After several years of proposing changes to their NFA regulations, ATF has finally moved forward in the rulemaking process. ATF was expected to eliminate the chief law enforcement official (CLEO) sign-off and make a few other tweaks. Instead, they are merely changing the substance of what the CLEO is signing off on, applying the CLEO […]
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Notice and comment period continues for proposed ATF regulations
Posted by Dick Clark
· Thursday,
September
19th,
2013
at 07:04 AM
4 Comments
Categories : ATF
The ATF recently implemented changes to its eForms system that affect persons seeking to make or transfer NFA firearms. ATF Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9 can now be submitted via the automated online system instead of by mail. For all of these forms but Form 1, electronic submission is only authorized for Federal Firearms […]
Categories : ATF
Tags : bureaucracy, eForms
Louisiana: no more state-level NFA registration
Posted by Dick Clark
· Thursday,
August
1st,
2013
at 07:47 PM
Until today, of the thirty-nine states allowing silencers, my home state of Louisiana was the only one to mandate state registration of these devices and other items regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA). After going through the rigmarole with NFA Branch, the “Sportsman’s Paradise” still required owners to jump through state-level bureaucratic hoops to […]
Categories : Legislation
The ATF has posted a sixty day notice of their intent to request Office of Management and Budget review and approval of a new “Application to Make and Register a Firearm” (Form 1) that would allow for payment of the $200 NFA making tax via credit or debit card. Additionally, the proposed Form 1 revision will also […]
Categories : ATF
Tags : bureaucracy
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