Firearms Industry Newsletter

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

What's In This Issue:  ATF Personnel Changes; Electronic Storage of ATF Form 4473s; ATF Procedure 2017-1; ATF Forms 5; ATF Form 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 (Timely Renewing/Common Mistakes); Updated Form 7; Clarification on Federal Firearms Licensing Center (FFLC) Addresses; Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (AFMER); NFA/Additional Paper Processing Times

What's In This Issue: Announcement - ATF stands up the National Firearms Act (NFA) Division; Firearm Thefts & Burglaries; Burglary and Robbery Statistics; ATF Ruling 2016-1: Electronic A&D Records; ATF Ruling 2016-2; ATF Ruling 2016-3; ATF Ruling 2016-5; Revised ATF Form 4473 (Firearms Transaction Record); Rental of Firearms On-Premises; Rental of Firearms Off-Premises; FFLs are Responsible for Retrieving Status when Using E-Check; Tips from the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Section; Gun Shows

What’s in this Issue: FFL Advisory – Attempted Thefts of Firearms; NFA Trust “41F”; Theft/Loss in Transit Ruling; Assisting Customers Who Have Been Denied or Delayed on a Firearm Background Check; Brokering Firearms for Exportation; Out of Business Procedures for Electronic Records; Gun Show Transfers: Where and How to record in records; “Occasional” Importation; eForms — Form 6

What’s in This Issue: SHOT Show 2015; New Appointments in Enforcement Programs and Services; ATF Outreach Activities; Organizational Change for Firearms Technology Branch; Automation of CBP Form I-94; Return of Firearms Received for Appraisal; Revised Federal Firearms License (FFL) Renewal Application (ATF Form 8); Reminders: Reporting Deceased Responsible Persons to the Federal Firearms Licensing Center and Submission of Original and Renewal Applications; Use of Internal Control Numbers on ATF Form 6 Part I; Reminder: Reporting Multiple Sales of Handguns or Certain Rifles; Who to Contact with your Firearms Related Questions

What’s in This Issue: Private Party Transfers; Updated ATF Website; Top 8 Questions Asked by FFLs on the ATF Website; Use of Computerized Software; Guidance for Requesting Marking Variances; Personal Firearms Record; Updated Most Frequently Asked Questions; eForms News; FFLs May Ship Firearms to Locations Other than the Business Premises Address; National Firearms Act Firearms in Estates; Sales to Law Enforcement; Retention of Registered Machineguns by Licensees Who Discontinue Business

What’s in This Issue: Customer Service Standards; Active Federal Firearms License (FFL) Records; Best Practices; ATF Outreach Activities; New Moves in EPS; FBI/NICS News

What’s In This Issue: Reminder: Keep Your Contact Information Up to Date; Reminder: eForm 6; Agency Information Collection Activities; Rental of Firearms On-Premises; Rental of Firearms Off-Premises; Clarification of ATF Ruling 2008–3: Making Corrections to the e4473; Recording Identification Documents on the ATF Form 4473—Military Identification and PCS Orders; Purchase of Firearms by Current or Former Law Enforcement Officers; Recording Pistol Grip Firearms in the Acquisition and Disposition Record; Manufacturing NFA Firearms for the United States Government; When Permission Is Required To Move NFA Firearms; Recordkeeping Requirements and Retention Requirements for Licensed Manufacturers; Clarification: Firearms Shipments via Common or Contract Carrier; Brokering of Firearms/Drop Shipments

What’s In This Issue: SHOT Show 2013; ATF Outreach Activities; Best Practices; FBI/NICS News

What’s in This Issue:  Customer Service Standards; Reminder: Top 10 Frequently Asked Firearms Questions and Answers; Receive Firearms Industry News; Electronic Devices Used to Verify Change of Address; Government Issued Documents Bearing an Incorrect Zip Code; PCS Orders and Military Dependents Purchasing Firearms; Licensed Manufacturer’s Registration; Requirement with the Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Control (DDTC); Firearms Lost or Stolen from Interstate Shipments; Guidance to FFLs Affected by Flooding and Other Natural Disasters; Ethnicity and Race on the ATF Form 4473; Firearms Shipments via Common or Contract Carrier; Out-of-Business Procedures; Out-of-Business with Succession; Residence as a Licensed Business Premises; New Move in EPS; Who to Contact with your Firearms Related Questions; FBI NICS news

What’s in This Issue: Customer Service Standards; SHOT Show 2012; Multiple Trade Name Policy; Hunting Licenses Issued by Retailers; Binary Exploding Targets; Completion of Section A of ATF Form 4473; Out-of-State Driver’s License Used as an Identification Document; REAL ID Act of 2005; Recording Firearms in the Acquisition and Disposition Record; Guide to Requesting Marking Variances; Firearms Commerce in the United States 2011; Looking for Past Newsletters?; FBI NICS Information

