Lead Investigatory Agency
in Federal Weapons Prosecutions

  Weapons Charge    
Total
Number
  Charged  
 
  From ATF  
  Number  
  Percent  
 
Fiscal Year 1992
 
 
18 USC 922:
  firearms-illegal procedures
3,011 2,639 88%
18 USC 924:
  firearms-knowing false statements
1,324 881 67
26 USC 5861:
  machine guns, other devices-prohibited acts
595 546 92
Other weapons charges
  (under Title 18 and 26)*
82 42 51
 
Fiscal Year 1998
 
 
18 USC 922:
  firearms-illegal procedures
2,994 2,280 76%
18 USC 924:
  firearms-knowing false statements
402 248 62
26 USC 5861:
  machine guns, other devices-prohibited acts
187 164 88
Other weapons charges
  (under Title 18 and 26)*
43 18 42

* Includes: 18 USC 921, 18 USC 923, 18 USC 925 - 930, 18 USC 1715, 26 USC 5811 - 5812, 26 USC 5821 - 5822,
26 USC 5841 - 5842, 26 USC 5844 - 5845, 26 USC 5848, 26 USC 5871 - 5872.
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