NFA Handbook Issues
The new NFA handbook that I linked in the past is creating quite a stir in the NFA weapons community. Apparently, the handbook has some new rulings and those seem to be designed entirely to make the life of those who work with guns hard. Some examples from subguns.com:
1.) The outfit doing the parkerizing is also a “manufacturer”, and must therefore be an 07/C2.
2.) Since this is a transfer of a post-sample, and not at the request of a LEA, this process must first be granted a variance from ATF to allow the refinisher, who is a “contractor” in this scenanio, to receive the post-sample without a demo letter.
3.) The contractor, in this instance the shop applying the finish, is required to mark the firearm with their manufacturing information, unless they request a receive a variance from the requirements.
Yes, someone basically applying a coat to a firearms is now a manufacturer.
whoever cuts down your barrel had better be a 07/C2 as well or they are committing a felony
Whoever cuts your barrel on your lawfully registered short barreled rifle must be a licensed manufacturer.
No more 80%?
They say it’s also designed to apply the 11% federal firearms excise tax more liberally.
Seems that any work on an NFA items is now manufacturing. So, if you have multiple customizations done, each manufacturer must stamp the firearm receiver. Wow. It seems the ATF is trying to get the little guy out of the game as only the big players can succeed in this environment.
Any SOTs out there that can clarify?
June 8th, 2007 at 9:50 am
No this is the gun manufacturers lobby hard at work. Contrary to what Brady typically says, the manufacturers are not the ones fighting against gun control laws but often fighting for them as a form of protection against overseas and smaller domestic manufacturers. The 1968 GCA was mostly the work of domestic firearms manufacturers, not gun control advocates. Hence all the restrictions on importation of milsurps.
June 8th, 2007 at 10:53 am
That may have been true years ago Jim, but the industry has been wising up at of late. The gun manufacturers, for the most part, have come to Jesus. You won’t see the pushing stuff like GCA 68 anymore.
June 8th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Is aftermarket parkerizing really that lucrative a position that the gun lobby would find this sorta paperwork worth the effort?
June 8th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
No, but it punishes manufacturers for being too small to have in house parkerization.