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Items Of Interest From The 2008 SHOT Show - 8/01/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Report of Multiple Sale or Other Disposition of Pistols and Revolvers - 7/14/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Certification on Agency Letterhead Authorizing Purchase of Firearm for Official Duties of Law Enforcement Officer - 7/14/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application and Permit for Importation of Firearms, Ammunition and Implements of War - 7/14/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record, Part 1, Over-the-Counter - 7/0708
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record, Part 1, Over-the-Counter - 7/0708
Open Letter to Federally Licensed Firearms Importers and Registered Importers of U.S. Munitions List Articles – Clarification on the Importability of Firearm Barrels Under 18 U.S.C §925(d)(3) - 6/27/08
Open Letter To South Carolina Federal Firearms Licensees - 6/23/08
Notice to all FFLs: New California Firearms Licensee Check (CFLC) Program - 6/23/08
Open Letter to All Security Firms Federal Firearms Licensees - 6/18/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record Low Volume Part I Over-the-Counter and Part II Intra-State Non-Over-the-Counter. - 6/18/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record Part II-Intrastate Non-Over-the-Counter - 6/10/08
Open Letter to All Nevada Federal Firearms Licensees - 6/02/08
ATF Ruling 2008-1 — Fabrique Nationale Herstal SA (FN) FNC rifle - 5/30/08
Open Letter to All Illinois Federal Firearms Licensees - 5/29/08
Open Letter to Licensed and/or Registered Importers of U.S. Munitions Import List Articles - 5/09/08
Department of Justice Unified Agenda, Spring 2008 - 5/08/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record, Part 1, Over-the-Counter - 5/02/08
Frequently Asked Questions - Silencers [HTML][PDF] - 4/17/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record Low Volume Part I Over-the-Counter and Part II Intra-State Non-Over-the-Counter - 4/10/08
Open Letter to Licensed and/or Registered Importers of U.S. Munitions Import List Articles - 5/09/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record, Part 1, Over-the-Counter - 5/02/08
Notice to NFA Special Taxpayers For Tax Year 2009 - 4/10/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested - Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record Part II-Intrastate Non-Over-the-Counter - 4/04/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested - Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for Registration of Firearms Acquired by Certain Governmental Entities - 4/04/08
Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report - 2006 - 1/30/08
Open Letter to Persons Submitting Payments to ATF, including license and permit application fees, Special Occupational Taxes, Arms Export Control Act registration fees, and NFA transfer and making taxes - 1/25/08
Curios and Relics: Update May 2006 through December 2007 - 1/16/08
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested - Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Investigator Integrity Questionnaire - 1/09/08
ATF Announces Final Rule on International Traffic in Arms Regulations - 12/26/07
Department of Justice Unified Agenda, Fall 2007- 12/14/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: ATF F 5630.5R, NFA Special Tax Renewal Registration and Return, ATF F 5630.5RC, NFA Special Tax Location Registration Listing, ATF F 5630.7, NFA Special Tax Registration and Return National Firearms Act - 11/08/07
Open Letter to All Federal Firearms Licensees and Firearms Owners - 10/31/07
Application for Federal Firearms License (ATF Form 7) to be available from Distribution Center this week - 10/22/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application For Tax Exempt Transfer and Registration of Firearm - 10/04/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application For License Under 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, Firearm- 10/04/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Federal Firearms License (FFL) RENEWAL Application - 10/04/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: User- Limited Permit (Explosives - 10/04/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for Tax Paid Transfer and Registration of Firearm 10/04/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Permanent Provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act10/04/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Identification of Explosive Materials - 10/04/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Customer Satisfaction Surveys - 10/04/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Open Letter to States With Permits That Appear To Qualify as Alternative to NICS Checks - 10/04/07
Revised 2005 AFMER Report - 10/03/07
ATF Revises Federal Firearms Transaction Record Form - 9/18/07
E-4473 Being Unacceptable - 9/07/07
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comments Requested- Action 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: ATF F 5630.5R, NFA Special Tax Renewal Registration and Return ATF F 5630.5RC, NFA Special Tax Location Registration Listing ATF F 5630.7, NFA Special Tax Registration and Return National Firearms Act - 9/04/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested - Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for Tax-Exempt Transfer of Firearm and Registration to Special Occupational Taxpayer - 8/23/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested - Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Inventories, Licensed Explosives Importers, Manufacturers, Dealers, and Permittees - 8/23/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested - Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for an Amended Federal Firearms License - 8/23/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Implementation of Public Law 103-322, The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 - 8/23/07
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application to Register as an Importer of U.S. Munitions Import List Article (8/16/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application For License Under 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44, Firearms (7/25/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Federal Firearms License (FFL) RENEWAL Application (7/25/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: User- Limited Permit (Explosives) (7/25/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Permanent Provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (7/25/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Identification of Explosive Materials (7/25/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Open Letter to States With Permits That Appear To Qualify as Alternatives to NICS Checks (7/25/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Customer Satisfaction Surveys (7/25/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application For Tax Exempt Transfer and Registration of Firearm (7/25/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for Tax Paid Transfer and Registration of Firearm (7/25/07)
Federal Explosives Licensing Center (7/19/07)
Open Letter To All Kentucky Federal Firearms Licensees (7/16/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Training Registration Request for Non-ATF Employees (7/12/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Records of Acquisition and Disposition, Collectors of Firearms (7/12/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Letter Application to Obtain Authorization for the Assembly of a Non-Sporting Rifle or Non-Sporting Shotgun for the Purpose of Testing or Evaluation (7/12/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Notice of Firearms Manufactured or Imported (7/12/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application to Make and Register a Firearm (7/12/07)
