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This form is used to renew a current and active Federal Explosives License or Permit (FEL/P). Responsible Person Questionnaires (ATF Form 5400.27) and Employee Possessor Questionnaires (ATF Form 5400.28) are required to be resubmitted with this form.   This form will only be accepted 90 days prior to a FEL/Ps expiration date, early submissions will be returned and fees refunded.   Late submissions require a new application utilizing the original Application for Explosives License or Permit (ATF Form 5400.13).

Published/Revised: October 16, 2026

A factsheet regarding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released Open Letter and Frequently Asked Questions explaining how it will treat ownership, transfer, and transportation of the National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms for which Congress eliminated the making and transfer taxes in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Published/Revised: October 14, 2026

This form is used to determine the eligibility of the applicant to engage in certain operations, to determine the location and extent of operations, and to determine whether the operations will be in conformity with federal laws and regulations when working with explosives.

Published/Revised: October 13, 2026

This form is used to add responsible persons to a Federal Explosives License or Permit (FEL/P) with the application as well as after a FEL/P has already been issued. It is also required to be submitted with every FEL/P Renewal Application (ATF Form 5400.14).

Published/Revised: October 13, 2026

The purpose of this open letter is to notify all federal firearm licensees (FFLs) and the public of guidance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regarding the applicability of certain provisions of National Firearms Act (NFA) to firearms that are no longer taxed pursuant to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Pub. L. No. 119-21, 139 Stat. 72 (2025). Congress reduced the transfer and making taxes to $0 in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for certain weapons and devices. These include short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, silencers and “any other weapon[s]” as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(e).

Published/Revised: October 9, 2026

These are management system documents utilized by ATF Laboratories. They are provided for informational purposes only.

Published/Revised: October 9, 2026

ATF’s National Tracing Center (NTC) identifies shooters within hours of mass casualty events. It dismantles trafficking networks moving weapons to cartels and foreign criminal organizations. It gives investigators the lead they need when no other lead exists. Read the full fact sheet to learn more about how the NTC works.

Published/Revised: October 6, 2026

NICS Alert Policy memo, dated October 2, 2026. This memo provides updates to the April 2025 NICS Alert Policy memo and should be utilized to detail the new process for entering NICS alerts. While the overall process is the same, NICS alerts are now automated through ATF’s Case Management System (CMS). The CMS will guide agents through each step of the workflow process.

Published/Revised: October 2, 2026

2025 - Firearms Commerce in the United States Report

Published/Revised: October 1, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

Published/Revised: September 21, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

Published/Revised: September 21, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

Published/Revised: September 21, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

Published/Revised: September 21, 2026

Information from the 2024 Firearms Trace Data report. Data includes firearms recovered and traced in the United States and territories, sorted by age of possessor.

Published/Revised: September 21, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

Published/Revised: September 21, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

Published/Revised: September 21, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2025.

Published/Revised: September 21, 2026

The purpose of this open letter is to notify all federal firearm licensees (FFLs) of guidance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) regarding modifying firearm silencers registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR). A complete silencer may be repaired, or the caliber may be changed, and such actions will not be considered a new making under the National Firearms Act (NFA), provided the action does not result in destroying the serialized “frame or receiver,” remove, obliterate, or alter required markings, or make a new firearm.

Published/Revised: September 8, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Canada with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2025, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 25, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Mexico with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2025, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 25, 2026

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in the Caribbean with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 25, 2026

The Annual Explosives Incident Report reviews bombing and explosives-related incidents from information reported to the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC) through the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS) and open-source information collected through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Office for Bombing Prevention (OBP), Technical Resource for Incident Prevention (TRIPwire). 

Published/Revised: August 25, 2026

The 2025 Arson Incident Report (AIR) reviews fire and arson-related incidents from information reported to the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC) through ATF’s Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS). 

Published/Revised: August 25, 2026

The annual Arson Incident Report (AIR) reviews fire and arson-related incidents from information reported to the United States Bomb Data Center (USBDC) through the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS). 

Published/Revised: August 25, 2026

Information from the 2024 Firearms Trace Data report. Data includes firearms recovered and traced in the United States and territories, sorted by age of possessor.

Published/Revised: August 3, 2026