What's In This Issue: Adjudicated “Mentally Defective”; Prohibited Persons and Restoration of Gun Rights; Serial Numbers; FBI Flyer: Potential Indicators of Terrorist Activities Related to Firearms Shops and Ranges; Marking of Conversion Devices by Manufacturers; Prohibition on Obliterating, Removing or Changing the Markings on an NFA Firearm; Address for Reports of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of Pistols and Revolvers Address; Transferring Firearms from One A&D Record to Another; C&R Licensees: Out-of-Business Requirements; Are You Moving; Most Recent Open Letters; On-Site Responsible Persons; Guidance to FFLs Affected by Flooding and Other Natural Disasters; Looking for Past Newsletters; FBI/NICS News

What's In This Issue: SHOT Show 2011; Presentations; Important Notice to Dealers and Other Participants at This Gun Show, ATF I 5300.23a; Hunting Licenses Used as Government Identification; ATF Rulings Discussed at the SHOT Show; FFL eZ Check: Collectors; Changes in Legal Entity; Special Characters in Serial Numbers; Purchase of Firearms by Organizations; Sole Proprietors and Logging Personal Firearms In/Out of the A&D Records; National Firearms Act: Restrictions Stamped on an NFA Form; Combination Firearms; Small Arms Ammunition; Outcome from the SHOT Show; and more. 

What's In This Issue: New Appointments in Enforcement Programs and Services–Assistant Director and Deputy Assistant Director; Valid Identification Document; State Firearms Freedom Acts; Gun Show Guidelines; ATF Form 6 Import Applications; eTrace Claims of Illegal Gun Owner Registration; Internet Sales

What's In This Issue: Protecting America; ATF Strives to Improve Customer Service Through Online Notification; Improving Firearms Security; Here Are Some Reminders for Completing ATF Form 4473; FFL Newsletter Questions; Clarification on Submission of Multiple Handgun Sale Forms; ATF Encourages Support of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC); Pistol Grips and Shotguns; NFA Forms and Their Use

What's In This Issue: Aliens Buying Ammunition; Sales of Firearms to Licensed Collectors; Tribal Identification Does Not Meet Brady Law Requirements; Change in Business Structure That Requires a New License; Transfer of a National Firearms Act Firearm to a Corporation or Other Legal Entity; Clarification on Multiple Sales Reports; Nonlicensee State- to-State Transfer; Customer Service Enhancements at the Federal Firearms Licensing Center; Aliens Buying Firearms: A Four-Step Guide Following the Four Steps and Know the Exceptions; Providing Copies of Federal Licensees to Unlicensed Persons; FFL Newsletter Abbreviations; Availability of ATF Publication 3312.8 Personal Firearms Record; Achieving Compliance with the Gun Control Act

What's In This Issue: Federal Firearms License Enhancements; Scanned or Emailed Copies of Federal Firearms Licenses; New Email Service Available to Federal Firearms Licensees; Changes and Improvements to FFL eZ Check; Requirements of Pawn Dealers Performing a Pre-Pawn NICS Check; ATF Requirement to Update Licensee Contact Information; Violent Crime Impact Teams Stop Criminals From Unlawfully Engaging in the Business of Dealing in Firearms; Use of Trade Names in Conducting Internet Sales of Firearms; Results from FY05 Firearms Compliance Inspections; ATF Form 4473 Completion and NICS Checks

What's In This Issue: Revised ATF Form 4473; Child Safety Lock Act of 2005; New Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide; Importation of Dual Use Firearms Barrels; License Renewal Applications; New ATF Program Impacts the Nation's Violent Crime Rates; Responsible Persons Listed on the Federal Firearms License; Reporting Theft or Loss of Firearms; Online Learning Theater Available to FFLs; Questions and Answers

What's In This Issue: Certified Faxed Copies of Licenses; Native American Identification Cards; How to Report the Theft or Loss of a Firearm; Teen Gets Life in Prison in Murder of Inkster Gun Dealer; Five Indicted on Trafficking and Drug Charges; Dealers in Black Powder; Internet Sales of Firearms; and Non-Immigrant Aliens and Alternative

What's In This Issue: Information on New ATF Form 4473; Sales of Firearms to Licensed Collectors of Curios and Relics; NICS e-Check Transfer Process; Semiautomatic Assault Weapon (SAW) BAN Questions and Answers; 2005 President's Day Weekend 24-Hour Outage; Muzzle Loading Firearms; Providing a Perspective Transferee the NICS Transaction Number; and more.