ATF Referrals for Criminal Prosecution: 1985 - 1998

  Fiscal  
Year
Criminal Referrals to:
  Federal,
  State/Local  
Prosecutors*
Federal
Prosecutors
  Only**  
1985 2,186 na
1986 3,663 na
1987 3,989 3,650
1988 4,767 4,369
1989 6,823 5,273
1990 7,797 6,598
1991 10,149 8,571
1992 12,084 9,885
1993 10,818 8,697
1994 8,676 7,859
1995 8,612 7,540
1996 ***6,576 (7,471) 5,933
1997 ***5,376 (6,302) 5,496
1998 ***5,620 (6,470) 5,510

* ATF House appropriation testimony and ATF internal case summaries; series covers firearms
referrals which generally account for 90 percent or more of all ATF referrals.
**TRAC compiled from Justice Department internal data; series covers all ATF referrals to federal prosecutors.
***ATF reports two figures. The first is what they define as weapons referrals; the second covers all their referrals.
Copyright 1999, TRAC