Guidance Documents

What’s In This Issue: Carson W. Carroll, Assistant Director, Enforcement Programs and Services, Retires 2009 Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) Spring Meeting; 2010 International Society of Explosives; Engineers (ISEE) Conference Type-1 Igloo or “Army-type Structure” Explosives Magazines Day Boxes; Table of Distances and Barricades Recording Explosive Materials ”Used” Inspection Violations; Black Powder Blanks;

ATF provides a paperless firearm trace submission system that is readily accessible through the Internet known as eTrace. It provides the necessary utilities for submitting, retrieving, storing, and querying all firearms trace related information.

-Qué es eTrace? ATF extiende su continuo compromiso con la comunidad policial ofreciéndole un sistema de rastreo de armas de fuego sin papel y fácilmente accesible a través de Internet. End of
Translation Este sistema, conocido como eTrace, ofrece las herramientas necesarias para enviar, recuperar, guardar e investigar toda la información relacionada con el rastreo de un arma de fuego que su agencia esté manejando.

¿Qué es la División del Centro Nacional de Rastreo (NTC)?  La División del Centro de Rastreo Nacional (NTC) del Agencia de Alcohol, Tabaco, Armas de Fuego y Explosivos es la única organización autorizada a rastrear armas de fuego de fabricación nacional y extranjera para las agencias policiales internacionales, federales, estatales y locales.

This guide provides basic information for law enforcement officers who recover firearms in the performance of their duties.

This guide provides basic information for law enforcement officers who recover firearms in the performance of their duties.

These tips are intended to assist potential applicants for OVW funding in preparing successful grant applications.

This ruling advises on the exception to marking requirements for licensed manufacturers who perform a manufacturing process on firearms for, or on behalf of, another licensed manufacturer, provided such firearms already have been properly marked with a serial number and other identifying markings required by 27 CFR 478.92(a) and 479.102(a), provided all other requirements stated in this ruling have been met.

What’s In This Issue: Protecting America; ATF Strives to Improve Customer Service Through Online Notification; Pistol Grips and Shotguns; Improving Firearms Security; Here Are Some Reminders for Completing ATF Form 4473; FFL Newsletter Questions; NFA Forms and Their Use; Clarification on Submission of Multiple Handgun Sale Forms: ATF Encourages Support of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC); FBI/NICS News

The purpose of this letter is to provide Federal explosives licensees and permittees with information about the recent district court decision regarding ammonium perchlorate composite propellant (APCP).