Recently the American Silencer Association, met with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF or BATFE), as well as Congressional Leaders, to discuss issues relating to the silencer/suppressor industry, including the current 6-8 month wait for an approved Form 4 (or a Form 1 if you are manufacturing it yourself). During this meeting, the issue of electronic form, or E-Form, submission was discussed in relation to Form 1 and Form 4 applications.
As reflected in the video of the meeting with ATF, starting at approximately 2 minutes, 45 seconds, while the ATF is working on the removal of the Chief Law Enforcement Officer (CLEO) signature requirement, eForm 1 and 4’s should be available in the near future but limited to non-individual applications. As explained at approximate 3 minutes, 4 seconds, since individual applications, unlike trust applications, require submission of fingerprint cards and photographs, individual applications will not be able to be filed electronically. As they state, “This marks the single largest technological jump in the way forms are processed since the NFA’s [National Firearms Act] inception in 1934.”
The ATF has already started using eForms for such forms as the 4473 and Form 6 for Importation, as well as allowing Manufacturers and Exporters to file their Annual manufacturing and Exportation Report, 5300.11, via email. The ability to eFile Forms will allow the process to be streamlined, prevent or at least limit user input errors (on the Examiner end), and allow for easier delegation of Forms between Examiners and Clerical Staff. Also, the days of Forms accidentally finding their way to the shredder should become, for Trust transfers, a thing of the past (but perhaps replaced by disk failures).
This is an extremely welcomed improvement, which will likely include some form of electronic payment application, so that the payment can be processed immediately and the application placed into pending status in a much quicker period of time. As new developments arise with regards to the new eForms, I will make sure to keep everyone up-to-date.
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Published by Joshua Prince, Esq.
With our 2nd Amendment rights being attacked at both the Federal and State level, and the ATF (Burea of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives) trying to close down FFLs (Federal Firearms Licensees) for minor infractions while making FFLs the scapegoat when the ATF's records are inaccurate, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I am one of only a handful of attorneys across the US that practices in the niche area of law known as firearms law. I decided to concentrate my legal practice on firearms law not only because I am a shooter and firearms enthusiast, but also to ensure that our inalienable Right to Keep and Bear Arms is never encroached upon.
I handle cases at the Federal and State level for both FFLs and individuals. At the federal and state levels for individuals, I actively defend the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution and Section 21 of the PA Constitution, as well as, help individuals with:
- License to Carry Firearms Denials;
- Challenges to Erroneous PICS Denials;
- Relief from Firearms Disabilities;
- Estate Planning Advice;
- Gun/NFA Trusts; and
- 42 USC 1983 Actions for Deprivation of Civil Rights
At both the state and federal levels, I represent FFLs and SOTs throughout Pennsylvania and the US regarding:
- ATF Compliance Inspections;
- Warning Letters and Hearings;
- FFL Revocations;
- Corporate Structure Advice
- Indoor/Outdoor Range Implementation; and
- Forfeiture Proceedings
In following my love for firearms and firearms law, I have taught several Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars on Firearms in Estates and Trusts and Firearms Law 101 for several Bar Associations, including Berks, Cumberland, and Dauphin Counties. I also planned and taught several Firearms in Estates CLE classes for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI).
While at Widener Law School, I was a member of the Widener Law Journal. I wrote an article on the Inaccuracy of the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR). I also had an article published on Fee Disputes in Workers Compensation cases in the Widener Law Journal, Volume 18, No. 2.
You can often find me posting on several internet forums, including Subguns, Uzitalk, AR15, and PAFOA. I also hold PA Firearms Law classes for local ranges to inform the public on the firearm laws of the Commonwealth.
Following in my father's footsteps, I am also a Board member for the Pottstown Police Athletic League (PAL).
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Nice!its is the good site.Awesome! the current 6-8 month wait for an approved Form 4 Submissions.The ATF has already started using eForms for such forms as the 4473 and Form 6 for Importation.Its is the helpful site for us.its comes from very quickly.
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The future appears to be here. Now with all Forms and electronic payment!
https://www.atfonline.gov/EForms
Anyone tried it yet?
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See my new article from the 12th Annual Firearms Import/Export Conference – https://blog.princelaw.com/2013/08/06/major-news-atf-to-allow-eform-1s-and-4s-not-likely-to-enact-regulations-on-trusts-and-other-entities/
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