Publications

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Oregon with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Pennsylvania with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Puerto Rico with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Rhode Island with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in South Carolina with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

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, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Tennessee with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Texas with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in the U.S. Virgin Islands with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Utah with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Vermont with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Virginia with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Washington with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

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, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Wisconsin with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Wyoming with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Canada with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

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, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

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, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Mexico with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2022, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: September 27, 2023

This application must be completed by any federal firearms licensee (FFL) who intend to change the business and/or mailing address of an active license and certify compliance with the provisions of the law for the new address.

Published/Revised: September 12, 2023

August 2023 - Firearms Compliance Inspection Results

Published/Revised: September 7, 2023

The Department of Justice (“Department”) proposes amending Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) regulations to implement the provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (“BSCA”), effective June 25, 2022, that broaden the definition of when a person is considered “engaged in the business” as a dealer in firearms other than a gunsmith or pawnbroker.

Published/Revised: August 30, 2023

The purpose of this Open Letter is to notify you of an important change to the procedure you may follow to comply with the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act (Brady Act), codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(t), when transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person. Specifically, the North Carolina pistol purchase permit may no longer be used as an alternative to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check requirement.

Published/Revised: August 24, 2023

The AIR reviews arson-related incidents from data reported to the USBDC through the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS). 

Published/Revised: August 8, 2023