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December 11th, 2018, 04:10 PM #1Grand Member
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ATF will no longer classify accessories
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December 11th, 2018, 04:15 PM #2Grand Member
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Re: ATF will no longer classify accessories
Apparently there is no point since their opinion is easily overruled by public sentiment, and executive orders.
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December 11th, 2018, 04:18 PM #3
Re: ATF will no longer classify accessories
Interesting
ATF Declares It Will No Longer Offer Classifications on Accessories Submitted
Adam Kraut
December 11, 2018
Yesterday, ATF released an email to industry members advising that the Firearms Technology Industry Services Branch (“FTISB”) would no longer be offering classification on how an accessory affects the classification of a firearm under the Gun Control Act (“GCA”) or National Firearms Act (“NFA”).
FTISB is tasked with, among other things, classifying firearms based on their configuration and design features as either being subject to the controls of the GCA, NFA, or neither. Previously, industry members, and the general public, would be able to submit an accessory and ask ATF to classify it for them. Sometimes these requests would include letters explaining why the accessory should not change the classification of a firearm and other times the requests would just simply ask ATF to determine whether the classification was changed.
As of today, ATF will no longer allow individuals or companies to simply send an accessory and ask for a classification, with a limited exception for conditional import determinations. FTISB now requires that an individual or company submit their accessory attached to a firearm in order to render a classification.
Which begs an important question that a number of people likely have. If ATF determines that the accessory alters the classification of the firearm, say a pistol to SBR or AOW, will that person or company be subject to criminal charges? In the past, when an item altered a firearms status, ATF would return the item if the submitter had the appropriate SOT that would allow them to manufacture NFA firearms. If the person did not, ATF would not return the accessory. To date, the author has not seen any cases where someone was prosecuted as a result of such a classification.Join the GOA & save $5.00. https://www.gunowners.org/mac-subs-join-goa.htm
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December 11th, 2018, 04:31 PM #4Grand Member
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Re: ATF will no longer classify accessories
FTISB now requires that an individual or company submit their accessory attached to a firearm in order to render a classification.
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December 11th, 2018, 04:36 PM #5
Re: ATF will no longer classify accessories
How so?
They will no longer be issuing classifications on individual accessories so that's not up for debate here which is the change. They now require a firearm with that accessory already attached and will make a classification on that specific configuration of firearm only which will include that accessory.Join the GOA & save $5.00. https://www.gunowners.org/mac-subs-join-goa.htm
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December 11th, 2018, 04:39 PM #6Grand Member
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Re: ATF will no longer classify accessories
They are still doing the classification, the product must be submitted attached to a firearm, as it is intended to be used.
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December 11th, 2018, 04:40 PM #7
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All designed to make it more onerous to manufacture any new accessories so as to stifle innovation and prosecute anyone that raises their ire.
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December 11th, 2018, 04:41 PM #8
Re: ATF will no longer classify accessories
I wonder how many arm brace equipped firearms will magically fall under the NFA overnight. With the decision making body for each accessory being a jury of our 'peers' going forward.
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December 11th, 2018, 04:44 PM #9Grand Member
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Re: ATF will no longer classify accessories
This strikes me as a "buffer tube arm braces should really never have been approved for use on ak pistols, since ak pistols do not require a buffer tube to function" kind of deal.
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December 11th, 2018, 04:50 PM #10
Re: ATF will no longer classify accessories
This should be interesting.
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