Firearms and Explosives Services Division (FESD) ATF · • A legal entity must still obtain proper...
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Firearms and Explosives
Services Division
(FESD)
ATF
FESD Mission
Promote the ATF mission to prevent terrorism, reduce violent crime and protect the public by:
Ensuring that only qualified persons get access to firearms and explosives through stringent license screening.
Ensuring that only lawful defense articles are imported into the U.S. from foreign countries for lawful purposes.
FESD Mission
Ensuring that possession of Federally-restricted weapons such as machineguns, silencers, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and destructive devices is limited to lawful owners for lawful purposes.
FESD Programs
1. Administer statutory licensing, permitting, registration, tax/fee collection functions
2. Industry Outreach/Customer Service
3. Field investigative and intelligence support
FESD Branches
1. The National Firearms Act Branch (NFA)
2. The Firearms and Explosives Imports Branch (FEIB)
3. The Federal Firearms Licensing Center (FFLC)
4. The Federal Explosives Licensing Center (FELC)
FESD Org Chart
Michael J . CooneyFirearms Enforcement Officer
Lawrence G. WhiteIndustry Analyst
William MajorsBranch Chief
Firearms & Explosive s Imports Branch
Edward SaavedraBranch Chief
National Firearms Act Branch
Patricia PowerBranch Chief
Fede ral Firearms Licensing Center
Christopher R. ReevesBranch Chief
Federal Explosives Lice nsing Ce nter
S tephen B. AlbroDeputy Division Chief
Firearms & Explosives Services Division
B. Scott MendozaDivision Chief
Firearms & Explosives Services Division
National Firearms Act Branch
Branch Chief – Ed Saavedra
(304)616-4500
National Firearms Act Branch
Responds to an average if 4000 calls per month from industry members, public and law enforcement community inquiring about the rules, policies and application status of NFA applications
Processed over 94,000 applications in CY10 to manufacture, import, transfer and export National Firearms Act Firearms (NFA)
National Firearms Act Branch
41,579
57,78366,560
72,80886,753
91,949103,047
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000Number of NFA Forms Processed by FY
National Firearms Act Branch
147,484
296,127
563,916
981,303
834,328 826,393 773,556
0
200000
400000
600000
800000
1000000
1200000Number of NFA Firearms Processed by FY
National Firearms Act Branch
Historical NFA Statistics are Updatedat:
www.atf.gov/statistics/
National Firearms Act Branch
Effective July 2011 the NFA Branch began assigning applications based on the state of the Transferor or Applicant.
Advantages Include:- State Law Familiarity
- E-forms Compatibility
- Increased Assignment Flexibility
- Regional Assignments
National Firearms Act Branch
MT
WA
OR
ID
CA
NVUT
WY
CO
AZNM
TX
AK
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
MN
IA
MO
AR
MSLA
MIWI
ILIN
OH
KY
TN
AL
FL
GA
SC
NY
PA
HI
WV VA
NC
ME
VT
NH
MA
MD
DE
NJ
CTRI
Chris Farris
William Shipman
Sara Jones Albert Lamberger
Suzanne Santamaria
Nicole Dudash
Jason Frushour
Sandra Snook Dana Pickles
Ann Feltner
NFA Branch State AssignmentsJuly 2011
National Firearms Act Branch
Customer Service Standards
ATF Forms 1, 4 & 5 – 120 Days
ATF Forms 2, 3, 9, 10 & 5330.20 – 30 Days
National Firearms Act Branch
SOT Issues
NFA Specialist Amy Stely
(304) 616-4500
National Firearms Act Branch
ATF NFA Handbook
- Available at www.atf.gov
- Answers most of the most frequently asked questions regarding NFA issues.
Federal Firearms Licensing Center
FFLC Chief Pat Power
(304)616-4608
Assistant Chief Tracey Robertson
(304) 616-4647
The Federal Firearms Licensing
Center (FFLC)
Currently Services over 122,000 Federal Firearms Licensees
Acts as a primary call center for firearms industry
FESD printing center – 17,000 print jobs per month
The Federal Firearms Licensing
Center (FFLC)
106,432107,316
108,933
112,943
115,395
118,487
122,253
95000
100000
105000
110000
115000
120000
125000
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Number of FFLs
The Federal Firearms Licensing
Center (FFLC)
48,487
7,006
58,663
7,144 953
Licensee Distribution
Type 01& 09 Dealers
Type 02 Pawnbrokers
Type 03 Collector
Type 06, 07 & 10 Manufacturer
Type 08 & 11 Importer
The Federal Firearms Licensing
Center (FFLC)
48,444
7,006
43
FFL Dealers & Pawnbrokers
01-Dealers
02-Pawnbrokers
09-Dealers of Destructive Devices
The Federal Firearms Licensing
Center (FFLC)
1,848
5,050
246
FFL Manufacturers
06-Man. Ammo
07-Man. Firearms
10-Man. Of Destructive Devices
The Federal Firearms Licensing
Center (FFLC)
799
154
FFL Importers
08-Importers of Firearms
10-Importers of Destructive Devices
The Federal Firearms Licensing
Center (FFLC)Multiple Trade Name Policy
ATF has recently clarified its trade name policy to allow a single legal entity to maintain several different trade names.
• The current database limitations of the trade name field of the Federal Licensing System (FLS) cannot exceed fifty characters.
• A legal entity must still obtain proper Federal Firearms licenses for each facility it maintains. For example, if your company has three manufacturing facilities, your company will need a manufacturing FFL at each location. If you manufacture and import, you will still need a Type 07-Manufacturer and Type 08-Importers license to be properly licensed.
The Federal Firearms Licensing
Center (FFLC)
Multiple Trade Name Policy
When marking firearms, it is important to remember that manufacturers and importers having licensed operations at one location under multiple trade names are still required to issue unique serial numbers when marking firearms pursuant to 27 CFR 478.92. For example, serial numbers and serial number schemes applied to firearms made or imported under trade name A must not duplicate serial numbers applied to firearms made or imported under trade names B, C, or D.
Federal Explosives Licensing
Center
FELC Chief Christopher Reeves
(304)616-4419
AFMER
- ATF Form 5300.11 – Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report.
- Due April 30th for the preceding calendar year’s manufacturing activity.
- All licensed manufacturers must file, even if they have not manufactured anything during the year.
- Refer to the recently released AFMER FAQ on www.atf.gov.
AFMER Statistics
AFMER Statistics are Available at www.atf.gov/statistics/
- 2010 Interim report was released in early July of 2011.
- 2010 Final Report will be released in early 2012.
FESD Program Highlights
E-Forms Update
ATF continues to work with the Office of Science and Technology and software vendors on our e-Forms project.
2011 SHOT Show Demo - Feedback of the E-Form 6 Demo was provided the contractor with the suggestions we obtained during the demonstration.
Questions???
Firearms and Explosives Services Division
Deputy Division Chief Stephen Albro
(304) 616-4566