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Chapter 135 transparency dashboards

These dashboards are automatically published to mass.gov per M.G.L. c. 140 §121E(a). All data is anonymized and aggregated.

Updated April 1, 2026
Next scheduled update: May 1, 2026Auto-published quarterly + monthly for license metrics
Licenses issued since 2006
1,666,651
2025 applications
113,926
License types tracked
13
Public-facing visualizations
6
Firearm license applications by year
Source: MIRCS · Shows LTC and FID applications 2015–2025
License types issued
Historical distribution
Applicant gender distribution
Collected since October 2025
Age distribution of license holders
Share of LTC vs FID by age band
About these dashboards

Developed by DCJIS, EOPSS, and EOTSS pursuant to Chapter 135 of the Acts of 2024 (An Act Modernizing Firearm Laws). All data suppresses values with fewer than 5 records to protect individual privacy per M.G.L. c. 6 §172. Source data flows from MIRCS, OCME, NIBRS, ATF eTrace, and the MA Crime Gun Database (131Q).