news | Crime Here are 10 facts about ATF’s gun tracing program Tracing crime guns to the last known buyer is not always successful, and it doesn’t always lead to arrests, but it’s one way to ...

Four ATF agents were killed in the shootout with the Branch Davidians. — -- “I remember it being a cold day,” said Robert Edler, a retired ATF agent. He’s describing the morning of Feb ...

Robert Luna with the LA County Sheriff's Department and Kenny Cooper with ATF said Friday that one of the two grenades that ...

Marvin Richardson, a 35-year ATF veteran, resigned late on Wednesday as deputy director of the agency, which is tasked with investigating firearm, bomb and arson-related crimes.

Unlicensed dealers illegally trafficked some 68,000 guns from 2017-2021 -- more than half the total of such guns in that span -- and they were used in 368 shootings, federal officials say.

The ATF went viral in 2022 when several agents showed up at the door of a Delaware gun owner, without a warrant, and asked to verify the serial numbers on his weapons.