Publications

Instructions have been provided to assist you with saving a completed PDF file on your Mac operating system. 

Published/Revised: November 25, 2020

Instructions have been provided to assist you with saving a completed PDF file in Microsoft Edge using a Windows operating system. 

Published/Revised: November 25, 2020

Instructions have been provided to assist you with changing your default reader to Preview. 

Published/Revised: November 25, 2020

Instructions have been provided to assist you with changing your default reader to Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Published/Revised: September 11, 2020

Instructions have been provided to assist you with changing your default reader in Microsoft Edge.

Published/Revised: November 25, 2020

Instructions have been provided to assist you with printing an e4473 PDF using an older Windows operating system. 

Published/Revised: September 11, 2020

Instructions have been provided to assist you with saving a completed PDF file on Google Chrome. 

Published/Revised: March 31, 2023

Instructions have been provided to assist you with updating your default reader to Google Chrome.

Published/Revised: March 31, 2023

Download the latest ZIP code file for the eForm 4473 application. This step is necessary for the initial installation to ensure that the most current version of the ZIP code file is active.

Published/Revised: February 8, 2024

Answers to frequently asked questions have been provided. 

Published/Revised: September 11, 2020

eForm 4473 Download Application Download - Mac OS

Published/Revised: January 15, 2026

User installation guide for federal firearms licensees (FFLs) downloading the e4473 form. 

Published/Revised: April 29, 2024

The Annual Explosives Incident Report (EIR) 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 through  TRIPwire.   

Published/Revised: July 30, 2023

The annual Explosives Incident Report (EIR) reviews bombing and explosives related incident and threat from information reported to the United States Bomb Data Center through the Bomb Arson Tracking System (BATS).

Published/Revised: September 19, 2016

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from January 1 - December 31, 2006, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more. 

Published/Revised: May 22, 2015

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020

This report provides detailed firearms trace data to assist law enforcement with criminal investigations. It includes statistics from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019, on firearms recovered and traced, firearm types, calibers, source states, time-to-crime rates, possessor age, top recovery locations and more.

Published/Revised: August 20, 2020