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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.

Document Type Description Category
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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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.   

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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.

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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.

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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.

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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

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

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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

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

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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

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

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

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. 

Published/Revised: September 15, 2022

Firearms
Report August 2022 - Firearms Compliance Inspection Results [XLSX - 12.78 KB]

August 2022 - Firearms Compliance Inspection Results

Published/Revised: September 6, 2022

Firearms
Publication Special Agent Body-Worn Cameras - ATF O 3020.3A [PDF - 325.17 KB]

This order establishes direction on the use of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)-owned body-worn cameras (BWCs) by ATF special agents during properly authorized investigations and activities. For purposes of this policy, the term “BWC recordings,” refers to audio and video recordings and associated metadata recorded on ATF-owned BWCs while the agent is engaged in federal law enforcement operations to include the investigation of fugitives sought on state and local warrants adopted by a federal agency. This policy does not apply to ATF-issued recording equipment to include digital or electronic media recordings from vehicle dash cameras, digital cameras, closed-circuit television, unmanned aerial systems, telecommunications devices, or any other camera sensor device. ATF special agents are prohibited from using non-ATF-owned recording devices (e.g., personal digital cameras, personal smartphone cameras, etc.) for documenting law enforcement activities, including the documentation of evidence. Finally, this policy applies only to ATF special agents in the designated sites and only after receiving BWC training.

Published/Revised: August 23, 2022

Workforce and Mission
Publication Task Force Officer Body-Worn Camera - ATF O 3020.4 [PDF - 290.14 KB]

This order establishes direction for the use of non-Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) owned body-worn cameras (BWCs) by ATF Task Force Officers (TFOs) and Special Deputies (SD) on federal task forces. This policy provides parameters for the use of BWCs by TFOs to the extent that a state or local law enforcement agency requires their use by its officers during federal task force operations.

Published/Revised: August 23, 2022

Workforce and Mission
Last Updated: January 15, 2026

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