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Useful Firearms Links

Updated: December 25, 2019

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Firearms Links & Resources

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF):
www.atf.treas.gov/

ATF Firearms Publications:
www.atf.gov/pub/#Firearms

ATF Firearm Statistics:
www.atf.gov/firearms/stats/index.htm

ATF Field Office Contacts:
http://www.atf.gov/content/contact-us/local-atf-office

Federal Bureau of Investigation:
www.fbi.gov

Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide 2005:
www.atf.gov/firearms/ffrrg/index.htm

FBI Statistics & Research:

National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) Program

Library of Congress:
thomas.loc.gov/

US National Archives:
www.archives.gov/index.html

US House of Representatives:
www.house.gov/

US Senate:
www.senate.gov/

Report Illegal Firearms Activity: 1-800-ATF-GUNS
(1-800-283-4867)

Firearms Theft Hotline: 1-888-930-9275

Federal Law – Firearms
(US CODE TITLE 18 > PART I >CHAPTER 44-FIREARMS)
www4.law.cornell.edu/

Federal Form 4473
www.atf.gov/forms
[A Firearms Transaction Record, or Federal Form 4473, is a United States government form that must be filled out when a person buys a firearm from a Federal Firearm License holder (such as a gun store). For knowingly making any false statement or representation on Federal Form 4473, the penalty is 10 years]

Report links

Dr. Edgar A. Suter MD, National Chair, Doctors for Integrity in Policy Research Inc., responds to the study that stated that home guns are “43 times more likely to kill a family member than an intruder.”:www.thegunzone.com/rkba/rkba-43.html

Firearms Appraisals – antique and modern firearms

Firearms groups

Training

American Firearms Defense
www.americanfirearms.net

National Rifle Association Education & Training Programswww.nrahq.org/education/

NRA Safety & Training
www.nrahq.org/education/training/find.asp

Firearms Links

Sniper Central
www.snipercentral.com/

How bullets fly:

www.nennstiel-ruprecht.de/bullfly/index.htm

Wound Ballistics:
www.firearmstactical.com/wound.htm

Shooting Range National Directory (from NRA):

www.nrahq.org/shootingrange/findlocal.asp

Firearm review & Reference Guide:
www.gundirectory.com

Carry License Reciprocity State by State:

www.ccrkba.org/reciprocity.html

Exploded Firearms Drawings

www.urban-armory.com/diagrams/

Firearms Publications

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