This data catalog was provided by the Expert Panel on Firearms Data Infrastructure. Visit the study home page at: NORC.org
For descriptions, firearms-related variables, limitations, currency and characteristics related to the databases below, scroll down to Appendix A on the First Report of the Expert Panel on Firearms Data Infrastructure.
I. National Crime Databases
• FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) | Summary Reporting System (SRS)
• FBI Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) | (Also)
• FBI Uniform Crime Report (UCR) Program National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
• FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program Law Enforcement Hate Crime Statistics
• BJS Firearm Inquiry Statistics (FIST) Program
• BJS National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP)
II. National Firearms Databases
• ATF Listing of Federal Firearms Licensees
• ATF Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Report
• ATF Firearms Commerce Report in the United States
• Federal Firearms Licensee Statistics Theft/Loss Reports
• National Firearms Act (NFA) National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR)
III. National Public Health Databases
• CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) National Vital Statistics System
• CDC Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Report System (WISQARS)
• CDC WONDER (National Center for Health Statistics)
• CDC National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS)
• K-12 School Shooting Database, FEMA, Homeland Security
• Firearm Injury Surveillance Study
• Health Care Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• State-Level Hospital Discharge and ED Databases (Varies by state, data can also be accessed via HCUP for participating states.)
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
• (Access to public use data files)
• National Fatality Review Case Reporting System
IV. Population-Level Survey Data
• Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
• BJS Police-Public Contact Survey (PPCS)
• CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
• NORC General Social Survey (GSS)
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS)
V. Federal Justice System Survey Data/Ancillary Justice Data Collections
• BJS Survey of Prison Inmates (SPI)
• BJS Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
• BJS National Judicial Report Program (NJRP)
• BJS NICS Act State Record Estimates
• BJS Survey of Law Enforcement Gang Units (SLEGU)
• BJS Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (SILJ)
• BJS Survey of State Procedures Related To Firearm Sales
• BJS National Former Prisoner Survey (NFPS)
VI. Nonprofit and Private Policy Data, Ancillary (Covariate) Data, Convenience Data, and Surveys
• Firearm Safety Among Children & Teens (FACTS) Consortium
• Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing
• Stanford Open Policing Project
• SciLaw Criminal Records Database
• The Trace Violent Crimes Data