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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
Regulatory Application for Tax Exempt Transfer and Registration of Firearm - ATF Form 5 (5320.5) [PDF - 1.06 MB]

This form is used to apply the tax-exempt transfer of an unserviceable (welded) firearm to anyone other than a federal firearms licensee who has paid the required special (occupational) tax to deal in National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms and to or from government agencies.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Massachusetts - 2018 [PDF - 779.83 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Mississippi - 2018 [PDF - 819.77 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Missouri - 2018 [PDF - 767.73 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Minnesota - 2018 [PDF - 819.19 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: New Hampshire - 2018 [PDF - 918.52 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Nebraska - 2018 [PDF - 908.14 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: North Carolina - 2018 [PDF - 778.52 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: North Dakota - 2018 [PDF - 823.49 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Iowa - 2018 [PDF - 804.32 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Guam - 2018 [PDF - 752.34 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Georgia - 2018 [PDF - 770.06 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Florida - 2018 [PDF - 812.84 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Delaware - 2018 [PDF - 816.69 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Idaho - 2018 [PDF - 896.34 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Illinois - 2018 [PDF - 762.7 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Indiana - 2018 [PDF - 763.77 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Kansas [PDF - 814.18 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Kentucky - 2018 [PDF - 770.89 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Hawaii - 2018 [PDF - 808.1 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Louisiana - 2018 [PDF - 817.17 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Michigan - 2018 [PDF - 817.1 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2018.

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Firearms
Report Firearms Trace Data: Central America - 2016 [PDF - 754.98 KB]

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2016.

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Firearms
Regulatory Final Rule - Organization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives - Jan. 31, 2003 [PDF - 59.05 KB]

The Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA), is exempting a Privacy Act system of records entitled ‘‘Executive Clemency Case Files/Executive Clemency Tracking System (JUSTICE/OPA–001)’’ from subsections (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), and (e)(5) of the Privacy Act. Information in this system relates to the investigation and evaluation of applicants for executive clemency and case-related correspondence regarding such applicants and the clemency process.

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Workforce and Mission
Publication Federal Explosives Law and Regulations - ATF P 5400.7 [PDF - 4.22 MB]

Also known as the "Orange Book," this documentation provides federal explosives law and regulations and reflects changes and developments in response to the Safe Explosives Act of 2002.

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Explosives
Last Updated: January 15, 2026

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