According to a reader at The Firearm Blog, the eForms system isn’t the only part of ATF’s NFA branch that has ground to a halt during the government shutdown. I called [the BATFE] today and Vicky (a pleasant sounding lady who answered the phone) said they have been affected by the government shutdown. Staff furloughed, no applications […]
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NFA applications no longer being processed due to shutdown
Posted by Dick Clark
· Wednesday,
October
16th,
2013
at 09:00 AM
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Categories : ATF, NFA purchases
Tags : bureaucracy
ATF deep-sixes eForms due to shutdown
Posted by Dick Clark
· Wednesday,
October
9th,
2013
at 06:23 PM
The above takedown notice is now greeting folks who try to use the newly upgraded ATF eForms system. ATF is asserting that this is a result of the government shutdown. This is a particularly unfortunate development, because it appeared that the eForms system was greatly accelerating the NFA registration process, eliminating as much as two months […]
Categories : ATF
Tags : bureaucracy, government shutdown
WSJ: “Silencers Loophole Targeted for Closure”
Posted by Dick Clark
· Saturday,
October
5th,
2013
at 03:12 PM
Following the talking points used by the New York Times back in February, the Wall Street Journal published an article on Thursday characterizing the ATF’s proposed regulations as closing a “loophole” in the federal firearms law. The Journal’s Joe Palazzolo interviewed Silencer Shop’s Dave Matheny, who pointed out that the more restrictive regulations would amount to an effective prohibition in jurisdictions […]
Now that the floodgates have opened and new NFA buyers are turning out like never before, the NFA branch waiting game is getting longer and longer. As mentioned before, NFA Tracker tells the tale: the expected wait time for a Form 1 or Form 4 went from about six months for December 2012 submissions to […]
Categories : ATF, NFA purchases
Notice and comment period continues for proposed ATF regulations
Posted by Dick Clark
· Thursday,
September
19th,
2013
at 07:04 AM
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 […]
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
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
Trade association says gun trusts here to stay
Posted by Dick Clark
· Thursday,
March
7th,
2013
at 03:24 PM
Over at The Truth About Guns, Nick Leghorn is reporting on a recent interview he conducted with someone from the National Firearms Act Trade & Collectors Association. The NFATCA is confident that, despite the recent article in the New York Times characterizing guns trusts as exploiting a loophole, gun trusts are not going anywhere. One reason for this belief is […]
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