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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 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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july_2024_-_firearms_compliance_inspection_results_worksheet_1.xlsx (13 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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2024.06_afmer_2022_revised_final_508_1.pdf (1588 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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2024.07.15_afmer_excel_2023_rundate09july2024_508.xlsx (1875 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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may_2024_-_inspection_results_worksheet_1.xlsx (13 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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2023_explosives_incident_report_eir.pdf (1721 KB) | Report | ||
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june_2024_-_inspection_results_worksheet.xlsx (13 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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2024.06.14_afmer_2022_final_web_report_revised_508.xlsx (1791 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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2024.06_afmer_2022_revised_final_508.pdf (1511 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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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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2023_arson_incident_report.pdf (1855 KB) | Resource Center | Report | |
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may_2024_-_inspection_results_worksheet.xlsx (14 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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67-1_-_exhibit_1_texas_tro_order.pdf (289 KB) |
Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order (“Motion”) (ECF No. 16), filed on May 9, 2024. Defendants responded (ECF No. 22) on May 14, 2024. Having reviewed the materials, the Court GRANTS IN PART the Motion. Accordingly, Defendants are hereby TEMPORARILY RESTRAINED 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, Jeffery 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”), through June 2, 2024. | Firearms | Guide |
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Misdemeanor Crimes of Domestic Violence and Federal Firearms Prohibitions (ATF I 3310.3) (238 KB) |
A qualifying court order may be issued by a criminal court or civil court, such as divorce court, family court, magistrate or general jurisdiction court. The following list enumerates the elements that define a qualifying protection order under the Federal firearms prohibition.
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nics_act_list.7-7-21_0.pdf (155 KB) |
The NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (NIAA) requires states, as a condition of grant eligibility, to establish procedures to allow persons with disabilities relating to mental health (i.e., prohibiting mental health adjudications or involuntary commitments to a mental institution) to obtain relief from such disabilities for purposes of firearms eligibility. The 33 states in this list have qualified relief of disability programs, under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(d)(4), (g)(4), that ATF has approved. | Firearms | Guide |
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april_2024_-_inspection_results_worksheet.xlsx (13 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
 processing_questions_and_answers.docx (31 KB) | Firearms | Report | |
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NFCTA - Volume III - Foreword - Director (189 KB) |
National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Firearms Trafficking Investigations - Volume Three Report | Firearms | Report |
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2024.03.18_afmer_2022_final_web_report_508_2.xlsx (1724 KB) |
2022 AFMERS List | Firearms | Report |
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2024.03.18_afmer_2022_final_web_report_508_2.pdf (3021 KB) |
2022 AFMER Report | Firearms | Report |
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NFCTA - Volume II - Part III - Crime Guns Recovered and Traced US (974 KB) |
National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report | Firearms | Report |
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NFCTA - Volume II - Part IV - Crime Guns Recovered Outside the US and traced by LE (1091 KB) |
National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report | Firearms | Report |