Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms • Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative • November 2000 • Crime Gun Trace Reports (1999)
CRIME GUN TRACE REPORTS (1999)
National Report
Table of Contents
Foreword by the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
1. Introduction
- Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative Cities
- The Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
- Following the Gun to Successful Firearms Enforcement
2-1 Introduction
2-3 When the Crime Gun Purchaser Is the Crime Gun Possessor
2-4 Firearm Type, Caliber, Manufacturer, and Model
- Firearm Type
- Type and Caliber/Gauge of Firearms
- Manufacturer, Caliber/Gauge, and Type of Firearms
- Manufacturer, Model, Caliber/Gauge, and Type of Firearms
2-5 Time-to-Crime
- Time-to-Crime by Firearm Type and Age Group of Possessor
- Top Ten Crime Guns by Manufacturer, Caliber, Type, and Time-to-Crime
- Manufacturer, Model, Caliber/Gauge, Type of Firearms, and Time-to-Crime
2-6 Geographic Sources of Traced Firearms
- Regional and National Geographic Source Patterns
2-7 Crime Guns with Obliterated Serial Numbers
2-8 Multiple Sales
4. Information for Law Enforcement Executives
5. Progress and Plans: The Strategic Use of Crime Gun Information
5-1 Level and Quality of Crime Gun Tracing
- Number of Crime Guns Traced
- Comprehensive Crime Gun Tracing
- State Comprehensive Crime Gun Tracing Laws
- Number of Completed Traces
5-2 Investigative Support for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
- Trace Analysis, Mapping, and Investigative Support
- Field Resource: Online LEAD
- New Features in the Crime Gun Trace Reports
- Training: Firearms Tracing and Illegal Trafficking Investigations
- Training: Restoration of Obliterated Serial Numbers
5-3 Improvements in the Tracing Process and Tracing Support for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
- The Transition to Paperless Tracing
- Access 2000: Firearms Industry Cooperation
- Multiple Sales Records and Crime Gun Tracing
- Out-of-Business Records Imaging and Crime Gun Tracing
- Investigative Tracing for Juvenile Crime Guns
- Support for Additional Law Enforcement Agencies
- Electronic Trace Returns (ETR)
- Expanded Access 2000
- Firearms Identification Guide
- Improved Electronic Trace Submission
- Regional Crime Gun Centers
- Used Crime Gun Trace Information
- Ballistics Identification and Crime Gun Tracing
Appendices
A. Glossary
B. Technical Notes
C. Trace Request Form
D. Highlights of the City Reports