Publications Library

ATF occasionally issues publications to inform the industries it regulates and the general public about the laws and regulations administered and enforced by ATF. These include guidebooks, newsletters, brochures, studies, and reports.

Title Description Category Document Type
washington_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (71 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
wisconsin_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (72 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
alabama_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (73 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
arkansas_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (71 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
colorado_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (73 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
florida_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (74 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
georgia_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (72 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
maryland_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (73 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
michigan_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (84 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
minnesota_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (70 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
mississippi_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (70 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
missouri_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (71 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
montana_10.24.2024_508_compliance.pdf (71 KB) Asset Forfeiture Report
august_2024-_inspection_results_worksheet.xlsx (13 KB) Firearms Report
Q&As for the Report of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of Certain Rifles (120 KB)

Multiple sale or other disposition of certain rifles questions and answers, updated September 3, 2024.

Resource Center Guide
ATF Industry Circular 83-11: Potential Explosion Hazard in Ammunition Reloading Machines (219 KB)

This circular has been published to inform you of a potential explosion hazard relating to a malfunctioning of automatic ammunition reloading equipment.

Resource Center Industry Circular
1975-1-Pen Guns Classified as Firearms (902 KB)

This circular announces the reclassification of small caliber weapons (such as pen guns) ostensibly designed to expel only tear gas, similar substances or pyrotechnic signals, which may be converted to expel a projectile by means of an explosive, as firearms.

Firearms Industry Circular
july_2024_-_firearms_compliance_inspection_results_worksheet_1.xlsx (13 KB) Firearms Report
2024.06_afmer_2022_revised_final_508_1.pdf (1588 KB) Firearms Report
2024.07.15_afmer_excel_2023_rundate09july2024_508.xlsx (1875 KB) Firearms Report
may_2024_-_inspection_results_worksheet_1.xlsx (13 KB) Firearms Report
june_2024_-_inspection_results_worksheet.xlsx (13 KB) Firearms Report
2024.06.14_afmer_2022_final_web_report_revised_508.xlsx (1791 KB) Firearms Report
2024.06_afmer_2022_revised_final_508.pdf (1511 KB) Firearms Report
70 - Order Granting Preliminary Injunction.pdf (276 KB)

Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (“Motion”) (ECF No. 16), filed May 9, 2024. Defendants filed their response (“Response”) (ECF No. 31) on May 14, 2024. Having reviewed the briefing and relevant law, the Court GRANTS the Motion. Defendants are hereby ENJOINED from enforcing the regulations — “Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Firearms” (hereinafter “Final Rule”) — published at 89 Fed. Reg. 28968 (April 19, 2024) (to be codified at 27 C.F.R. pt. 478) against Plaintiffs Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Utah, Jeffrey Tormey (“Tormey”), the Gun Owners of America, Inc. (“GOA”), the Gun Owners Foundation (“GOF”), the Tennessee Firearms Association (“TFA”), and the Virginia Citizens Defense League (“VCDL”) pending the resolution of this lawsuit.

Firearms Report
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