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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part VIII [PDF - 1.81 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part VIII:  FFL Inventory Losses

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: End Notes [PDF - 2.56 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I:  End Notes

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Glossary of Terms [PDF - 2.35 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Glossary of Terms

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix LRP - Laws, Regulations, and Policy [PDF - 213.31 KB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix LRP - Laws, Regulations, and Policy

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix IR - Industry Regulation [PDF - 4.61 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I:  Appendix IR - Industry Regulation

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix IO - Industry Overview [PDF - 4.53 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I:  Appendix IO - Industry Overview

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix IL - FFL Inventory Losses [PDF - 1.18 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I:  Appendix IL - FFL Inventory Losses

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix N - NFA [PDF - 1.88 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I:  Appendix N - NFA

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix SA -Small Arms and Ammunition [PDF - 197.04 KB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I:  Appendix SA -Small Arms and Ammunition

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix SD -Selling and Distribution [PDF - 4.03 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I:  Appendix SD -Selling and Distribution

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix I - Imports [PDF - 1.19 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix I - Imports

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix E - Exports [PDF - 606.18 KB]

 National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix E - Exports

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix P - PMFs [PDF - 95.46 KB]

 National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix P - PMFs

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I: Appendix M - Manufacturing [PDF - 4.23 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I:  Appendix M - Manufacturing

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Acknowledgements [PDF - 277.23 KB]

 National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I:  Acknowledgements

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part XII [PDF - 1.97 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part XII:  Recommendations

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part XI [PDF - 3.21 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part XI:  Firearm Laws, Regulations, and Policy

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part X [PDF - 5.13 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part X:  Industry Regulation

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part IX [PDF - 2.73 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part IX:  Industry Overview

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part VII [PDF - 3.66 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part VII:  National Firearms Act (NFA) 

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part VI [PDF - 556.52 KB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part VI:  Price of Small Arms d Small Arms Ammunition

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part V [PDF - 5.31 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part V:  Selling and Distribution

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part IV [PDF - 1.81 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part IV:  Firearms Imported into the United States

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Firearms
Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part III [PDF - 2.64 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part III:  Firearms Exported from the United States

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Report National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part II [PDF - 3.85 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume I - Part II:  Privately Made Firearms

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Firearms
Last Updated: January 15, 2026

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