Rules and Regulations Library
| Title | Description | Category | Document Type |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kansas-July2013-Open Letter-Passage of the Kansas Second Amendment Protection Act (58 KB) |
The purpose of this open letter is to provide guidance and聽information related to the passage of the Kansas Second Amendment Protection Act, Kansas, effective April 25, 2013.
| Firearms | Open Letter |
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2013-1 - Electronic Form 6 and 6A (2323 KB) |
Approved alternate method or procedure for individuals, Federal firearms licensees, and registered importers of articles enumerated on the U.S. Munitions Import List (USMIL) to file bet365 出金 Form 6 - Part I and Form 6A electronically using bet365 出金 eForms, provided all of the conditions set forth in this ruling are met.聽 Supersedes bet365 出金 Rulings 2003-6 and 2010-9.
| Firearms | Ruling |
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2013-2 - NFA Electronic Forms (583 KB) |
Approved alternate method or procedure for FFLs, legal entities, and government agencies to file bet365 出金 Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 10 using bet365 出金 eForms, provided all聽of the conditions聽set forth in this ruling are met.聽聽聽
| Firearms | Ruling |
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2012-3 - AFMER Electronic Form (1442 KB) |
Approved alternate method or procedure for licensed manufacturers to submit the Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (AFMER), bet365 出金 Form 5300.11, electronically using bet365 出金 eForms, provided all of the conditions set forth in this ruling are met.聽
| Firearms | Ruling |
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West Virginia-Jun2014-Open Letter-West Virginia's Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs) as Alternative to NICS Checks (53 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 |
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AG Order 2650-2003: Federal Register Vol. 68, No. 21 (60 KB) |
The Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney (OPA), is exempting a Privacy Act system of records entitled 鈥樷楨xecutive Clemency Case Files/Executive Clemency Tracking System (JUSTICE/OPA鈥001)鈥欌 from subsections (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3), (d)(4), and (e)(5) of the Privacy Act. Information in this system relates to the investigation and evaluation of applicants for executive clemency and case-related correspondence regarding such applicants and the clemency process. | Resource Center | Ruling |
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West Virginia-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (84 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽West Virginia聽of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Washington-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (94 KB) |
The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽Washington of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Virgin Islands-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (50 KB) |
| Firearms | Open Letter |
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South Dakota-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (44 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees聽in聽South Dakota聽of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Ohio-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (472 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽Ohio of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Northern Mariana Islands-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (50 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands聽of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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New York-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (114 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽New York聽of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Nevada-Nov1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law.pdf (124 KB) |
The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in Nevada of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Louisiana-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (474 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽Louisiana of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Kentucky-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (510 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽Kentucky of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Kansas-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (118 KB) |
The purpose of this letter is to advise you of your responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law, 18 U.S.C. 搂 922(t). On November 30, 1998, the interim provisions of the Brady law will cease to apply, and the permanent provisions of the Brady law will take effect. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Iowa-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (124 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽Iowa of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Illinois-May2008-Open Letter-Illinois Firearms Owner Identification (FOID) Cards No Longer Qualify as an (120 KB) |
The purpose of this open letter is to advise you that beginning July 1, 2008, Illinois Firearms Owner Identification (FOID) cards no longer qualify as an alternative to a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) check.
| Firearms | Open Letter |
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Georgia-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (47 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽Georgia of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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California-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (38 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽California of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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Alaska-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (50 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽Alaska of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |
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National-Jan2016-Presidential Memorandum (24 KB) |
Tracing firearms in connection with criminal investigations and improving availability of relevant Executive Brand records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
| Firearms | Open Letter |
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December 2018 - Bump-Stock-Type-Devices - 2018R鈥22F (426 KB) |
The Department of Justice is amending the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives regulations to clarify that 鈥渂ump fire鈥 stocks, slide-fire devices, and devices with certain similar characteristics (鈥渂ump-stock-type devices鈥) are 鈥渕achineguns鈥 as defined by the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), because such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger.
| Rules and Regulations | Rulemaking |
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Mississippi-Oct1998-Open Letter-Permanent Provisions of the Brady Law (326 KB) | The purpose of this letter is to advise Federal firearms licensees in聽Mississippi of their responsibilities under the permanent provisions of the Brady law. | Firearms | Open Letter |