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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.

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Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Mega City - San Antonio, TX [PDF - 6.24 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Mega City - Phoenix, AZ [PDF - 2.9 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Mega City - Philadelphia, PA [PDF - 2.82 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Mega City - New York, NY [PDF - 2.8 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Mega City - Los Angeles, CA [PDF - 2.77 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Mega City - Houston, TX [PDF - 2.89 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Mega City - Dallas, TX [PDF - 2.96 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Mega City - Chicago IL [PDF - 2.55 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Small City - Winston-Salem, NC [PDF - 2.82 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Small City - Shreveport, LA [PDF - 6.27 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Gun Intelligence and Analysis - Volume Two

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Small City - San Bernardino, CA [PDF - 7.09 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Gun Intelligence and Analysis - Volume Two

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Small City - Richmond, VA [PDF - 7.53 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Gun Intelligence and Analysis - Volume Two

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Small City - Mobile, AL [PDF - 7.47 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Small City - Huntsville, AL [PDF - 3.97 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Small City - Dayton, OH [PDF - 3.46 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Small City - Columbia, SC [PDF - 2.7 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - Small City - Chattanooga, TN [PDF - 2.81 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - South Carolina [PDF - 2.5 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Report NFCTA - Volume Two - State Report - South Carolina [PDF - 2.5 MB]

National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA): Crime Guns - Volume Two Report

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Firearms
Regulatory National Firearms Act (NFA) Responsible Person Questionnaire - ATF Form 5320.23 [PDF - 438.23 KB]

The ATF copy of the form, with fingerprints on Form FD-258 and photograph, will be submitted with the ATF Form 1, 4, or 5 (to the address shown on the specific form) and the other copy will be directed to the responsible person's chief law enforcement officer. Please read all instructions on this form before submitting it to ATF.

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Firearms
Regulatory Application to Transport Interstate or to Temporarily Export Certain NFA Firearms - ATF Form 5320.20 [PDF - 323.83 KB]

This form is used to obtain permission to temporarily or permanently move your registered National Firearms Act (NFA) machine gun, short barreled rifle or shotgun, or destructive device interstate. Persons other than qualified federal firearms licensees (FFLs) or government agencies are required to obtain this permission.

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Firearms
Regulatory 2023 - January - All FFLs - Machinegun Dealer Sales Sample Letters [PDF - 218.29 KB]

Open letter to the federal firearms licensee (FFL) community to advise on the restrictions and parameters of 18 U.S.C. § 922(o), which generally prohibits the possession or transfer of machineguns imported or manufactured after May 19, 1986, with limited exceptions.

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Firearms
Regulatory 2022-2 - Remote Avalanche Control Devices [PDF - 236.62 KB]

ATF authorizes federal explosives licensees and permittees, and state and local government agencies conducting avalanche control/mitigation activities, to store explosives in remote avalanche control systems, provided the conditions set forth in this ruling are met.

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Explosives
Report December 2022 - Firearms Compliance Inspection Results [XLSX - 12.77 KB]

December 2022 - Firearms Compliance Inspection Results 

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Firearms
Regulatory 2022 - December - All FFLs - Impact of Final Rule 2021-05F on Partially Complete Polymer 80, Lone Wolf, and Similar Semiautomatic Pistol Frames [PDF - 804.38 KB]

ATF is issuing this open letter to assist the firearms industry and the public in understanding whether a “partially complete, disassembled, or nonfunctional” frame of a Polymer80, Lone Wolf, or similar semiautomatic, striker-fired pistol (sometimes generally referred to as “Glock-type” pistols) has reached a stage of manufacture such that it “may readily be completed, assembled, restored, or otherwise converted” to a functional frame, and is therefore classified as a “frame” or “firearm” in accordance with the final rule titled Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms (Final Rule 2021R-05F), which became effective Aug. 24, 2022. 

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Firearms
Last Updated: January 15, 2026

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