Recently a client asked at what age a person in Pennsylvania could establish a revocable trust to hold firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act (the "NFA"). The answer is eighteen years of age. First, although federal law requires an individual to be twenty-one to purchase a firearm (other than an ordinary shotgun or rifle) … Continue reading At What Age Can Someone Establish a NFA Gun Trust?
Tag: ATF
Did ATF Provide an Adequate Comment Period in ATF 41P?
When the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") published its notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPR") with respect to imposing additional filing requirements for the making and transfer of firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act ("NFA"), on September 9, 2013, ATF stated that it would provide a ninety day period for public comment … Continue reading Did ATF Provide an Adequate Comment Period in ATF 41P?
ATF to “Disqualify” More than 1000 Comments Filed in ATF 41P
On February 6, 2014, ATF "posted" 61 comments to the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov. These comments are numbered 8373 through 8433. With the exception of one lone comment posted on January 23, these were the first comments posted since January 16 -- a period of three weeks. On February 7, 2014, ATF posted one … Continue reading ATF to “Disqualify” More than 1000 Comments Filed in ATF 41P
White House Issues New Executive Actions on Federal Background Checks
The White House quietly announced two new executive actions earlier this month. These actions appear to be ones designed to expand the number of Federally prohibited persons by simply adding them into the NICS system without any further judicial review and/or guarantee of due process. The first measure (and it should be noted that this is … Continue reading White House Issues New Executive Actions on Federal Background Checks
Things of interest and note from the recent ATF eForms bulletin
The big story in the world of ATF eForms is both the rapid turnaround on eForms and unlawful NFA "eStamps" issued by the ATF's NFA Branch, but it is not the only important eForm news to emerge in the last few days. Several items of importance were disclosed by the ATF in their most recent eForm … Continue reading Things of interest and note from the recent ATF eForms bulletin
ATF 41P: NEWS FROM THE TRENCHES (Revised Part 2)
By Tom Odom, Esq. I previously shared the results of my review of the first batch of public comments that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") posted to the electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov. The first batch consists of the ninety-six comments posted September 12. As of midnight September 15, a total of … Continue reading ATF 41P: NEWS FROM THE TRENCHES (Revised Part 2)
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