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The FBI cards that are required for background checks are free to local law enforcement. The Blount county Sheriff's Office does fingerprints for civilians on Wednesday's from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm and they do have blank cards. They only charge $10 to do the cards and it is done by their Crime Scene Unit so you dont have to go to the jail to get them done. They can usually have you in and out within 10-15 minutes depending on how busy they are.

    Actually the ATF has a form that law enforcement uses.  It is called a ATF National Tracing Center Trace Request.  Law Enforcement uses the trace as an investigative tool.  My understanding is that it is traced ONLY to the original purchaser of the firearm.  Law enforcement has to run down that owner and so forth till they find the last person that owned the firearm.  I have never known law enforcement tracing a firearm down by going through the manufacturer but I am sure it may have been done.  Remember that most firearms now are being sold though distributors instead of directly from manufacturers. So Manufacturers may only be able to tell where the gun went to not directly who it sold too.  I will say this that Glocks have numbers on them other than the serial numbers and allows them to trace a firearm if the serial number has been taken off. You can google the ATF tracing form and look at it but remember it is to be used by authorized persons only.   

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