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Publications

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 Description Category
Report Firearms Trace Data: Maine - 2014 [PDF - 1.69 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Indiana - 2014 [PDF - 1.68 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Maryland - 2014 [PDF - 1.9 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Ohio - 2014 [PDF - 1.67 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Mississippi - 2014 [PDF - 1.87 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Minnesota - 2014 [PDF - 1.53 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Michigan - 2014 [PDF - 1.73 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Massachusetts - 2014 [PDF - 1.84 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: New York - 2014 [PDF - 1.7 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: New Mexico - 2014 [PDF - 1.43 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: New Jersey - 2014 [PDF - 1.46 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: New Hampshire - 2014 [PDF - 1.46 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Nevada - 2014 [PDF - 1.68 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Missouri - 2014 [PDF - 1.75 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Montana - 2014 [PDF - 1.53 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Oregon - 2014 [PDF - 1.74 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Oklahoma - 2014 [PDF - 1.7 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: North Carolina - 2014 [PDF - 1.93 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Pennsylvania - 2014 [PDF - 1.45 MB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2014.

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Firearms
Regulatory 2000 - February - Repair of NFA Firearms [PDF - 116.3 KB]

The National Firearms Act (NFA) Branch has received numerous questions concerning the repair of NFA firearms. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) does not consider the temporary conveyance of an NFA firearm to a gunsmith for repair to be a “transfer” under the terms of the NFA. Thus, an ATF Form 5 application is not required.

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Firearms
Regulatory 1999 - November - NFA "Law Letter" Requirement [PDF - 205.81 KB]

The NFA Branch has recently received questions about the “law letter” requirement for the transfer of “post-1986” machineguns. Apparently, information has spread through the firearms industry that the “law letter” is not required. That information is not correct. 

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Firearms
Regulatory 1999- Memo - Transfers of National Firearms Act Firearms in Decedents Estates [PDF - 197.6 KB]

The National Firearms Act (NFA) Branch continually responds to questions regarding NFA firearms in decedent’s estates. We often find that Federal firearms licensees are involved in assisting the executors in disposing of these firearms. We believe some general information and discussion of procedures will help licensees in these situations.

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Firearms
Regulatory Prescribed Requisites of Computerized A&D Software [PDF - 19.26 KB]

Before a federal firearms licensee can use a specific computer program for recordkeeping in lieu of the required bound book format, it is necessary to get prior approval from ATF. This document provides information about the required criteria for using Acquisitions & Dispositions (A&D) software. 

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Firearms
Publication Bullets, Casings, and You - ATF P 3315.2 [PDF - 4.12 MB]

This brochure provides information about ATF's National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN).  With ATF's NIBIN Program, State and local agencies receive technology that they could likely not afford on their own, as well as the capability to exchange investigative information with other jurisdictions.

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Firearms
Regulatory 2014–04621 - Final Rule - Authorization to Seize Property Involved in Drug Offenses for Administrative Forfeiture (2012R–9P) - March 4, 2014 [PDF - 222.87 KB]

The Department of Justice is amending its regulations to extend the trial period during which the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) may exercise, for an additional one-year period following the effective date of this rule, the authority under the United States Code to seize and administratively forfeit property involved in controlled substance offenses. The Attorney General has determined that the trial period that ends on Feb. 25, 2014, should be extended for another year to give ATF more time to refine its processes, fully hire and train all necessary staff, and further demonstrate the effectiveness of the delegation in the investigation of violent crimes involving firearms.

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Last Updated: January 15, 2026

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