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Department of JusticeBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

Firearms and Explosives Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information

Data Source: Firearms Tracing System

January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014#153151

ATF Firearms Trace

Data Disclaimer

(1) Firearm traces are designed to assist law enforcement authorities in conducting investigations by tracking

the sale and possession of specific firearms. Law enforcement agencies may request firearms traces for any

reason, and those reasons are not necessarily reported to the Federal Government. Not all firearms used in

crime are traced and not all firearms traced are used in crime.

(2) Firearms selected for tracing are not chosen for purposes of determining which types, makes or models of

firearms are used for illicit purposes. The firearms selected do not constitute a random sample and should not

be considered representative of the larger universe of all firearms used by criminals, or any subset of that

universe. Firearms are normally traced to the first retail seller, and sources reported for firearms traced do not

necessarily represent the sources or methods by which firearms in general are acquired for use in crime.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Office of Strategic Intelligence and Information

7,129

2014

Total Number of Firearms Recovered and

Traced in Virginia by Calendar Year


4,057

1,1061,101

741

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Firearm Types with a Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014


1,578

911

792

586 563 556459

237182 166

9mm

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cal

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.45

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.38

cal

.357

cal

.25

cal

.32

cal


NOTE: There were 1,018 additional traces that

were associated with other calibers. There

were 81 traces with an unknown caliber.

Top Calibers Reported on Firearm Traces

with a Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

1,556

1,1141,050

595537

359249

190 174 163

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Top Categories Reported on Firearm Traces

with a Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

NOTE: There were 1,142 additional traces

that were associated with other categories.

72

74(MD)

51

59

148

54

68

57

37 4,146

53

57

35

25


Top 15 Source States for Firearms with a

Virginia RecoveryJanuary 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

20

NOTE: An additional 34 states

and Guam accounted for 233 other

traces. The source state was

identified in 5,189 total traces.

1/1/2014-12/31/2014 Virginia Average Time-to-Crime: 9.16 Years

1/1/2014-12/31/2014 National Average Time-to-Crime: 10.88 Years


393 331 348

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No. of Firearms

Time-To-Crime Rates for Firearms with a


152

676744

1,157

994

795866

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Under

18 to

21

22 to

24

25 to

30

31 to

40

41 to

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1/1/2014-12/31/2014 Virginia Average Age of Possessor: 35 Years

1/1/2014-12/31/2014 National Average Age of Possessor: 36 Years


Age of Possessors for Firearms with a


Top Recovery Cities for Firearms with a


Portsmouth

SuffolkWoodbridge

Hampton

Chesapeake

Roanoke

Norfolk Newport News

Virginia Beach

Richmond

NOTE: There were 331 additional

municipalities that accounted for 3,382

other traces. The recovery city could

not be determined for 20 traces.

1,134

572

378371

302

264

212

191

154

149


Analytical Criteria Used to Compile

the Enclosed Statistics


Firearm Types and Calibers with a Virginia Recovery

•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced.

Top Categories Reported on Firearm Traces with a Virginia Recovery

•Includes same criteria as Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced. Beginning in CY 2010, attempted homicide,

attempted suicide and negligent vehicular manslaughter are reported in separate categories.

Top Source States for Firearms with a Virginia Recovery


•Traces must identify a purchaser and the state in which the final dealer is located.

Time-to-Crime Rates for Firearms with a Virginia Recovery


•Traces must identify a purchaser.

•Time-to-Crime was calculated for those traces in which the purchase date could be subtracted from the recovery date.

Top Recovery Cities for Firearms with a Virginia Recovery


•Includes traces with a recovery city, or, if the recovery city was not provided, the requesting agency had jurisdiction only within

that city.

Total Number of Firearms Recovered and Traced

•Includes traces with a recovery state of Virginia. Traces in which the recovery state was not provided were included when the

requesting agency state was equal to Virginia.

•Includes Firearms Recovered and Traced between 1/1/2014 – 12/31/2014, or, if the recovery date was blank, the trace entry

date was between 1/1/2014 – 12/31/2014.

•Duplicate traces, Firearms Not Recovered, Gun Buyback and Firearms Turned In are not included in this figure.

•Data was extracted from the Firearms Tracing System (FTS) on May 1, 2015.

•All traces may not have been submitted or completed at the time of this study.

Age of Possessors for Firearms with a Virginia Recovery


•Includes traces that provide a possessor and the possessor’s date of birth.

•Possessor’s age is calculated by subtracting the possessor’s date of birth from the recovery date.

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