ASSAULT WEAPONS

California Department of Justice, Bureau of Firearms, Assault Weapon Identification Guide
Describes assault weapons regulated under California’s ban.

BRADY BACKGROUND CHECKS

Background Checks for Firearm Sales
Describes the number of background checks and denials for firearm transfers.

National Instant Criminal Background Check System
Provides an overview of the publications and other research provided by the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Service on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that was created by the Brady Law.

Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearm Sales (see 4th series under “Publications”)
Provides an overview of the firearm check procedures in each State and State interaction with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) operated by the FBI.

CHILDPROOF GUNS

New Jersey Science and Technology University
Spearheads research on childproof gun technology.

COST

Public Services Research Institute
Employs specialists in estimating the cost of injuries, including firearm injuries.

CRIME

Overview Statistics

Homicide Trends in the U. S.
Contains a series of charts that describe homicide patterns and trends in the United States since 1976.  Has a specific area for use of weapons, including guns, in homicide.

Non-fatal Firearm Crime Trends
Contains tables and charts of trends in non-fatal violent crimes involving firearms.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics: Crime
Pulls together crime data from government reports and nationwide surveys.

Death Certificates and Emergency Department Admissions

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Provides an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, including gun deaths and injuries.

Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
Provides a query tool for accessing death data by county.

Police Reports

Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Easy Access to Supplementary Homicide Reports
Provides a query tool to access supplemental data in police reports that is not included in the FBI’s standard crime report, including data on the age, sex, and race of victims and offenders, the victim-offender relationship, and the type of weapon used.

Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reports, Crime in the United States
Provides data tables on crime, including weapon use and justifiable homicide by private citizen.

State of the Cities Database
Provides a query tool for police reports of gun crime by city.

Surveys of Victims of Crime

National Crime Victimization Survey
Collects data from a nationally representative sample of 76,000 households comprising nearly 135,300 persons on the frequency, characteristics and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States.

National Crime Victimization Survey - Tables on “Weapons Used”
Presents information on guns used in non-fatal victimizations.

Violent Death Reports Integrating Crime and Health Data Sources

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Collects data on violent deaths from a variety of sources, including death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories.

GUNS IN THE HOME

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Collects data on violent deaths from a variety of sources, including death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories.  Reports include information on the location of gun deaths,

GUNS IN AMERICA

Annual Firearms and Manufacturers Report
Data on number of guns manufactured in the U. S. annually and the number exported.

List of Federally Licensed Firearm Dealers
Provides information on how to obtain the list of federally licensed dealers in your area.

National Opinion Research Center
Surveys households on gun ownership. Go to Browse Variables, Subject Index, then search under Gun.

GUN TRAFFICKING

Crime Gun Trace Reports (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms)
Provides limited data on guns recovered by police and traced to first retail sale by a federally licensed dealer, by state.

Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government Illegal Gun Trafficking Page
Provides a listing of some of the key studies and key academics working on illegal gun trafficking.

GUN VIOLENCE - OVERVIEW STATISTICS

Death Certificates and Emergency Department Admissions

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Provides an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, including gun deaths and injuries.

Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
Provides a query tool for accessing death data by county.

Violent Death Reports Integrating Crime and Health Data Sources

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Collects data on violent deaths from a variety of sources, including death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories.

LAW ENFORCEMENT

International Association of Chiefs of Police
Describes the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s gun violence reduction initiatives, including research.

Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Compiles data concerning the felonious and accidental line-of-duty deaths and assaults of law enforcement officers, including weapon use.

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Foundation
Records and appropriately commemorates the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers; and provides information that will help promote law enforcement safety.

PUBLIC OPINION

iPoll Databank
Search tool to locate national public opinion polls.  Free trial allows limited use.

National Opinion Research Center
Surveys households on opinions on gun-related issues.  Go to Browse Variables, Subject Index, then search under "Gun."

Polling Report
Lists nationwide polls of Americans 18 and older that ask a gun question.

PUBLIC PLACES

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Collects data on violent deaths from a variety of sources, including death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories.  Reports include information on the location of gun deaths.

RACE/ETHNICITY

Death Certificates and Emergency Department Admissions

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Provides an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, including gun deaths and injuries.

Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
Provides a query tool for accessing death data by county.

Violent Death Reports Integrating Crime and Health Data Sources

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Collects data on violent deaths from a variety of sources, including death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories.

STATE GUN LAWS

Legal Community Against Violence
Provides information on gun laws by state.

National Conference of State Legislatures Research Services
Describes the research services of the National Conference of State Legislatures. NCSL also has a special project on injury, including assault.

SUICIDE

Child Fatality Review
Provides a national gateway to identify state and local child fatality review teams. Requires registration with an email.

Death Certificates and Emergency Department Admissions

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Provides an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, including gun deaths and injuries.

Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
Provides a query tool for accessing death data by county.

Means Matters: Suicide, Guns, and Public Health
Summarizes research on the role of guns in suicide.

Violent Death Reports Integrating Crime and Health Data Sources

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Collects data on violent deaths from a variety of sources, including death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories.

UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS

Child Fatality Review
Provides a national gateway to identify state and local child fatality review teams. Requires registration with an email.

Death Certificates and Emergency Department Admissions

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Provides an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, including gun deaths and injuries.

Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
Provides a query tool for accessing death data by county.

Violent Death Reports Integrating Crime and Health Data Sources

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Collects data on violent deaths from a variety of sources, including death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories.

WOMEN

Intimate Partner Violence: Presence of Weapons
Provides statistics on the presence of weapons in intimate partner violence.

Death Certificates and Emergency Department Admissions

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Provides an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, including gun deaths and injuries.

Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
Provides a query tool for accessing death data by county.

Violent Death Reports Integrating Crime and Health Data Sources

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Collects data on violent deaths from a variety of sources, including death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories.

YOUTH

Child Fatality Review
Provides a national gateway to identify state and local child fatality review teams. Requires registration with an email.

Children’s Defense Fund: Protect Children Not Guns
Provides access to the annual CDF reports on child gun deaths.

Death Certificates and Emergency Department Admissions

Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Provides an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data, including gun deaths and injuries.

Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)
Provides a query tool for accessing death data by county.

Police Reports

Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reports, Crime in the United States
Provides data tables on crime, including weapon use and justifiable homicide by private citizen

BJS Easy Access to Supplementary Homicide Reports
Provides a query tool to access supplemental data in police reports that is not included in the FBI’s standard crime report, including data on the age, sex, and race of victims and offenders, the victim-offender relationship, and the type of weapon used.

Survey of Victims of Crime

National Crime Victimization Survey
Collects data from a nationally representative sample of 76,000 households comprising nearly 135,300 persons on the frequency, characteristics and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States.

National Crime Victimization Survey - Tables on “Weapons Used”
Presents information on guns used in non-fatal victimizations.

Violent Death Reports Integrating Crime and Health Data Sources

National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
Collects data on violent deaths from a variety of sources, including death certificates, police reports, medical examiner and coroner reports, and crime laboratories.