Press and media: how to cite GunReleases
Journalists, researchers and writers are welcome to use our data. Here's what we publish, the license, how to credit us and how to reach the editor.
What GunReleases is
GunReleases.com is an independent tracker of new gun, optic and gear releases, with sourced guides to NFA and state gun laws. Every status, price and legal fact links to its source, and the method is public in How We Track. More about us: About GunReleases.
Datasets you can use
This table is built from the same catalog as our open data page, so it's always current.
| Dataset | What's in it | Last updated | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 gun releases by the numbers | 190 releases by category, maker, month and median MSRP | CSV | |
| Recently shipped log | 36 dated changes to Shipping, with sources | CSV | |
| Price change log | 14 dated MSRP and street-price changes | CSV | |
| 2026 state gun law scorecard | suppressor, SBR and magazine laws for all 50 states and D.C., with a source for each cell | CSV | |
| State NFA law matrix | suppressor, SBR, SBS, machine gun and AOW state law for all 50 states, with statute links and check dates | CSV | |
| Supreme Court gun cases tracker | 8 Second Amendment cases with docket links, status and next dates | CSV | |
| ATF NFA processing times by month | 803 ATF figures from 42 ATF updates, eForms vs paper, with monthly application counts | CSV | |
| Full tracker | all 201 tracked products with status, MSRP, announce date, check date and sources | Each site update | CSV |
License
Our datasets and CSV files are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). In plain English: you may copy, share and adapt them, including commercially, as long as you credit GunReleases.com, link to the page you used and note any changes you made. The full terms and the file list are in /data/LICENSE.txt. Where a dataset is compiled from court, ATF or FBI records, each row links the original record so you can check it yourself. Product names and trademarks belong to their makers.
How to cite us
In a news story:
according to GunReleases.com data
In a paper or report (APA style; replace the dataset name, page and date):
GunReleases. (2026). 2026 state gun law scorecard [Data set]. https://gunreleases.com/data/state-gun-law-scorecard-2026/ (retrieved October 29, 2026)
If you cite us online, we'd appreciate a plain link to the specific page you used, so readers can check the source behind each number. It's a request, not a condition. We don't offer embed widgets.
Charts and tables
You may reuse our tables and charts with the credit "Source: GunReleases.com". Because the data changes, please include the date you retrieved it.
Accuracy and corrections
We fix errors promptly and list every fix, dated, in our corrections log. Our rules are in the editorial standards, our sources are listed in the sources we check, and every change is in the changelog. How we make money is in our affiliate disclosure. If you spot an error, tell us through the contact page with the page and a link to your source.
Contact
Media and research questions go to the editor through our contact page.
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