Firearms and Explosives Services Division (FESD) ATF

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


Branch Chief – Ed Saavedra

(304)616-4500


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)


41,579

57,78366,560

72,80886,753

91,949103,047

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000Number of NFA Forms Processed by FY


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


Historical NFA Statistics are Updatedat:

www.atf.gov/statistics/

http://www.atf.gov/statistics/


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


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


Customer Service Standards

ATF Forms 1, 4 & 5 – 120 Days

ATF Forms 2, 3, 9, 10 & 5330.20 – 30 Days


SOT Issues

NFA Specialist Amy Stely

(304) 616-4500


ATF NFA Handbook

- Available at www.atf.gov

- Answers most of the most frequently asked questions regarding NFA issues.

http://www.atf.gov/

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


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


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


Center (FFLC)

48,444

7,006

43

FFL Dealers & Pawnbrokers

01-Dealers

02-Pawnbrokers

09-Dealers of Destructive Devices


Center (FFLC)

1,848

5,050

246

FFL Manufacturers

06-Man. Ammo

07-Man. Firearms

10-Man. Of Destructive Devices


Center (FFLC)

799

154

FFL Importers

08-Importers of Firearms

10-Importers of Destructive Devices


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.


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.

http://www.atf.gov/statistics/

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

Documents

Firearms and Explosives Services Division (FESD) ATF