Category: NFA Related

BATFE ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF CLOUD BASED EFORMS

The BATE announced that they are (finally) launching their new cloud-based eForms platform this month (December 2021).

As stated by the BATFE:

“The goal of this ‘modernized eForms’ is to provide ATF with an infusion of technology to provide better services to our industry members, trade associations, and the public. This much needed modernization will reduce the effort and time required to review and process applications. Specifically, ATF Forms 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6A, 9, 10 and 5300.11, by incorporating online validations and other enhancements.”

Finally, the electronic Form 4 is back!

Based on our understanding of the new process, unlike a paper Form4, with an eForm4, multiple BATFE and FBI agents will be able to work on the eForm4 concurrently instead of only one at a time.

Typically a paper from 4 is touched around 40 different times during the approval process and it has to wait until the previous agent is done with a step until the next step can begin. This should speed the process.

Hopefully this will impact wait times in a positive manner.

More to come as we learn more.

Update:

The ATF has supplied this information to us:

eForms upgrade start: Friday, December 17 at 9 p.m.
eForms tentative upgrade finish: Tuesday, December 21 at 6 a.m.

The web address of eForms is not changing.

Your eForms User ID is not changing. All your previous submissions will transfer to the new system.

After the upgrade, you’ll need to manually reset your password before you can log in for the first time.

Once you log in with your new password, the system will ask you to update your user profile information and create a security PIN.

Another Update:

This is a notice to current eForms users about a change in the outage period for the upgrade to ATF eForms.
The tentative finish date is now Thursday, December 23 at 6 a.m. ET.
No action is needed at this time. However, there are some required steps you’ll need to complete after the upgrade is finished (details below).

Update: Outage period
In order to facilitate this upgrade, eForms is offline during the following time frame:
Upgrade Start: Friday, December 17 at 9 p.m.
Tentative Finish: Thursday, December 23 at 6 a.m.
If the outage window will impact business operations, paper submissions of forms will always still be an option during this period.

Uninformed US Senators Sponsor Anti-Silencer Bill

You have to love it when our elected officials make decisions and author bills without a complete understanding of the topic at hand.

They want to ban silencers as they think only criminals own them. I guess around 500,000 people who own them legally are criminals.

The “Help Empower Americans to Respond Act of 2019” or the “HEAR Act” aims to outlaw legal ownership of silencers (except the usual exceptions of law enforcement and the government).

I suggest reading any of these articles to learn more about this bill and see the ignorance with your own eyes. How do these people get elected?

https://www.guns.com/news/2019/06/24/lawmaker-moves-to-outlaw-suppressors-authorize-buy-back

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/06/24/gun-owners-prepare-to-fight-dems-are-not-surprisingly-moving-to-ban-suppresso-n2548870

https://reason.com/2019/06/25/backers-of-a-federal-ban-on-gun-silencers-claim-only-criminals-use-them/?mc_cid=2783e3dbec&mc_eid=90361d3247

BATFE NFA DIVISION ANNOUNCES NEW FORMS SUBMISSION MAILING ADDRESS

According to a news release from the BATFE, they had a change in contract lockbox services from Bank of America in Atlanta, GA to U.S. Bank in Portland, OR.

I always wondered how long the gun hating Bank of America would keep processing forms for the ATF.

The new mailing address for NFA forms is:

Firearms & Explosives Imports Branch (ATF Form 4587)
P.O. Box 6200-17
Portland, OR 97228-6200

Federal Explosives Licensing Center (ATF Form 5400.13/16)
P.O. Box 6200-18
Portland, OR 97228-6200

National Firearms Act Division (ATF Forms 1 and 4)
P.O. Box 5015
Portland, OR 97208-5015

Federal Firearms Licensing Center (ATF Forms 7 and 8)
P.O. Box 6200-20
Portland, OR 97228-6200

Special Occupational Tax (SOT) – NFA (ATF Form 5630.7)
P.O. Box 6200-13
Portland, OR 97228-6200

Applications received at the old Atlanta, GA address after February 1, 2019, will be forwarded overnight to the new Portland, OR address for 90 days ONLY.

