WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives (ATF), the federal agency responsible for investigating instances
where firearms are lost or stolen from federal firearms licensees (FFL), is
releasing its Calendar Year (CY) 2016 FFL Thefts/Loss Report, available on the
ATF website, www.atf.gov. Part of the ATF core mission is to protect the public
from violent crime involving the use of firearms, including firearms stolen
from FFLs and used by violent offenders in the commission of crimes, posing a
substantial threat to the public and law enforcement.
A total of 18,394 lost or stolen firearms were reported
nationwide last year from FFLs. Of those firearms, 9,113 were reported as lost.
Firearms are considered lost 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.
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