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Firearm Records Retention Periods

ATF-2026-0003-0001NPRM
Comments
4,080
Last activity Jul 28, 2026
Deadline
6 days
Closes Aug 5, 2026
Net supportiSupport minus oppose · campaigns included
-90%
-59% excluding campaigns
Document

Details

The document's own metadata, straight from the source system.

Title
Firearm Records Retention Periods
Posted
May 6, 2026
Comment period
May 6, 2026 – Aug 5, 2026
Agency
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF)
FR Doc
2026-08929
CFR
27 CFR Part 478
Topics
View on regulations.gov ↗
Analysis

Overview

What the public is saying — stance, who's commenting, and the issues they raise.

Include campaigns
Analyzed 4,078 of 4,080 comments
100%· analysis in progress

Stance breakdown

-90%
Net support
Support176Oppose3,839Other63Not yet analyzed2
Aggregates include form-letter campaigns. Excluding them, net support is -59% across organic comments.

Who commented

Breakdown by commenter type.

Business
9
Individual
4,049
Trade association
1
Advocacy
9
Other
10
Not yet analyzed
2

Comments over time

Weekly arrivals, stacked by stance.

Posted May 6, 2026Deadline Aug 5, 2026
May 4May 18Jun 1Jun 15Jun 29Jul 13Jul 27
Support176Oppose3,839Other63

Support × commenter type

How each type splits across stance.

Support
Oppose
Other
Individual
4%
94%
1%
Other
10%
10%
80%
Business
56%
33%
11%
Advocacy
0%
100%
0%
Trade association
100%
0%
0%

Issues raised

The docket's canonical issues. Select one to browse its comments.

Record retention period length3,666
→
Privacy and record retention3,659
→
Constitutionality of registration843
→
Financial burden on dealers58
→
Agency legitimacy52
→
Legal authorization authority49
→
Private-party transfer restrictions22
→
Abolition of regulation20
→
Abolition of atf19
→
Gun trace effectiveness11
→

Position map

Who stands where on each issue?

Every non-silent position is backed by an excerpt from the comment.

1 organization filed this week — visible to subscribers.

1 organization-typed comment could not be identified.

Form letters

Campaigns

Organized form-letter drives, separated from organic one-off comments.

75%of comments arrived through a form-letter campaign — 3,056 of 4,080 comments. 852 are organic, and 172 are still being processed for campaign detection.
Campaign3,056Organic852Not yet determined172
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Oppose ATF Firearm Records Retention Rule
Organized by Gun Owners of America
3,05674.9% of total
Oppose
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