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| Federal Criminal Prosecution of Weapon Offenses, FY 1986 to FY 2012
By Lead Charge, Program, and Lead Investigative Agency |
| President | Fiscal Year | Number of Federal Prosecutions Filed | |||
| Lead Charge | Program | Agency | |||
| 18 USC 922 | 18 USC 922, 924; 26 USC 5861 |
Weapons | ATF | ||
| Reagan | 1986 | 752 | 1,374 | * | 2,131 |
| 1987 | 900 | 1,484 | * | 2,192 | |
| 1988 | 1,415 | 2,079 | * | 2,676 | |
| Bush | 1989 | 1,700 | 2,466 | * | 3,083 |
| 1990 | 2,191 | 3,199 | * | 4,045 | |
| 1991 | 2,746 | 4,347 | * | 5,362 | |
| 1992 | 3,011 | 4,934 | 6,629 | 6,187 | |
| Clinton | 1993 | 2,994 | 4,603 | 5,900 | 5,627 |
| 1994 | 2,799 | 4,158 | 5,260 | 4,983 | |
| 1995 | 2,745 | 4,051 | 5,035 | 5,160 | |
| 1996 | 2,400 | 3,215 | 3,935 | 3,858 | |
| 1997 | 2,520 | 3,236 | 3,789 | 3,619 | |
| 1998 | 2,994 | 3,583 | 3,758 | 3,697 | |
| 1999 | 3,652 | 4,371 | 4,948 | 4,282 | |
| 2000 | 4,461 | 5,193 | 5,490 | 5,222 | |
| Bush | 2001 | 4,939 | 5,703 | 6,507 | 6,019 |
| 2002 | 6,424 | 7,289 | 7,948 | 7,463 | |
| 2003 | 8,293 | 9,532 | 10,432 | 9,699 | |
| 2004 | 8,539 | 9,899 | 11,015 | 10,468 | |
| 2005 | 8,066 | 9,422 | 10,219 | 10,715 | |
| 2006 | 7,502 | 8,615 | 9,652 | 10,164 | |
| 2007 | 7,394 | 8,383 | 8,919 | 10,065 | |
| 2008 | 7,138 | 7,936 | 8,484 | 9,882 | |
| Obama | 2009 | 6,894 | 7,703 | 8,188 | 9,655 |
| 2010 | 6,536 | 7,237 | 7,614 | 9,368 | |
| 2011 | 6,483 | 7,164 | 7,465 | 8,861 | |
| 2012 | 6,780 | 7,520 | 7,774 | 9,027 | |