Internet firearm sales, ATF enforcement efforts and outcomes of GAO covert testing : report to congressional requesters.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.

Firearms industry and trade--United States--Evaluation.

Firearms industry and trade.

Firearms--United States--Evaluation.

Firearms.

Electronic commerce--United States--Evaluation.

Electronic commerce.

Firearms--Evaluation.

Genre:

Online resources.

Rules.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 32 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

ATF enforcement efforts and outcomes of GAO covert testing

Internet firearm sales, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms enforcement efforts and outcomes of Government Accountability Office covert testing

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2017.

Summary:

The current federal legal framework governing buying and selling of firearms does not specifically address the use of the Internet to facilitate these transactions. Additionally, private transactions involving the most-common types of firearms between individuals who are not licensed to commercially sell weapons and who are residents of the same state, including transactions facilitated by the Internet, are generally not subject to federal background-check requirements. Congressional requesters asked that GAO assess the extent to which ATF is enforcing existing laws and investigate whether online private sellers sell firearms to people who are not allowed or eligible to possess a firearm. This report describes (1) techniques ATF uses to investigate and enforce generally applicable firearm laws in instances where the firearm or firearm- component transaction is facilitated by the Internet and (2) results of GAO's undercover attempts to buy firearms on the Dark Web and Surface Web. GAO analyzed documents and interviewed officials to identify actions ATF has taken to prohibit illegal firearm transactions. GAO also attempted to purchase firearms from Dark Web and Surface Web marketplaces. The results of the testing are illustrative and nongeneralizable. GAO is not making recommendations in this report.

Notes:

"GAO-18-24."

"November 2017."

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO, viewed Dec. 22, 2017).

OCLC:

1016457670