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.
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 Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Newsletter - June 2021 (943 KB) |
What's in this issue: What is a Straw Purchase; Silencer Markings and Registration Requirements; Changes to ATF Form 4473; State of Residence and Identification; NICS Alternative Permits and Age Restrictions; Medical Marijuana and CBD Products; Private Party Sales; Internet Sales; Firearm Raffles; Firearm Registry; Variance Requests and the Approval Process; Special Occupational Tax Requirement – Business Locations; Reminders – Renewals / RPs / FFLC Address / AFMER ; and NFA Forms Processing Times | Firearms | Newsletter |
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ATF Industry Circular 1985-2: Importation of National Firearms Act Curio and Relic Firearms (691 KB) |
This circular provides information concerning the importation of National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms for use as a sample for sales to law enforcement agencies when such firearms have been determined to be curios or relics. | Firearms | Industry Circular |
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ATF Industry Circular 2003-2: Establishing the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (54 KB) |
The purpose of this industry circular is to advise firearms and ammunition excise taxpayers that effective January 24, 2003, a new Treasury agency, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, will be responsible for administering the firearms and ammunition excise tax laws and regulations currently administered by ATF. | Firearms | Industry Circular |
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2020 Firearms Commerce Report (2914 KB) |
2020 Firearms Commerce Report in the United States. | Firearms | Report |
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Explanation of the Hearing Process (336 KB) |
This is a brochure provides general guidance and an overview of the hearing process for federal firearms licensees (FFLs).
| Firearms | Guide |
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Federal Firearms Licensees Newsletter - February 1979 (192 KB) |
What’s In This Issue: REGISTERED FIREARMS AND WEAPONS Certain Firearms And Weapons Must Be Registered with The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Examples Of NFA Weapons; Tax To make Or Transfer An A Weapon, By An Individual; Licensed Collectors Of Curios And Relics; Application To Make Or Transfer An NFA Weapon; Storage Of NFA Weapons; Bringing An NFA Weapon Into The United States; Turning In An Unregistered NFA Weapon; The 1968 Amnesty Period; Penalties
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Firearms Commerce in the United States-2011 (873 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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Firearms Commerce in the U.S. Annual Statistical Update - 2013 (638 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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ATF Guidebook - Importation & Verification of Firearms, Ammunition, and Implements of War (4743 KB) |
This publication was prepared by ATF's Firearms and Explosives Imports Branch (FEIB) to assist importers and other firearms industry members in identifying firearms, ammunition, and defense articles that may be imported into the United States and to further clarify and facilitate the import process. | Firearms | Guide |
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ATF National Firearms Act Handbook (ATF P 5320.8) (10614 KB) |
This handbook is primarily for the use of persons in the business of importing, manufacturing, and dealing in firearms defined by the National Firearms Act (NFA) or persons intending to go into an NFA firearms business. It should also be helpful to collectors of NFA firearms and other persons having questions about the application of the NFA. | Firearms | Guide |
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1985-11-Surplus Military Firearms Frames or Receivers (653 KB) |
This circular announces that ATF will allow the importation of surplus military curio or relic firearms that were previously prohibited from importation by 18 U.S.C. section 925(d)(3). | Firearms | Industry Circular |
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1970-14-Importation of Firearms, Ammunition and Implements of War (3268 KB) |
This circular announces the issuance of a new Treasury Department regulation, Part 180 of Title 26, Code of Federal Regulations, entitled Importation of Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War. | Firearms | Industry Circular |
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1968-28-Importation of Firearms, Ammunition and Implements of War (2230 KB) |
This circular announces the transfer of the Arms Import Control Program from the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Treasury. | Firearms | Industry Circular |
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1986-8-Curio and Relic Updates (1195 KB) |
This circular announces an addition of firearms that have been classified as curios and relics during the period January 1985 through March 1986. | Firearms | Industry Circular |
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1986-15-Armor Piercing Ammunition (841 KB) |
This circular announces that the President signed Public Law 99-408, on August 28, 1986. This law regulates the manufacture, importation and sale of armor piercing ammunition. | Firearms | Industry Circular |
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Federal Firearms Licensee Newsletter - 2019 (319 KB) |
What's in This Issue: ATF Personnel Changes; Electronic Storage of ATF Form 4473s; ATF Procedure 2017-1; ATF Form 5; ATF For 4473: Clarification on Disqualifiers Related to Military Service; Electronic Signatures on ATF Forms; NFA Forms Common Errors; ATF FFL Alert System; Replacement Copies of NFA Tax Paid Transfer Forms; FFL Renewals, Updated Form 7 and much more. | Firearms | Newsletter |
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2019 Firearms Commerce Report (1132 KB) |
Firearms Commerce Statistical Update - 2019 | Firearms | Report |
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Firearm Trace Data for Central America for CY 16.pdf (755 KB) |
International Trace Statistics for Central America CY 16.
| Firearms | Report |
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Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative Report 1999 (279 KB) |
ATF established the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) in 1996 to focus special agent and inspector resources on reducing youth gun violence. To increase our effectiveness, we resolved to equip our investigators and their State and local counterparts with more facts about how violent youth obtained guns. We asked our colleagues in State and local law enforcement to help us systematically follow the gun used in crime to help identify violent criminals and their illegal suppliers by tracing all crime guns with the National Tracing Center. | Firearms | Report |
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Firearms Trace Data for Mexico for CY 11-16.pdf (753 KB) |
International Trace Statistics for Mexico for CY 11-16.
| Firearms | Report |
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Firearms Trace Data for the Caribbean for CY 16.pdf (5873 KB) |
International Trace Statistics for the Caribbean for CY 16.
| Firearms | Report |
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Firearms Trace Data for Canada CY 11-16.pdf (832 KB) |
International Trace Statistics for CY 11 - 16 for Canada.
| Firearms | Report |
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National Firearms Act Branch (ATF P 5320.6) (1648 KB) | This brochure provides information about ATF's National Firearms Act (NFA) Branch. | Firearms | Guide |
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2015 Summary: Firearms Reported Lost and Stolen (853 KB) |
2015 Summary: Firearms Reported Lost and Stolen | Firearms | Report |
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Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative Report 1997 (279 KB) | The Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative is a 17-city demonstration project aimed at reducing youth firearms violence. Officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), police chiefs, local prosecutors, and U.S. attorneys are developing information about illegal trafficking of firearms to young people and new methods of reducing the illegal supply of firearms to them. The initiative was developed by ATF and its National Tracing Center, funded by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Enforcement and the National Institute of Justice, and announced by President Clinton on July 8, 1996. | Firearms | Report |