Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report

Data Source: Firearms Tracing System. Used with permission.
January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021

Contents

Introduction
Analytical Criteria Used to Compile the FFL Theft/Loss Statistics
Definitions
Table: FFL Theft/Loss Firearm Counts by Firearm Type and FFL Theft/Loss Category
Table: FFL Theft/Loss Reports by State/Territory and Theft/Loss Category
Summation

Introduction

Federal firearms licensees (FFLs) must report to ATF each missing, lost, or stolen firearm from the FFL’s inventory or collection within 48 hours of discovery of the loss or theft by completing and forwarding a Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report (ATF Form 3310.11). In addition, the FFL must also report the firearm theft or loss to the appropriate local law enforcement agency.

Analytical Criteria Used to Compile the FFL Theft/Loss Statistics

Queries of the Firearms Tracing System (FTS) were used to determine which firearms were reported in FFL Thefts/Losses. This information was extracted from the FTS on January 3, 2022.

FFL Theft/Loss Reports where the reported incident dates were from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 were selected.
Firearms reported in FFL Theft/Loss Reports and subsequently determined not lost/stolen were excluded from the totals.

Definitions

Burglary: The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or theft.
Larceny: The unlawful taking or carrying away property from the possessor or of another.
Robbery: Taking anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence.
Loss: When an FFL takes a firearm into its inventory and later cannot account for the disposition of the firearm from its inventory during an inventory reconciliation.

Table: FFL Theft/Loss Firearm Counts by Firearm Type and FFL Theft/Loss Category

January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021
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Firearm Types	TOTALS	Burglary Firearm Count	Larceny Firearm Count	Robbery Firearm Count	Loss Firearm Count
Pistols	4,751	1,871	734	67	2,079
Rifles	2,132	469	102	1	1,560
Receivers/Frames	1,421	57	33	0	1,331
Shotguns	1,011	234	106	3	668
Revolvers	691	232	42	10	407
Silencers	214	49	19	0	146
Derringers	42	13	5	1	23
Destructive Devices	28	0	0	0	28
Machineguns	22	10	1	0	11
Any Other Weapons	5	1	0	0	4
Combinations	4	0	0	0	4
Unknown Types	4	0	0	0	4
TOTALS	10,325	2,936	1,042	82	6,265

FFL Theft/Loss Reports by State/Territory and Theft/Loss Category

January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021
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State/Territory	TOTAL		Burglary		Larceny		Robbery		Loss
State/Territory	Reports	Firearm Count	Reports	Firearm Count	Reports	Firearm Count	Reports	Firearm Count	Reports	Firearm Count
Alabama	77	1,117	6	73	21	33	0	0	50	1,011
Alaska	7	35	1	3	1	1	0	0	5	31
Arizona	56	196	5	62	12	12	1	9	38	113
Arkansas	37	295	4	52	15	16	0	0	18	227
California	57	208	14	119	19	22	1	1	23	66
Colorado	42	317	10	106	16	18	0	0	16	193
Connecticut	17	119	2	10	0	0	0	0	15	109
Delaware	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4
Florida	119	433	8	69	40	74	1	6	70	284
Georgia	99	732	14	170	27	274	0	0	58	288
Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hawaii	1	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Idaho	18	95	3	40	4	5	0	0	11	50
Illinois	38	283	6	95	5	5	0	0	27	183
Indiana	34	121	8	64	9	10	0	0	17	47
Iowa	29	197	4	29	9	12	0	0	16	156
Kansas	34	320	2	9	8	11	0	0	24	300
Kentucky	60	334	10	145	14	15	0	0	36	174
Louisiana	54	255	9	155	21	36	0	0	24	64
Maine	9	46	4	39	1	1	0	0	4	6
Maryland	33	152	5	92	8	9	0	0	20	51
Massachusetts	14	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	40
Michigan	40	262	19	193	9	14	0	0	12	55
Minnesota	23	75	3	23	7	9	0	0	13	43
Mississippi	50	125	5	36	17	18	0	0	28	71
Missouri	60	281	11	90	15	17	0	0	34	174
Montana	13	73	3	23	3	7	0	0	7	43
Nebraska	7	11	1	5	3	3	0	0	3	3
Nevada	26	174	6	50	9	16	1	1	10	107
New Hampshire	21	115	5	59	1	1	0	0	15	55
New Jersey	5	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10
New Mexico	22	83	4	31	9	29	0	0	9	23
New York	20	176	1	8	3	4	0	0	16	164
North Carolina	89	311	8	86	16	30	4	4	61	191
North Dakota	5	26	1	4	1	1	0	0	3	21
Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ohio	63	290	5	44	21	22	2	5	35	219
Oklahoma	38	328	4	82	10	13	0	0	24	233
Oregon	27	118	7	78	8	10	0	0	12	30
Pennsylvania	103	305	2	27	52	53	0	0	49	225
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rhode Island	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4
South Carolina	35	115	2	9	10	11	0	0	23	95
South Dakota	4	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	24
Tennessee	69	290	9	147	19	30	1	1	40	112
Texas	221	1,006	37	401	84	134	10	55	90	416
U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Utah	35	152	1	2	6	7	0	0	28	143
Vermont	7	29	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	28
Virginia	78	283	8	59	32	34	0	0	38	190
Washington	27	110	10	75	6	10	0	0	11	25
Washington D.C.	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Virginia	18	134	3	21	4	4	0	0	11	109
Wisconsin	24	91	4	45	6	8	0	0	14	38
Wyoming	7	19	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	17
TOTAL	1,978	10,325	277	2,936	584	1,042	21	82	1,096	6,265

Summation

For calendar year 2021, ATF data provides that the 10 FFLs with the most firearms reported in Theft/Loss Reports are associated with 1,254 firearms reported lost or stolen. The 100* FFLs with the most firearms reported in Theft/Loss Reports are associated with 3,989 firearms reported lost or stolen. This data is limited to Type 01 (dealer in firearms other than destructive devices) and Type 02 (pawnbroker in firearms other than destructive devices) FFLs.

* There were 8 FFLs tied in the final ranking of the 100 Type 01 and Type 02 FFLs resulting in 106 total FFLs.

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