ATF Rule 2021R-05 Open For Reading/Commenting

Action Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment. Summary The Department of Justice (“Department”) proposes amending Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (“ATF”) regulations to provide new regulatory definitions of “firearm frame or receiver” and “frame or receiver” because the current regulations fail to capture the full meaning of those terms. The Department also…

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ATF Proposed Rule 2021R-05: Definition Of “Frame Or Receiver” And Identification Of Firearms

This proposed rule would: Provide new definitions of “firearm frame or receiver” and “frame or receiver” Amend the definition of: “firearm” to clarify when a firearm parts kit is considered a “firearm,” and “gunsmith” to clarify the meaning of that term and to explain that gunsmiths may be licensed solely to mark firearms for unlicensed…

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ATF vs ‘Ghost Guns’

According to the report, any random part that the user could “readily” convert into a firearm would be subject to ATF regulations. As in the past, the document doesn’t define what the term “readily convertible” means. This term could be that any block of metal could be “readily convertible” into a firearm. In fact, the…

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