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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: New Hampshire - 2020 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in New Hampshire 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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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Arkansas - 2022 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Arkansas 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.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: California - 2022 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in California 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.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Colorado - 2022 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Colorado 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.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Connecticut - 2022 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Connecticut 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.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Delaware - 2022 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Delaware 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.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: District of Columbia - 2022 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in the District of Columbia 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.

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Firearms
Report 2011 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 1.18 MB]

This report presents data drawn from a number of ATF reports and records in one comprehensive document. Included are metrics regarding firearms manufactured, exports, imports and more. 

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Firearms
Report 2012 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 802.18 KB]

2012 - Firearms Commerce Report

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Firearms
Report 2013 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 706.82 KB]

This report presents data drawn from a number of ATF reports and records in one comprehensive document. Included are metrics regarding firearms manufactured, exports, imports and more. 

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Firearms
Report 2018 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 1.63 MB]

2018 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2016 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 847.43 KB]

2016 - Firearms Commerce Report

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Firearms
Report 2017 - Explosives Incident Report (EIR) [PDF - 2.82 MB]

2017 - Explosives Incident Report (EIR)

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Explosives
Report 2016 - Explosives Incident Report (EIR) [PDF - 6.64 MB]

2016 Explosives Incident Report (EIR)

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Explosives
Report 2016 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 1.28 MB]

2016 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2015 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 1.24 MB]

2015 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2013 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 907.63 KB]

2013 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2009 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 506.36 KB]

2009 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2008 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 392.35 KB]

2008 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2007 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 372.65 KB]

2007 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2018 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 717.56 KB]

2018 - Firearms Commerce Report

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Firearms
Report 2017 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 932.03 KB]

2017 - Firearms Commerce Report

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Firearms
Report 2015 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 1.04 MB]

This is the 2015 Annual Statistical Update on Firearms Commerce in the United States. (This publication has been updated to correct 2013 firearms manufactured total in Exhibit 1.)

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Firearms
Report 2011 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER) [PDF - 655.57 KB]

2011 - Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report (AFMER)

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Firearms
Report 2014 - Firearms Commerce Report [PDF - 810.84 KB]

2014 - Firearms Commerce Report

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Firearms
Last Updated: January 15, 2026

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