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.
| Document Type | Title and Description |
|---|---|
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Central America - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Central America with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more. Published/Revised: |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: The Caribbean - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in the Caribbean with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more. Published/Revised: |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Canada - 2013-2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Canada with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1, 2013 - Dec. 31, 2018, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more. Published/Revised: |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2017 - Number of Firearms Sourced and Recovered
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2017. Published/Revised: |
| Regulatory | Application and Permit for Importation of Firearms, Ammunition and Defense Articles - ATF Form 6 - Part II (5330.3B)
This form is used to apply to permanently import firearms, ammunition and implements of war. For use by active duty military members only. Published/Revised: |
| Regulatory | Report of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of Pistols and Revolvers - ATF Form 3310.4
This form documents certain sales or other dispositions of handguns for law enforcement purposes. The information is used to determine if the buyer (transferee) is involved in an unlawful activity. Published/Revised: |
| Regulatory | 2009 - January - All FFLs - Reporting Theft or Loss of Firearms From Inventory
The purpose of this open letter is to reminder Federal firearms licensees of their responsibility in reporting any theft or loss of firearms from their inventory to ATF. Published/Revised: |
| Regulatory | 2018R–22F - Bump-Stock-Type-Devices - Dec. 26, 2018
The Department of Justice is amending the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives regulations to clarify that “bump fire” stocks, slide-fire devices, and devices with certain similar characteristics (“bump-stock-type devices”) are “machineguns” as defined by the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), because such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger. Published/Revised: |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Canada - 2012-2017
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1, 2012 - Dec. 31, 2017. Published/Revised: |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Caribbean - 2017
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2017. Published/Revised: |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Central America - 2017
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2017. Published/Revised: |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Mexico - 2012-2017
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1, 2012 - Dec. 31, 2017. Published/Revised: |
