ATF Firearms Industry Operations Manual Obtained Via GOA FOIA Request
BY Herschel Smith
5 years ago
John Crump writing at Ammoland.
Gun Owners of America has obtained the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [ATF] Industry Operations Manual used by Industry Operations Inspectors (IOI). The gun-rights group received a copy of the document after submitting multiple Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request the federal law enforcement agency.
This copy is the first time since the 1990s that the manual has been made public. The ATF was not quick to supply the information to GOA, but continued pressure by the gun-rights organization forced the ATF’s hand. The document does have a few redactions, but it does give enough information to help out FFLs by understanding what the ATF is looking for in their inspections of FFL and gun shop retailers.
And thus it may be helpful to some of my readers.
I truly wish they wouldn’t put documents on Scribd. There is a direct PDF link for those of you (like me) who don’t wish to “log in” with any ID.
On November 28, 2019 at 5:45 pm, TRX said:
Scribd was originally a pirate “warez” site. They’ve tried to rebrand themselves since then, but using it for honest file distribution is like buying aspirin from a street-corner drug dealer. It may be legal, but I’m not going there.