108
New York 35 473 9 88 4 5 0 0 22 380
North Carolina 92 661 17 207 22 40 6 6 47 408
North Dakota 5 11 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 8
Northern Mariana Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ohio 55 209 11 94 9 11 4 15 31 89
Oklahoma 49 425 12 94 9 10 0 0 28 321
Oregon 33 164 6 80 8 11 0 0 19 73
Pennsylvania 83 568 9 139 22 22 3 3 49 404
Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rhode Island 5 112 1 22 0 0 0 0 4 90
South Carolina 55 363 10 210 9 15 0 0 36 138
South Dakota 8 42 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 40
Tennessee 53 586 11 203 5 5 1 7 36 371
Texas 160 984 24 433 45 68 9 62 82 421
U.S. Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Utah 32 216 3 81 5 28 0 0 24 107
Vermont 11 202 1 10 0 0 0 0 10 192
Virginia 69 300 21 185 14 15 0 0 34 100
Washington 15 128 5 34 2 3 1 1 7 90
Washington D.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Virginia 21 147 4 66 1 1 0 0 16 80
Wisconsin 23 169 3 20 4 5 0 0 16 144
Wyoming 11 98 0 0 4 32 0 0 7 66
TOTAL 1,812 17,241 309 4,278 403 676 31 118 1,069 12,169

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Summation

For calendar year 2024, ATF data provides that the 10 FFLs with the most firearms reported in Theft/Loss Reports are associated with 6,187 firearms reported lost or stolen. The 100 FFLs with the most firearms reported in Theft/Loss Reports are associated with 10,141 firearms reported lost or stolen. This data is limited to Type 01 (dealer in firearms other than destructive devices) and Type 02 (pawnbroker in firearms other than destructive devices) FFLs.

Last Reviewed February 28, 2025