(3) Meaning of marking terms. Description and Number of Respondents: The current number of respondents is 9,056 firearm manufacturers, but this proposed rule would have a one-time surge for an unknown select few licensed manufacturers. [45] The government cost for this provision is $68,939 annually. The information required by this paragraph shall be recorded not later than 15 days following the date of importation or other acquisition in a format with the applicable columns set forth in paragraph (b) of this section. v. York, 830 F.2d 885, 891 (8th Cir. Stat. While millions of AR-15s/M-16s existed at the time ATF promulgated the definitions, they were manufactured almost exclusively for military use. section 226.040(1)(d)(7); La. Both the cover sheet and comment must reference this docket number (2021R-05). On May 28, 2019, citing intelligence reports by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), the House Committee on Homeland Security issued a report concluding that [g]host guns not only pose a challenge on the front end, enabling prohibited buyers to purchase deadly weapons with just a few clicks online, but also on the back end, hamstringing law enforcement's ability to investigate crimes committed with untraceable weapons and that the wide availability of ghost guns and the emergence of functional 3D-printed guns are a homeland security threat. A part of a firearm that, when the complete weapon is assembled, is visible from the exterior and provides housing or a structure designed to hold or integrate one or more fire control components, even if pins or other attachments are required to connect those components to the housing or structure. Although under 478.11 and 479.11 singular terms in the regulations must always be read to include the plural form, and vice versa, these changes are necessary to ensure that more than one name, manufacturer, importer, or serial number, if appropriate, is recorded when completing the NFA forms. The barrel is threaded into the somewhat enlarged forward part of the receiver, called the receiver ring. Accordingly, the rule has been reviewed by OMB. include documents scheduled for later issues, at the request Such alternate records shall not be employed by the licensed manufacturer until approval in such regard is received from the Director. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The term "Firearm" means: Any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; The frame or receiver of any such weapon; Any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or. See Once Banned, Now Loved and Loathed: How the AR-15 Became `America's Rifle', New York Times (Mar. Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, Public Law 104-4, 109 Stat. The Attorney General is responsible for enforcing the GCA, as amended, and the NFA, as amended. The term shall include any such identification on a privately made firearm, or an ATF issued serial number. Because privately made firearms are manufactured by someone other than a licensed manufacturer, the serial number that incorporates the abbreviated Federal firearms license (FFL) number placed by a licensee on a PMF under this rule is the importer's or manufacturer's serial number. This definition would help ensure that the serial numbers and other markings necessary to ensure tracing, including those placed by a licensee on a privately made firearm or marked with an ATF-issued serial number,[61] This proposed rule will not have substantial direct effects on the States, the relationship between the Federal Government and the States, or the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government. In addition, the proposed changes to 478.124 would include a minor technical amendment to paragraph (f) by removing a phrase that indicates that a Federal firearms licensee must fill out the firearm description information only after filling out the information about the transferee. Add a sentence after the fifth sentence; c. In paragraph (f)(2) table Firearms Collectors Acquisition and Disposition Record, remove Manufacturer and add in its place Manufacturer(s), remove the words importer (if any) and add in their place importer(s) (if any) of the firearm or privately made firearm (if privately made in the United States), and remove the words Serial No. and add in their place Serial number(s); and, (e) * * * In the event the licensee records a duplicate entry with the same firearm and acquisition information, whether to close out an old record book or for any other reason, the licensee shall record a reference to the date and location of the subsequent entry (e.g., date of new entry, book name/number, page number, and line number) as the disposition. daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov will remain an unofficial 5861(g), (h), (i), almost every state prohibits the removal, alteration, or obliteration of a firearm's serial number or possession of a firearm with a serial number that has been removed, altered, or obliterated. See Design of AR-15 could derail charges tied to popular rifle, APnews.com (Jan. 13, 2020), https://apnews.com/article/396bbedbf4963a28bda99e7793ee6366. 1997) (no firing pin); United States v. Reed, 114 F.3d 1053 (10th Cir. rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not The term "pistol" and the term "revolver", as used in sections 29 . The ATF defined a receiver as having three elements: hammer, bolt or breech-lock, and firing mechanism. So it appears that not only are they going to soon restrict 80% receivers, but they also want to call an AR-15 Upper Receiver a "firearm." Just how this would be implemented is not clear. Code section 62.1-03-05; Ohio Rev. a. Once a privately made firearm is identified by the licensee in accordance with section 478.92(a)(2), the licensee shall update the record of acquisition entry with the identifying information. PMFs currently in inventory that a licensee chooses not to mark may also be destroyed or voluntarily turned in to law enforcement within the 60-day period. ATF received a petition for rulemaking from Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit organization, proposing to define firearm frame or receiver in 27 CFR 478.11. (a) Each licensed importer shall record the name of the importer(s), manufacturer(s) and/or privately made firearm (if privately made in the United States), type, model, caliber or gauge, country or countries of manufacture (if imported), and serial number(s) of each firearm imported or otherwise acquired (including a frame or receiver to be disposed of separately), the date of such importation or other acquisition, and if otherwise acquired, the name and address, or the name and license number of the person from whom it was received. See 111 Cong. ATF occasionally issues serial numbers for placement on firearms in which the serial numbers were not originally placed, see 26 U.S.C. This table of contents is a navigational tool, processed from the In the table Firearms Acquisition and Disposition Record remove Name and address or name and license No. and add in its place Name and address of nonlicensee; or if licensee, name and License No., and remove Address or License No. 18, 2020), https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-pa-philadelphia-ghost-guns-20200318-jzyt4thyvvgntproexbleyleay-story.html;; Ghost Guns Are Everywhere in California, The Trace (May 17, 2019), https://www.thetrace.org/2019/05/ghost-gun-california-crime/;;; The Rise of Untraceable Ghost Guns, Wall Street Journal (Jan. 4, 2018), https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-rise-of-untraceable-ghost-guns-1515061800;; How D.C. Is Addressing An Ongoing Spike In Gun Violence, NPR Washington (Mar. 5527 (March 22, 1965).