There has been plenty of buzz about “3D-printed guns,” but most of that has been confined to proofs of concept, not marketable consumer products. Warren Innovative Technologies, LLC is using this manufacturing technology for firearms tools. More specifically, they are making 3D-printed tools for taking down silencers. I obtained a sample three-pin wrench designed by Warren […]
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Review: Silencer tools from Warren Innovative Technologies
Posted by Dick Clark
· Sunday,
February
24th,
2019
at 09:27 PM
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Categories : New products, Product reviews
Nebraska senator introduces silencer ban bill
Posted by Dick Clark
· Thursday,
January
4th,
2018
at 07:40 PM
Nebraska State Senator Patty Pansing Brooks has introduced a bill in the state Unicameral to ban silencers. The bill would also prohibit “multiburst trigger activators,” a category which would likely include bump stocks and binary triggers. The senator offered her rationale to the Omaha World-Herald: “If I’m not re-elected, I think I would walk away from here thinking, ‘You […]
Categories : Legal, Legislation
Tags : Nebraska
NFA Branch finishing last of pre-41F backlog
Posted by Dick Clark
· Monday,
July
10th,
2017
at 08:46 PM
With wait times having crept up to nearly a year, it appears that ATF’s NFA Branch is now nearly complete with ATF 41F paperwork backlog. Since last summer there has been a hard drought for dealers and manufacturers. With the SilencerCo Maxim and other new products now in stores, the prospect of quicker transactions […]
“Solvent Trap” seller shut down by ATF
Posted by Dick Clark
· Thursday,
January
26th,
2017
at 01:37 PM
Prescott, Arizona business SD Tactical reported last night that ATF has shut down their operations, which focused on selling “solvent traps.”
Categories : Legal
ATF eForms to become “FEAM,” still mostly vaporware
Posted by Dick Clark
· Friday,
January
15th,
2016
at 02:17 PM
An email notice was sent out to eForms users today announcing a new name for the eForms system and promising new features including batch submission functionality and auto-approval of some ATF Forms 2 and 3. The agency, however, is pushing back the anticipated date for rollout of the new system, scrapping development work done to […]
The newly published version of 27 CFR Part 479, the result of ATF 41P, is not a short read. In its 248 pages of double-spaced text, it describes existing regulations and the original agency proposal in August 2013. It includes reference to the many public comments and the agency’s rationale for various features of the final rule, and […]
Tags : ATF 41P, bureaucracy
Monday, there was an important development relating to firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act. In 2013, ATF proposed a rule change known as “ATF 41P” that would modify what must be included with an application to make or transfer NFA items. An individual has to submit fingerprint cards, passport-style photos, and signatures from a […]
Tags : ATF 41P, bureaucracy
Nebraska legislator introduces ‘shall sign’ bill
Posted by Dick Clark
· Wednesday,
January
21st,
2015
at 04:36 PM
Nebraska gun owners may find the National Firearms Act (NFA) registration process a little less frustrating if a new bill introduced today becomes law. Senator Dave Bloomfield’s LB 603 would require chief local law enforcement officials (“CLEOs”) to accept and process federal forms requiring a CLEO certification in the same manner that they currently process applications for handgun […]
Tags : Nebraska, shall sign
ATF publishes new eForms guide for 2015
Posted by Dick Clark
· Tuesday,
January
20th,
2015
at 12:10 PM
As part of ATF’s email announcements to eForms users this morning, the agency also attached a copy of the latest eForms newsletter. It includes an updated version of the “eForms 101” guide first distributed at the end of 2013. Other thrilling topics include “FFL, EIN and AECA Associations” and what to expect when seeking an NFA […]
Tags : bureaucracy, eForms
Earlier this morning, ATF dispatched an eForms update to users. In addition to providing performance figures for NFA Branch in processing paperwork (forms are now being processed faster than they are coming in), ATF also notes that they have reached their target staffing level of twenty-five examiners, made changes to office procedures, and are actively […]
Tags : bureaucracy, eForms
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