Wednesday, May 04, 2016

New ATF Rules FYI

 2016-1- Requirements to Keep Firearms Records Electronically (156.2 KB)
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) authorizes an alternate method or procedure to the firearms acquisition and disposition recordkeeping requirements contained in Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 478.121, 478.122, 478.123, 478.125(e), 478.125(f), and 27 CFR 479.131.  Specifically, ATF authorizes licensed importers, licensed manufacturers, licensed dealers, and licensed collectors to maintain their firearms acquisition and disposition records electronically instead of in paper format provided the conditions set forth in this ruling are met.  This ruling supersedes ATF Rul. 2013-5, Requirements to Keep Firearms Acquisition and Disposition Records Electronically
 2016-2 – Electronic ATF Form 4473 (159.83 KB)
ATF Ruling 2016-2 provides The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) authorizes an alternate method or procedure from the provisions of Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 478.102(d), 478.121, 478.124, and 27 CFR 479.131 that require licensees to complete ATF Form 4473 (5300.9), Firearms Transaction Record, on a hard-copy and entering in the required information by hand.  Specifically, ATF authorizes licensees to use an electronic version of Form 4473, instead of the paper format, provided the conditions set forth in this ruling are met.  This ruling supersedes ATF Rul. 2008-3, Electronic Version of Form 4473.
 2016-3 – Consolidation of Records Required for Manufacturers (142.74 KB)
ATF Ruling 2016-3 provides The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) authorizes an alternate method or procedure from the firearms acquisition and disposition recordkeeping requirements contained in Title 27, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 478.123.  Specifically, ATF authorizes licensed manufacturers to consolidate their records of manufacture or other acquisition of firearms with their separate firearms disposition records, provided all of the conditions in this ruling are met.  This ruling supersedes Ruling 2010-8, Consolidation of Records Required for Manufacturers.

What, you thought "shall not be infringed" meant something else...?

2 comments:

W W Woodward said...

And, all these changes that carry the weight of law have been brought before Congress where they were debated and passed in both houses then signed by the _resident? Yeah, sure they were. What? You say you've never heard of the Federal Register? Too bad, sucker.
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JohnnyDerp said...

It's a good thing they would never suck those records up and create a registration database