Rules and Regulations Library
| Title | Description | Category | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
 West Virginia-Jun2014-Open Letter-West Virginia's Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs) as Alternative to NICS Checks (51 KB) |
The purpose of this open letter is to provide guidance regarding the West Virginia's Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs) issued on or after June 4, 2014 as an alternative to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check.
| Firearms | Open Letter |
| California-Apr2013-Open Letter-Completing ATF Forms 4473 While Complying with CA DOJ Dealer Record of Sale (DROS) Transaction Procedures (43 KB) |
The purpose of this letter is to provide procedures for completing Firearms Transaction Records, ATF Form 4473, while complying with the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) Dealer Record of Sale (DROS) transaction procedures.
| Firearms | Open Letter |
| National-Apr2013-Open Letter-USBDC Response to IME Request for Information (169 KB) |
This letter is a response by the U.S. Bomb Data Center (USBDC) to the Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) request for information regarding the use of commercial explosives utilized in bombing events in the United States.
| Explosives | Open Letter |
| All FFLs-May2013-Open Letter-Prohibited Transfers of Firearms to Foreign Purchaser (64 KB) |
The purpose of this open letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees that arranging for the exportation of firearms and ammunition through in-person disposition to foreign purchasers at airline ticket counters of local international airports violates the Gun Control Act of 1968.
| Firearms | Open Letter |
| 2012-3 - AFMER Electronic Form (107 KB) |
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) authorizes an alternate method or procedure to the requirement at Title 18, United States Code (U.S.C.), section 923(g)(5)(A), that licensees submit a form containing certain required record information. Specifically, licensed manufacturers may submit the Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (AFMER), ATF Form 5300.11, electronically using ATF eForms, provided all of the conditions set forth in this ruling are met.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 2013-2 - NFA Electronic Forms (823 KB) |
This ruling applies to Federal firearms licensees (FFLs), legal entities, and government agencies in that they may file ATF Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10 using ATF eForms, provided all of the conditions set forth in this ruling are met.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 2013-3 - Adopting Identification of Firearms (52 KB) |
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) authorizes licensed manufacturers and licensed importers of firearms, and makers of National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms, to adopt the serial number, caliber/gauge, and/or model already identified on a firearm without seeking a marking variance, provided all of the conditions in this ruling are met. Licensed manufacturers seeking to adopt all of the required markings, including the original manufacturer’s name and place of origin, must receive an approved variance from ATF. ATF Ruling 75-28 is superseded, and ATF Industry Circular 77-20 is clarified.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| Kansas-July2013-Open Letter-Passage of the Kansas Second Amendment Protection Act (79 KB) |
The purpose of this open letter is to provide guidance and information related to the passage of the Kansas Second Amendment Protection Act, Kansas, effective April 25, 2013.
| Firearms | Open Letter |
| 2011-1 - Importers Consolidated Records (382 KB) |
ATF authorizes an alternate method or procedure from the firearms acquisition and disposition recordkeeping requirements of 27 CFR 478.122. Specifically, ATF authorizes licensed importers to consolidate their records of importation or other acquisition of firearms and their separate firearms disposition records, provided all of the requirements stated in this ruling are met.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 2013-5 - Requirements to Keep Firearms A&D Records Electronically (49 KB) |
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) authorizes an alternate method or procedure to the firearms acquisition and disposition recordkeeping requirements contained in Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 478.121, 478.122(a), 478.123(a), 478.125(e), 478.125(f), and 27 CFR 479.131. Specifically, ATF authorizes licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, licensed dealers, and licensed collectors to maintain their firearms acquisition and disposition records electronically instead of in paper format provided the conditions set forth in this ruling are met. This ruling supersedes ATF Rul. 2008-2, Records Required for Firearms Licensees.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 2014-1 - Manufacturing/Inventory of Machineguns for LE and Military (49 KB) |
A manufacturer licensed and qualified under the Gun Control Act (GCA) and National Firearms Act (NFA) may manufacture and maintain an inventory of machineguns for future sale to Federal, State, or local government agencies without a specific government contract or official request; provided, the machineguns are properly registered, and their subsequent transfer is conditioned upon and restricted to the sale or distribution of such weapons for the official use of Federal, State, or local government agencies. A manufacturer may deliver machineguns it has manufactured to another qualified manufacturer for any manufacturing process; provided, the first manufacturer maintains continuous dominion or control over the machineguns. A manufacturer may transfer machineguns it has manufactured for present or future sale to a Federal, State, or local government agency to another qualified manufacturer for any manufacturing processes or storage; provided, the manufacturer has a specific government contract or official written request documenting that it is an agent of the government agency requesting and authorizing such transfer. ATF Ruling 2004-2 is clarified.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 1981-4 - Auto Sear (13 KB) |
The AR15 auto sear is a machinegun as defined by 26 U.S.C. 5845(b).
