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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Law Enforcement Agency
Agency nameBureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
AbbreviationATF
Agency overview
Formed1972
Preceding
agencies		Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Employees4,559 (2006)
Annual budget1.12 billion USD
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agencyUnited States
Operational structure
Agency executivesKenneth E. Melson, Acting Director
William J. Hoover, Acting Deputy Director
Parent agencyDepartment of Justice

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (abbreviated ATF) is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and prevention of federal offenses involving the unlawful use, manufacture, and possession of firearms and explosives, acts of arson and bombings, and illegal trafficking of alcohol and tobacco products. The ATF also regulates via licensing the sale, possession, and transportation of firearms, ammunition, and explosives in interstate commerce. Many of ATF's activities are carried out in conjunction with task forces made up of state and local law enforcement officers, such as Project Safe Neighborhoods. ATF operates a unique fire research laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, where full-scale mock-ups of criminal arsons can be reconstructed.

The agency is led by Kenneth E. Melson, Acting Director and William J. Hoover, Acting Deputy Director. ATF has nearly 5,000 employees and an annual budget of $1.12 billion (2010).

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Video

The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and arrested at least three people, and a militia leader in Michigan said the target of at least one of the raids was a Christian militia group plotting attacks against the government. Federal warrants were sealed, but FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said there had been activity in two southwest Michigan counties near the Ohio state line. She wouldn't say whether they were tied to the raids in the other states. FBI spokesman Scott Wilson in Cleveland said agents arrested two people Saturday after raids in two towns in Ohio. A third arrest was made in northeast Illinois on Sunday, a day after a raid took place just over the border in northwest Indiana. Michael Lackomar, a spokesman for the Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia, said one of his team leaders got a frantic phone call Saturday evening from members of Hutaree, a Christian militia group, who said their property in southwest Michigan was being raided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. "They said they were under attack by the ATF and wanted a place to hide," Lackomar said. "My team leader said, 'no thanks.'" The team leader was cooperating with the FBI on Sunday, Lackomar said. He said SMVM wasn't affiliated with Hutaree, which states on its Web site to be "prepared to defend all those who belong to Christ and save those who aren't." "We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an Anti-Christ <b>...</b>
7.73 min. | 2.95 user rating		 Alex talks with the founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Aaron Zelman, about the closing down of a gun show by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Austin Police. Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, also makes an appearance. Alex once again talks with Darwin Boedecker, the organizer of the Texas Gun Shows, about the covert op by the feds and Austin cops to shut down his legal gun show this week.
9.92 min. | 0 user rating		 David Codrea, Second Amendment rights activist and writer discusses the seizure of gun toys by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) with ATSN.tv's Trigger Sports LIVE! Host, James B. Towle. Watch the full episode at ATSN.tv! On Your Computer 24/7, When YOU Want To See It!
9.85 min. | 0 user rating		 Alex talks with the founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Aaron Zelman, about the closing down of a gun show by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Austin Police. Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, also makes an appearance. Alex once again talks with Darwin Boedecker, the organizer of the Texas Gun Shows, about the covert op by the feds and Austin cops to shut down his legal gun show this week.
9.90 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Alex talks with the founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Aaron Zelman, about the closing down of a gun show by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Austin Police. Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, also makes an appearance. Alex once again talks with Darwin Boedecker, the organizer of the Texas Gun Shows, about the covert op by the feds and Austin cops to shut down his legal gun show this week.
9.92 min. | 0 user rating
Alex talks with the founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Aaron Zelman, about the closing down of a gun show by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Austin Police. Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, also makes an appearance. Alex once again talks with Darwin Boedecker, the organizer of the Texas Gun Shows, about the covert op by the feds and Austin cops to shut down his legal gun show this week.
9.95 min. | 0 user rating		 Alex talks with the founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Aaron Zelman, about the closing down of a gun show by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Austin Police. Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, also makes an appearance. Alex once again talks with Darwin Boedecker, the organizer of the Texas Gun Shows, about the covert op by the feds and Austin cops to shut down his legal gun show this week.
9.92 min. | 0 user rating		 Alex talks with the founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Aaron Zelman, about the closing down of a gun show by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Austin Police. Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, also makes an appearance. Alex once again talks with Darwin Boedecker, the organizer of the Texas Gun Shows, about the covert op by the feds and Austin cops to shut down his legal gun show this week.
9.93 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Alex talks with the founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Aaron Zelman, about the closing down of a gun show by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Austin Police. Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, also makes an appearance. Alex once again talks with Darwin Boedecker, the organizer of the Texas Gun Shows, about the covert op by the feds and Austin cops to shut down his legal gun show this week.
9.93 min. | 0 user rating		 Ronnie Carter, Special Agent in Charge Dallas Division Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, speaks at the 2009 Border Security Conference at UTEP on August 11, 2009.
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WSAZ-TV--This case is being prosecuted as part of a yearlong undercover operation that targeted illegal drugs and firearms crimes in the Huntington area. The operation was led by the -Bureau of Alcohol-, -Tobacco-, -Firearms and Explosives- (ATF) and assi - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:20:53 GMT+00:00
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Blake's firearm silencer bill goes to governor - Chinook Observer Tweet this news
Chinook Observer--Under federal law, the National Firearms Act (NFA) regulates firearms and silencers, which must be registered in a database maintained by the NFA Branch of the -Bureau of Alcohol-, -Tobacco-, -Firearms, and Explosives-. To purchase a sil - Date : Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:46:11 GMT+00:00
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