Mayors for Gun Industry Accountability

34 members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns partnered with Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund to release new data about the manufacturers of crime guns in their cities. In June 2022, 12 cities published data on the makers of crime guns in their cities. More cities joined since then and, with the most recent addition, 34 cities are now working with Everytown to collect and release this data. A full list of participating cities is available below.

Based on the data collected, the top manufacturer of recovered crime guns was Glock in 28 of the cities. Making the public aware of which companies are responsible for creating and profiting off the firearms that end up in crime scenes is a key part in starting to hold the firearms industry accountable.

According to data provided by participating cities, on average, twice as many Glocks were recovered than the second-leading manufacturer, Taurus. In 2023, four gun manufacturers accounted for over 40 percent of the recovered crime guns: Glock (18.4%), Taurus (9.3%), Smith & Wesson (9.2%), and Ruger (4.7%). Across the data provided by the 34 cities, twenty cities reported recovering more than 560 machine gun conversion devices in 2023, at least two-thirds of which were “Glock switches.” Additionally, the data shows that recoveries of Polymer80s—the leading manufacturer of ghost gun parts and kits—increased nearly 1,200 percent over the past five years. In effect, Polymer80 was the seventh-largest manufacturer of crime guns in 2023.

There are several steps gun manufacturers could take to prevent diversion of their products to the criminal market. These include requiring dealers to adhere to a public code of conduct and suspending contracts with those who violate it, tracking and monitoring ATF trace requests and ending relationships with dealers that account for a higher percentage of crime guns, and regularly auditing dealers to ensure regulatory compliance.

Click here to read the full new data analysis, including breakdowns by city.