Below is a list of abbreviations and acronyms in common use at both the Gun Facts project, and in the sundry disciplines (criminology, sociology, etc.) that are part of gun policy research.
Acronym | Full Name |
AFTE | Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners |
AIC NHMP | Australia Institute of Criminology National Homicide Monitoring Program |
ALERRT | Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training |
ASE | Active Shooter Event |
BATF | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms |
BATFE | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
BCS | British Crime Survey |
CBS | Columbia Broadcasting System |
CCW | Concealed Carry Weapon |
CDC | Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CIRV | Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence |
CMP | Civilian Marksmanship Program |
CNN | Cable News Network |
CRB | Criminal Records Bureau |
DCM | Director of Civilian Marksmanship |
DGU | Defensive Gun Use |
DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
DOJ | Department of Justice |
EU | European Union |
F.O.P./FOP | Fraternal Order of Police |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
FBID | Feasibility of a Ballistics Imaging Database |
GAO | General Accounting Office |
GSS | General Social Survey |
HCI | Handgun Control, Inc. |
IANSA | International Action Network on Small Arms |
ID | Identification |
INS | Immigration and Naturalization Service |
IRA | Irish Republican Army |
IT | Information Technology |
L.A., LA | Los Angeles |
LEO | Law Enforcement Officer |
MADD | Mothers Against Drunk Drivers |
MD IBIS | Maryland Integrated Ballistics Identification System |
MP | Member of Parliament |
MPS | Mass Public Shooting |
MTV | Music Television |
NCRS | National Crime Reporting Standard |
NCVS | National Crime Victimization Survey |
NICS | National Instant (Criminal Background) Check System |
NIJ | National Institute of Justice |
ORC | Opinion Research Corporation |
PAC | Political Action Committee |
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RKBA | right to keep and bear arms |
S.A.F.E. | Safety Awareness Firearms Education, Sexually Active Firearm Entrepreneurs |
S.F. | San Francisco |
SAF | Second Amendment Foundation |
SAS | Second Amendment Sisters |
SWAT | Special Weapons and Tactics |
TRAC | Transnational Records Access Clearinghouse |
U.C. | University of California |
U.K., UK | United Kingdom |
U.N. | United Nations |
U.S., US | United States |
U.S.S.S. | United States Secret Service |
UCLA | University of California – Los Angeles |
UCR | Uniform Crime Reports |
UCR | Uniform Crime Reporting |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
USA | United States of America |
VPC | Violence Policy Center |
WISQARS | Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System |