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: Washington - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: West Virginia - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Wyoming - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Maine - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Vermont - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Virginia - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Utah - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: South Dakota - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Puerto Rico - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Pennsylvania - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Oregon - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Oklahoma - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Ohio - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Central America - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Central America with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: The Caribbean - 2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in the Caribbean with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: Canada - 2013-2018
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement in Canada with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1, 2013 - Dec. 31, 2018, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Report | Firearms Trace Data: United States and Territories - 2017 - Number of Firearms Sourced and Recovered
This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2017. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Publication | Victim/Witness Assistance Program - ATF P 3314.1
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is responsible for investigating and reducing federal crimes involving firearms and explosives, acts of arson, and illegal trafficking of alcohol and tobacco products. Part of ATF’s responsibilities includes providing information and assistance to victims of those crimes. Crime can have a devastating effect on victims and their families, and they may need help to cope with the impact of the violent crime. ATF Victim/Witness Specialists are available to assist you and to coordinate with other agencies in providing you with support, information, and resources that can effectively meet your needs. Last revised July 2016. Published/Revised: |
Workforce and Mission |
| Regulatory | Application and Permit for Importation of Firearms, Ammunition and Defense Articles - ATF Form 6 - Part II (5330.3B)
This form is used to apply to permanently import firearms, ammunition and implements of war. For use by active duty military members only. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Regulatory | Report of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of Pistols and Revolvers - ATF Form 3310.4
This form documents certain sales or other dispositions of handguns for law enforcement purposes. The information is used to determine if the buyer (transferee) is involved in an unlawful activity. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Regulatory | National Tracing Center (NTC) Trace Request - ATF Form 3312.1
This form is used by federal, state and local law enforcement officials to request that the ATF trace firearms used or suspected to have been used in crimes. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Publication | Bump Stock Destruction Instructions
For destruction, regardless of manufacturer or model, a bump stock must be made incapable of being readily restored to its intended function by, e.g., crushing, melting or shredding the bump stock. The bump stock must be completely severed in each area indicated by the red line. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Regulatory | 2009 - January - All FFLs - Reporting Theft or Loss of Firearms From Inventory
The purpose of this open letter is to reminder Federal firearms licensees of their responsibility in reporting any theft or loss of firearms from their inventory to ATF. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Regulatory | 2018R–22F - Bump-Stock-Type-Devices - Dec. 26, 2018
The Department of Justice is amending the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives regulations to clarify that “bump fire” stocks, slide-fire devices, and devices with certain similar characteristics (“bump-stock-type devices”) are “machineguns” as defined by the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), because such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger. Published/Revised: |
Firearms |
| Publication | ATF O 2956.3A Reasonable Accommodations
This order outlines procedures for providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or job applicants of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Published/Revised: |
Workforce and Mission |
