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  2. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

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    In 1972, the ATF was officially established as an independent bureau within the Treasury Department on July 1, 1972, this transferred the responsibilities of the ATF division of the IRS to the new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Rex D. Davis oversaw the transition, becoming the bureau's first director, having headed the division since ...

  3. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau - Wikipedia

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    TTB was created on January 24, 2003, when the Homeland Security Act of 2002 split the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) into two new organizations with separate functions. [2] Specifically, the Act transferred ATF and its law enforcement functions from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Justice. ATF's other ...

  4. United States Department of Justice - Wikipedia

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    ATF was first established by Department of Treasury Order No. 221, effective July 1, 1972; this order "transferred the functions, powers, and duties arising under laws relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives from the Internal Revenue Service to ATF. [37]

  5. What the ATF Does—and What It Doesn’t Do - AOL

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    The “F” in ATF stands for “firearms,” and, in the matter of overseeing the sale of these, the ATF is a damned peculiar creature: It is a law enforcement agency dedicated to regulating ...

  6. United States Department of the Treasury - Wikipedia

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    The department was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue. [6] ... (ATF), which had been a bureau of the department since 1972, ...

  7. Supreme Court Takes Up ATF's Unilateral 'Ghost Gun' Rules - AOL

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    Lower courts have been extremely skeptical of attempts to regulate unfinished parts as firearms.

  8. National Integrated Ballistic Information Network - Wikipedia

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    In 1999, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) established and began administration of the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network. [3] In this program, ATF administers automated ballistic imaging technology for law enforcement, forensic science, and attorney agencies in the United States that have entered into a formal agreement with ATF to enter ballistic ...

  9. The 5th Circuit Says the Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to ...

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    ATF. "Today's ruling is ... of 21 years as the date of legal maturity at the time of the founding" and "the fact that legislatures have long established minimum age requirements for various ...