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Here is an interesting story about how gun regulations really work. A man walks into a gun shop and buys a gun. He fills out his paperwork and starts the background check.
eTrace is an Internet-based firearm trace request submission system, developed by the United States' federal government, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, that provides for the electronic exchange of traced firearm data in a secure internet-based environment.
ATF Form 4473, October 2016 revision. A Firearms Transaction Record, or ATF Form 4473, is a seven-page form prescribed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) required to be completed when a person proposes to purchase a firearm from a Federal Firearms License (FFL) holder, such as a gun dealer. [1]
The National Tracing Center (NTC) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is the sole firearms tracing facility in the United States. It provides information to provide foreign (international), federal, state and local law enforcement agencies with suspects for firearm crime investigations, detect suspected firearms traffickers, and track the intrastate, interstate and ...
Access to NICS is limited to FFL holders. A prospective buyer is required to complete ATF Form 4473, after which an FFL seller initiates a NICS background check by phone or computer. Most checks are determined within minutes and if a determination is not obtained within three business days, then the transfer may legally be completed.
The ATF had 5,285 employees and an annual budget of almost $1.5 billion in 2021. [2] The ATF has received criticism over its handling of the Ruby Ridge siege, [ 3 ] the Waco siege [ 4 ] and other incidents.
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