Geographical dataset of firearms manufacturing in the United States: 2000-2020.

ABSTRACT: Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Reports (AFMER) published annually by the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were digitized, cleaned, merged, aggregated, and georeferenced to produce a geographical time-series dataset. By preserving unique identifiers and locational information, the geographical dataset of firearms manufacturing enables quantitative research across public health data records, including compliance reporting by U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Association, Environmental Protection Agency, and Department of Commerce. The dataset includes records for 8,707 unique manufacturing licensees, with a total of 133,952,899 firearms released into commerce between 2000 and 2020. Records include the latitude and longitude attributes for ma

SUBMITTER: Jordan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9679476 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature