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Federal Firearms Licensees: Various Factors Have Contributed to the Decline in the Number of Dealers

GGD-96-78 Published: Mar 29, 1996. Publicly Released: Apr 24, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms' (ATF) policies and procedures for licensing and inspecting firearms dealers, focusing on: (1) the extent and nature of the decline in the number of firearms dealers since 1993; (2) factors that may have affected the decline, including whether ATF had a policy to reduce the number of dealers; and (3) the views of interested organizations on the advantages and disadvantages of reducing the number of federal firearms dealers.

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