Although no one seems to be opening the mail at ATF so that public comments submitted in the rulemaking proceeding (41P) by mail or fax are not available to others for inspection, it seemed for a time that the electronic portal at www.regulations.gov did post comments submitted via that avenue. For some time now, however, the number of comments one can access on that site has been stuck at 1001 despite a growing number of comments “received.” I confirmed with people who keep www.regulations.gov up and running that there is no glitch with the site. They posed all comments ATF reviewed. As long as ATF is not reviewing any new comments, even if they are submitted electronically the comments will not be “posted” for public access.
If you did file comments and have not seen them posted, you may care to check back when ATF returns to normal staffing levels. If you were busily reading all comments as they were posted, enjoy this long weekend.
Published by Tom Odom, Esq.
Tom was born and raised outside of Philadelphia. He attended Rutgers University as an undergraduate and, later, University of Pennsylvania School of Law where he was an Executive Editor on the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. He served as a clerk to Judge Morton I. Greenberg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Tom practiced law for ten years in Washington, D.C., handling matters before numerous federal administrative agencies and litigating several significant issues of federal constitutional law. He resigned his partnership for a full-time teaching position and spent the next ten years as a law professor at schools including Penn State/Dickinson School of Law, Rutgers School of Law -- Camden, University of Richmond School of Law, and Oklahoma City University School of Law. While a professor, Tom published three books on federal constitutional law and articles on various topics.
Tom joined the Prince Law Firm, P.C., due to his interest in protecting constitutional rights and the firm's reputation in representing individuals in firearms related matters. He assists clients in complying with regulatory requirements and in litigating when their rights have been infringed.
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