What is crime-gun tracing?
Tchedly Desire - Chicago State of Illinois, Office of the Attorney General Crime-gun tracing allows law enforcement agencies to determine the source of a firearm used in the commission of a crime. When a law enforcement agency recovers a firearm, the agency can submit a request to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) to track the firearm to its point of retail sale. If the law enforcement agency has enrolled in the ATF’s eTrace system, it can submit a request electronically to the ATF to initiate the tracing process.