[2]. See Rev. ATF's new rule does not change the definition of a Firearm Frame or Receiver to include 3D printed firearms. As explained in that ruling, whether the end product is to become a complete weapon or device, or a frame or receiver to be disposed of separately, firearms that are actively awaiting materials, parts, or equipment repair to be completed are still considered to be actively in the manufacturing process. But serial number tracing also provides agencies with vital criminology statisticsincluding a detailed picture of the geographical source areas for firearms trafficking and time-to-crime statistics which measure the time between a firearm's initial retail sale and its recovery in a crimeas well as allowing for the identification of individual dealers involved in the trafficking of firearms and the matching of ballistics data with recovered firearms.); Following the Gun, Enforcing Federal Laws Against Firearms Traffickers, ATF Publication, pp.1, 26 (June 2000) (serial number obliteration is a clear indicator of firearms trafficking to, among other criminals, armed narcotics traffickers). By "clarifying" that a certain firearm accessory, the pistol brace, is illegal without special registration and regulation, they have pulled the rug from under millions of Americans who own them. See, e.g., Silverback Reviews, Polymer 80 Lower Completion/Parts Kit Install, YouTube (Aug. 19, 2019), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThzFOIYZgIg (21-minute video of completion of a Polymer 80 lower parts kit with no slide). 15229 (June 24, 1986) (Statement of Rep. Hughes) (In order for the law enforcement Firearm Tracing Program to operate, some minimal level of recordkeeping is required [for sales from dealers' personal collections]. on Because separate records are also difficult for ATF to inspect, this rule would amend 478.122 and 478.123 to require licensed importers and manufacturers to consolidate their records of importation, manufacture, or other acquisition, and their sale or other disposition in a format containing the applicable columns specified in a table included in 478.122(b). FFLs would have the option to mark their existing PMFs themselves. 48. 64. Any interested person who desires an opportunity to comment orally at a public hearing should submit his or her request, in writing, to the Director of ATF within the 90-day comment period. For additional requirements relating to imported firearms, see Customs regulations at 19 CFR part 134. In paragraph (a)(1)(ii), remove the word country and add in its place the term country or countries; b. When used in this part, the term serial number shall mean the importer's or manufacturer's serial number.. 18 U.S.C. 46. Split or modular frame or receiver This second supplement explains that ATF may determine "in the case of a firearm with more than one part that provides housing or a structure designed to hold or integrate one or more fire control or essential components" whether one or more specific part(s) of a weapon is the frame or receiver, which may include an internal frame or chassis at least . 01/18/2023, 284 In paragraph (a)(1)(v)(A), remove the word manufacturer and add in its place manufacturer(s) of the firearm or privately made firearm (if privately made in the United States); b. The rule, which President Joe Biden requested as part of . Add, in alphabetical order, definitions for Complete muffler or silencer device and Complete weapon; b. Mich. 1994) (If Defendants believe that machinegun conversion kits are not in and of themselves `weapons' under 921(a)(3), they forget that that section clearly envisions machineguns as weapons.); United States v. Drasen, 845 F.2d 731, 736-37 (7th Cir. ATF Releases Final Version of Pistol Brace Rule. sections 28-1207, 28-1208; Nev. Rev. Estimate of Total Annual Burden: The current burden listed in this collection of information is 201,205 hours. For example, often PMFs resemble commercially manufactured firearms, or incorporate parts from commercially manufactured firearms bearing that manufacturer's name, so some firearms suspected of being PMFs were entered into eTrace using a commercial manufacturer's name rather than as one privately made by an individual. For more details, please refer to Chapter 8 of the Regulatory Impact Analysis. There is only a minimal inconvenience for the dealer, yet obtaining and recording this information is critical to avoid serious damage to the Firearm Tracing Program.). Use the PDF linked in the document sidebar for the official electronic format. 921(a)(3)(A) and can be readily restored to shoot in 26 U.S.C. section 40:1788; Me. if such forms filed numerically. This change would make clear that both the name and license number (not the address) of a licensee from whom firearms are received and to whom they are disposed are recorded in the AD Record. 140 section 79; Mich. Comp. Stat. documents in the last year, by the International Trade Commission [23], ATF traces firearms found by law enforcement at a crime scene by first contacting the licensed manufacturer or importer marked on the frame or receiver who maintains permanent records of their manufacture or importation and disposition. The proposed rule would also amend ATF's definitions of firearm and gunsmith to clarify the meaning of those terms, and to add new regulatory terms such as complete weapon, complete muffler or silencer device, privately made firearm, and readily for purposes of clarity given advancements in firearms technology. (ii) Model, caliber or gauge, foreign manufacturer, country of manufacture. 5845(e). Under this rule, PMFs would first need to be recorded by the dealer-gunsmith as an acquisition in the licensee's AD Records upon receipt from the private owner (whether or not the licensee keeps the PMF overnight), and once marked, the licensee would update the acquisition entry with the identifying information, and then record its return as a disposition to the private owner. 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