Internal ATF Document Reveals Standards For Administrative Actions RE: FFL’s

By John Crump

Opinion

Washington, DC –-(Ammoland.com)- Gun Owners of American have supplied an unreleased ATF document entitled “Federal Firearms Administrative Action Policy and Procedure” to AmmoLand News for review.

The document (embedded below) provides ATF inspectors with guidelines for “administrative remedies” for violations found during an inspection of a federal firearms licensees (FFLs). These rules went into effect on February 21st of 2017. The rules will run to February 21st of 2022.

The document outlines the minimum guidelines for the ATF inspectors. It doesn’t cover every scenario that the inspectors might find at the FFL location, but the field offices should try to stay to the order as much as possible. If the document doesn’t cover a scenario, then the appropriate action for a violation is left up to the field division’s Director of Industry Operations (DIO).

The document defines administrative actions as a warning letter, area supervisor warning conference, DIO warning conference, revocation of the FFL, or a fine and suspension of the FFL. The document makes clear that a “Report of Violation” is not an administrative action. It defines it as a “documentation of inspection findings.”

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