 Over the last three years, ATF has issued a series of comprehensive reports on firearm commerce, crime gun intelligence, and firearm trafficking as part of its National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment.
Volume Four, just released, provides updates to key research findings presented in earlier reports and presents new insights on topics including firearm trafficking along the southwestern border of the U.S. and firearms recovered in crimes.
Previous volumes:
ATF routinely issues a variety of public and law enforcement reports regarding firearm commerce, crime gun traces, and related subjects. However, it had been more than 20 years since ATF had undertaken a large-scale joint academic study on these topics that promotes effective gun violence reduction efforts as data-driven, grounded in research evidence, and informed by multidisciplinary perspectives.
Related DOJ Press Release: Justice Department Announces ATF’s Publication of Final Volume of National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment
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The ATF Fire Research Laboratory in Maryland conducts experiments to support the fire investigation community. The experiments include a range of tests from single items up to full-scale fire tests in a multi-story structure. |
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The latest testing results include such experiments as:
- Ignitability of carpet using multiple ignition devices
- Surface temperatures produced by an oil-filled heater
- Halogen lamp temperature and heat flux
- Household electric iron temperature operating at its highest setting
- Contribution of paint to fire size in a wall corner configuration
Related video: ATF’s Fire Research Lab (2:33 minutes)
Related video: “From Graduate to Government” panel discussion hosted by Western Illinois University (7:56 minutes)
ATF conducts compliance inspections of Federal Firearms Licensees (FFL) to identify licensees that commit willful violations of the Gun Control Act. Each of the following violations that impact public safety results in ATF issuing a notice of revocation, absent extraordinary circumstances:
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- Refusal to allow an industry operations investigator to conduct an inspection
- Transferring a firearm to a prohibited person
- Failing to conduct a required background check
- Falsifying records
- Failing to respond to a trace request
ATF recently published the data for 2023 and the first half of 2024, which includes:
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Totals: Numbers of inspected FFLs with qualifying violations
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Results of inspections with qualifying violations: Numbers of FFLs revoked, FFLs not revoked after hearing, and FFLs that voluntarily ceased operations after inspection
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Listings of revoked FFLs (by year)
 Like all federal agencies, ATF publishes official notices of its actions in the Federal Register.
Several actions are currently within the comment period.
Forms and Information Collection – Revision of Previously Approved Collections:
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