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The federal firearms license was established to and implement the Gun Control Act of 1968.The 1968 act was an update or revision of the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (FFA), which required all manufacturers and dealers of firearms who ship or receive firearms or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce to have a license, and forbade them from transferring any firearm or most ammunition to ...
ATF also enforces provisions of the Safe Explosives Act, passed after 9/11 to restrict the use/possession of explosives without a federal license to use them. ATF is considered to be the leading federal agency in most bombings that occur within the U.S., with exception to bombings related to international terrorism (investigated by the FBI).
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
The list, now posted online, identifies 93 federal firearm licensees that ATF inspections found to have willfully violated portions of the Gun Control Act. Shops that appear on the list are at ...
Yet even now, only about 3% of the roughly 80,000 licensed firearms dealers in the U.S. made the Demand 2 list. That suggests a small number of licensed gun and pawn shops are selling the majority ...
The gun dealers with Federal Firearm Licenses (FFL) face more scrutiny from the ATF, as they are required to submit annual reports and additional quarterly reports about used firearm purchases.
The following list gives the locations of these offices. This article merely lists states and cities that have field divisions with links that go not to field divisions in states, but to general information on the states and cities. Some offices are located in a different city or town than the one in the office's name. This will be noted in the ...
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