Category: Silencer 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

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

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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/

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Michigan NRC Approves Hunting With Suppressors / Silencers

On Thursday Feb 11th, the Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) repealed the prohibition on hunting with Silencers / Suppressors!

Finally, Michigan hunters can protect their hearing and that of those around them. As well as protect their hunting animals hearing and reduce the noise pollution that sometimes bothers non-hunters that is created when firing their weapons.

Thank you ASA, Michigan NRC, the Michigan DNR as well as all others who helped make this common sense rule change happen!

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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.