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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: Florida - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Florida with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Georgia - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Georgia with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Guam and Northern Mariana Islands - 2021 [HTML]

This is the Firearms Trace Data Report for Jan. 1, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2021. It includes analytics for the number of firearms recovered and traced; firearm types recovered; the age of possessors, top categories reported on firearms traces with this state's recovery and more. 

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Hawaii - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Hawaii with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Idaho - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Idaho with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Illinois - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Illinois with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Indiana - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Indiana with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Iowa - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Iowa with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Kansas - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Kansas with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Kentucky - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Kentucky with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Louisiana - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Louisiana with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Maine - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Maine with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Maryland - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Maryland with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Massachusetts - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Massachusetts with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Michigan - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Michigan with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: North Dakota - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in North Dakota with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: West Virginia - 2021 [HTML]

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, 2021, 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: Wisconsin - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Wisconsin with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Wyoming - 2021 [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, 2021, 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: Canada - 2016-2021 [HTML]

This report relates only to those firearms recovered in Canada and traced by ATF between calendar years 2016 - 2021. The firearm trace results are based upon the supplied firearm identifiers on the Canada trace requests. The Canadian trace data in this report is organized by the calendar year in which the firearm was recovered, not the year in which the trace was initiated.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Mississippi - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Mississippi with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Minnesota - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Minnesota with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: Missouri - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Missouri with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: North Carolina - 2021 [HTML]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in North Carolina with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2021, 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: New Hampshire - 2021 [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, 2021, 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
Last Updated: January 15, 2026

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