| Firearms | Ruling |
| Louisiana-Apr2015-Open Letter-Louisiana's Concealed Handgun Permit Qualifies as Alternative to to NICS Check (53 KB) |
The purpose of this open letter is to advise all Louisiana Federal firearms licensees that Louisiana's concealed handgun permit has been determined to qualify as an alternative to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check.
| Firearms | Open Letter |
| 2015-1 - Manufacturing and Gunsmithing (70 KB) |
Any person (including any corporation or other legal entity) engaged in the business of performing machining, molding, casting, forging, printing (additive manufacturing) or other manufacturing process to create a firearm frame or receiver, or to make a frame or receiver suitable for use as part of a "weapon … which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive," i.e., a "firearm," must be licensed as a manufacturer under the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA); identify (mark) any such firearm; and maintain required manufacturer’s records. A business (including an association or society) may not avoid the manufacturing license, marking, and recordkeeping requirements of the GCA by allowing persons to perform manufacturing processes on firearms (including frames or receivers) using machinery or equipment under its dominion and control where that business controls access to, and use of, such machinery or equipment. ATF Ruling 2010-10 is hereby clarified.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| All FFLs-Jan2015-Open Letter-Redesign of "Stabilizing Braces" (212 KB) |
The purpose of the this open letter is to answer inquiries from the public concerning the proper us of devices marketed as "stabilizing braces."
| Firearms | Open Letter |
| All FELs-Jun2014-Open Letter-Black Powder (57 KB) |
This is an open letter to all Federal explosives licensees and permittees in regards to inquiries about black powder exceptions under the Federal explosives laws.
| Explosives | Open Letter |
| 1969-59 - Gunshow Sales at Non-Licensed Premises (43 KB) |
Firearms or ammunition may not be sold at gun shows by a licensed dealer, but orders may be taken under specified conditions
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 1975-20 - Meaning of Terms "Inhabited Building" (15 KB) |
An office or repair shop used in connection with the manufacture, etc., of explosive materials are not "inhabited buildings."
| Explosives | Ruling |
| 1975-27 - Renewed Federal Firearms License Conduct of Business (67 KB) |
A firearms licensee may continue operations until his renewal application for a license is finally acted upon.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 1977-1 - Gunsmithing at Shooting Events (51 KB) |
The recordkeeping requirements for licensed gunsmiths are clarified. ATF Rul. 73-13 amplified.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 2002-6 - Identification of Firearms, Armor Piercing Ammunition, and Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices (68 KB) |
In accordance with 27 CFR 178.92 and 27 CFR 179.102, identification of firearms, armor piercing ammunition, and large capacity ammunition feeding devices, the terms "conspicuously" and "legibly" as used therein mean, respectively, that the markings are wholly unobstructed from plain view and that the markings contain exclusively Roman letters and Arabic numerals.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 1977-24 - Storage Compartments on Vehicles (40 KB) |
Alternate magazine construction standards for storage of electric blasting caps with other explosive materials are prescribed.
| Explosives | Ruling |
| 27 CFR 4.39(a)(1): Prohibited Practices (ATF Ruling 2002-7) (67 KB) |
This ruling applies to wine made from grapes frozen after harvest and the label “ice wine”.
| Alcohol & Tobacco | Ruling |
| 1980-20 - Rifle Bore Tasers as Firearms (24 KB) |
A hand-held device with a hand grip bent at an angle to the bore and having a rifled bore which is designed to expel, by means of an explosive, two electrical contacts (barbs) connected by two wires to a high voltage source within the device is classified as a firearm. ATF Rul. 76-6 is amplified.
| Firearms | Ruling |
| 1980-21 - Identification of State of Residency for Out-of-State College Students (23 KB) |
An out-of-State college student may establish residence in a State by residing and maintaining a home in a college dormitory or in a location off-campus during the school term.
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