Vector Arms V94 MP5 H&K Clone 9MM and Fully Transferable Machine Gun On a Form 3 and Ready To Transfer

Vector V94 MGThis is a machine gun aka full-auto rifle and is ready to go.

The host is a Vector Arms V94 Pistol in 9mm and has a fully transferable S&H H&K sear in a 3-position trigger pack installed (SUO).

The pistol also has a rare H&K fixed stock installed and upgraded ventilated handguards. Nice!

The RCM sourced barrel has the usual 3-lug mount and is also threaded 1/2×28 to accept all types of non-3 Lug muzzle devices including silencers and includes a thread protector.

The Vector is still registered as a pistol. However, as long as the sear pack is installed it can stay in the SBR configuration. You can register it as an SBR.

The Vector V94 pistol is similar to the H&K MP5 and is factory fresh.

The sear pack is in immaculate condition. It appears unfired, but as we are not sure if it was ever fired we cannot guarantee that it is. Because of this, we have not test fired the weapon with the sear pack installed (other than dry-firing). Everything has been checked out by Vector and it should run perfectly.

Please be aware that some slight tuning might be required. The sear pack is compatible with other calibers. If you have more than one H&K host you can move it around (again some slight tuning might be required).

This is on consignment as part of an estate.

This is on a form 3 and is ready to transfer to your dealer or transfer locally on to a form 4.

Check it out here:

http://shop.redcircletactical.com/suppressors-nfa/machine-guns

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Latest News on the Hearing Protection Act / Silencer Law Reform

Two interesting articles with recent updates on the attempt to get silencers/suppressors removed from the NFA registry for you to enjoy:

http://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/350333-lawmakers-spar-over-gun-silencer-bill

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article170748667.html

 

You can buy a silencer here:

http://shop.redcircletactical.com/catalog.supressors

silencer picture

 

 

Doctors and the CDCP: Suppressors / Silencers Best Method To Prevent Hearing Loss from Gunfire

The Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership published a white paper on Firearm Suppressor / Silencer use recommending making firearm suppressors/silencers readily available to the public as a critical health intervention to prevent hearing loss.

They support the The Hearing Protection Act of 2017 (HPA) (H.R. 367 1 and its companion bill S.59 2). Be sure to contact your State representatives and urge them to support these bills.

https://drgo.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DRGO-HPA-White-Paper-03-27-17.pdf

 

 

The NSSF posted about this on their blog as well:

http://www.nssfblog.com/suppressors-doctors-prescription-to-prevent-hearing-loss-from-gunfire/

Silencer

ATF Approves Modified 41P NFA Rule Change 01/04/2016

Here is what is changing regarding NFA items including SBR, SBS and Silencers:

For the next 180 days (6 months) the current NFA rules apply.

– In 181 days (6 months) from 1/4/2016 CLEO certification goes away and it becomes CLEO notification for both trusts and individuals. (This is good).

– In 181 days (6 months) from 1/4/2016 every responsible person on a trust has to get a background check including fingerprints and photographs.

 

– This is not retroactive and does not apply to applications that are pending, or to previously approved applications for existing legal entities and trusts.  Anything that is in process before the effective date will be grandfathered under the current rules .

 

– The ruling provides a response to what happens when a person or entity that owns a trust dies.  The person who is authorized to dispose of the property of an estate may possess a firearm or other item (such as a silencer) that is registered to a decedent during the term of probate without such possession being treated as a transfer under the NFA.  Also, any transfer of the NFA item to any beneficiary of the estate is tax exempt.

 

We knew it was coming but it’s not a game changer at all. In some ways it better.

You can read the ruling here:

https://www.atf.gov/file/100896/download

Michigan to Consider Legalization of Suppressor Hunting

Looks like Michigan is moving forward with possible legalization of suppressor hunting. Read more here:

http://americansuppressorassociation.com/michigan-legalization-of-suppressor-hunting-to-be-considered-by-natural-resources-commission/

 

If you want to support this measure (and you know you do), please contact the Michigan NRC and let them know that you support this initiative (be sure to be polite):

email: NRC@michigan.gov

phone: (517) 284-6237.