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ATF Announces The Release Of The e-Form 4473
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has released an electronic ATF Form 4473 (5300.9), Firearms Transaction Record Part I, Over-the-Counter, in response to the president’s Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA), Public Law No 105-277, enacted in 1999, and requests from the firearms industry.
Important Information For Federal Firearms Licensees
In an attempt to clarify and simplify the completion of the ATF Form 4473 (Firearms Transaction Record Part I – Over the Counter) by prospective purchasers and Federal Firearms licensees, ATF has revised and updated the form.
Hurricane Gustav – ATF Takes the ESF–13 Lead to Coordinate Federal Law Enforcement Assistance
More than two million people packed up their lives and evacuated their homes fearing the wrath of Hurricane Gustav, bearing down on the Louisiana coast at the end of August.
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Firearms
- Federal Firearms Licensing Center Moves to Martinsburg, West Virginia
- Firearms Trace Data Reports
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Factsheets:
- FFL Compliance Inspections
- Decline in the Number of Federal Firearms Licenses
- Federal Firearms License Revocation Process
SW Border Initiative: Project Gunrunner
Arson & Explosives Investigations
Gangs
- Fact Sheet: DOJ Comprehensive Efforts To Fight Gang Violence 6/24/08
- Fact Sheet: Department Of Justice Comprehensive Efforts To Fight Gang Violence 03/28/08
- Fact Sheet: The National Gang Intelligence Center And The National Gang Targeting, Enforcement And Coordination Center
- Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Efforts to Stop Gang Violence in America’s Communities
- Gang Activity Case Examples
- 2005 National Gang Threat Assessment
Breaking News
Boston Field Division: Local Member of Hells Angels Motorcycle Club Sentenced to 28 Months in Prison For Firearm Possession
Philadelphia Field Division: ATF Offers $5,000 Reward in Lebanon County Gun Store Burglary
ATF Headquarters: Theresa Stoop Named Special Agent in Charge of ATF Baltimore Field Division
Charlotte Field Division: ATF National Response Team Activated to Spruce Pine, NC
Los Angeles Field Division: Investigators Determine Alhambra Golden Garden Fire Arson
ATF in Action
Firearms Industry News
- Don't Lie Customer Post Card (English version)
- Don't Lie Poster (Spanish version)
- Don't Lie Counter Mat (Spanish version)
- Don't Lie Customer Poster Card (Spanish version)
- November 2008 FFL Newsletter (11/24/08)
- ATF has issued a ruling authorizing licensees to use an electronic version of Form 4473. Read Ruling 2008-3 – Electronic Version of Form 4473 (11/19/08)
- ATF Announces The Release Of The e-Form 4473 (11/19/08)
- ATF Releases Electronic Version of Form 4473, Firearms Transaction Record, To Federally Licensed Gun Dealers (11/19/08)
- 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 - 10/16/08
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Disabilities for Nonimmigrant Aliens - 10/16/08
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Records of Acquisition and Disposition, Registered Importers of Arms, Ammunition and Implements of War on the U.S. Munitions Imports List - 10/16/08
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 30-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Report of Firearms Transactions - 10/16/08
Explosives Industry News
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Identification of Imported Explosives Materials - 10/28/08
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Report of Theft or Loss of Explosives - 10/28/08
- ATF Announces Technical Amendments To Regulations - 10/03/08