ATF Ruling 2007-4 – Alternative Methods or Procedures; Emergency Variations from Requirements (7/05/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for Tax-Exempt Transfer of Firearm and Registration to Special (Occupational) Taxpayer (6/14/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for an Amended Federal Firearms License (6/14/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Implementation of Public Law 103-322, The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (6/14/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Inventories, Licensed Explosives Importers, Manufacturers, Dealers, and Permittees (6/14/07)
Shot Show Questions and Answers (6/12/07)
ATF National Firearms Act Handbook (6/12/07)
Open Letter To All Federal Firearms Licensees (6/7/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested - Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application to Register as an Importer of U.S. Munitions Import List Articles (5/30/07)
Open Letter To All Federal Firearms Licensees (5/29/07)
J anuary 2007 FFL Newsletter (5/17/07)
Open Letter To FFLs: ATF Improves Firearms Purchase Form In Wake Of Virginia Tech Massacre Agency Also Encourages States To Provide All Disqualifying Information. (5/09/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Letter Application to Obtain Authorization for the Assembly of a Non-Sporting Rifle or Non-Sporting Shotgun for the Purpose of Testing or Evaluation. (5/01/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application for Federal Firearms License (Collector of Curios and Relics). (5/01/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Records of Acquisition and Disposition, Collectors of Firearms. (5/01/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Notice of Firearms Manufactured or Imported. (4/26/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Application to Make and Register a Firearm (4/26/07)
Duplicate FFL Renewal Notice. (4/10/07)
ATF Alerts Public to Unstable ‘M-80’ Fireworks. (3/26/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Advanced Explosives Destruction Techniques (AEDT) Training Course Follow-up Evaluation Form. (3/13/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Requisition for forms or publications and requisition for firearms/explosives forms. (3/13/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Interstate Firearms Shipment Report of Theft/Loss. (3/13/07)
ATF Ruling 2007-3 - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has received inquiries from members of the explosives industry concerning the preloading and temporary storage of blasting agents on bulk delivery vehicles. (1/26/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Statement of Process-Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection (1/23/07)
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action - 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Release and Receipt of Imported Firearms, Ammunition and Implements of War
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action - 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: eForm 6 Access Request
ATF Ruling 2007-3: Preloading and Temporary Storage of Blasting Agents on Bulk Delivery Vehicles
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action - 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Requisition For Forms or Publications and Requisitions For Firearms/Explosives Forms
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Interstate Firearms Shipment Report of Theft/Loss
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action - 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Advanced Explosives Destruction Techniques (AEDT) Training Course Follow-up Evaluation Form
ATF Ruling 2007-2: Temporary Storage of Display Fireworks
ATF Ruling 2007-1: Maintaining Required Explosives Records in Computerized Form
ATF Ruling 2006-2: Classification of Devices That are Exclusively Designed to Increase the Rate of Fire of a Semiautomatic Firearm - Read the Ruling - Questions and Answers
Important Notice Regarding ATF Form 4587 (5330.4) AECA Importer Registration Application
Important Notice Regarding ATF Form 4 Applications
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action - 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Police Check Inquiry
Agency Information Collection Activities: Action: Notice: Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition—Annual Inventory of Firearms: Withdrawal
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Statement of Process-Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection
Commerce in Explosives; List of Explosive Materials (2006R–2P)
Open Letter to Tribal Law Enforcement Officers
Open Letter to All Federal Firearms Licensees – ATF Requests Assistance in Recovering Firearms Stolen During the Murder of an FFL
Commerce in Explosives – Hobby Rocket Motors (2004R-7P)
ATF P 5300.4 - Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide 2005 (9/05)
ATF has issued a ruling providing guidance on two situations involving structures and whether they are ‘inhabited buildings’ under the explosives regulations”. Read Ruling 2005-3 – Meaning of Term ‘Inhabited Building”
ATF has issued a ruling providing guidance on a ported device attached to the barrel of a paintball gun. Read Ruling 2005-4 – on a ported device attached to the barrel of a paintball gun
New ATF Form 4473 - Firearms Transaction Record - Requirement for Federal Firearms Licensees.
Federal Register - Oct. 12, 2005: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Records and Supporting Data: Daily Summaries, Records of Production, Storage, and Disposition, and Supporting Data by Licensed Explosives Manufacturers
The following information serves to provide contact information for those Federal firearms licensees (FFL) and explosives industry members affected by Hurricane Katrina. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Critical Incident Management Response Team (CIMRT) in Baton Rouge, La. Telephone number is: 1-800-366-9501.
Important Notice to All Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Federal Firearms Licensees
ATTENTION TO ALL LOUISIANA - MISSISSIPPI - ALABAMA FIREARM DEALERS

Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) are currently experiencing technical difficulties when attempting to call 1-800 numbers, via telephone, due to hurricane Katrina.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comments Requested - Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Licensed Firearms Manufacturers Records of Production, Disposition, and Supporting Data.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comments Requested - Action: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Records and Supporting Data: Daily Summaries, Records of Production, Storage, and Disposition, and Supporting Data by Licensed Explosives Manufacturers
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comments Requested - Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Disabilities for Nonimmigrant Aliens.
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comments Requested - Action: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Report of Firearms Transactions.
Revised Open Letter to Federally Licensed Firearms Importers and Registered Importers of U.S. Munitions Import List Articles
August 2005 FFL Newsletter