While ATF could change, what is published, they have updated their Unified Agenda Statement for 41P to show that Final Action is not expected until June of 2014. This date could continue to roll forward or with enough political pressure the date could be moved up. The June date should…
Joshua Prince and Tom Odom have put together over 400 pages of comments and exhibits. Below are the broad topics that their extensive comment covers. If you enjoy reading about the Second Amendment, you will enjoy the extensive research and history that is included in this document. Joshua said they…
The NFATCA has posted a comment to 41p, requested a hearing and has some unusual arguments claiming must of the proposals and even some of the current procedure is not authorized by congress. IN addition, they have an interesting Legal Memorandum prepared by Stephen Halbrook that’s worth taking a look…
One of Clients has submitted a comment to 41P and given us permission to post a copy as it is not likely that it will appear on the published comments before the time to respond has closed. You may want to use parts of this comment to help you express…
Below Summary of the issues covered in Attorney Glenn Bellamy’s 41P comments and exhibits: The Requirement of a local CLEO certification is not statutory in origin and exceeds the ATF’s statutory authority, making the proposed regulations vulnerable to attack. The regulatory requirement of a local CLEO certification imposes a discretionary…
Today we were on the Tom Gresham’s radio show Gun Talk talking about the proposed changes to procedure used by the ATF for obtaining approvals for Form 1s and Form 4s. While talking with him we mentioned that we would post a sample letter that listeners could use to help…
In response to 41P we have asked others to send and inquiry to their local police to determine if ATF’s proposed changed to the CLEO signature would make a difference in the policy to provide or not to provide signatures on Form 1 or Form 4 applications. Below is the…
While many people will be waiting to the last-minute to file their comments to 41P, we felt that it was important to file something sooner to provide our clients and readers some guidance on preparing comments. We have created a webpage which contains our comments, exhibits, as well as a…
ATF is answering their phones and the electronic filing is back online at http://www.atfonline.gov. ATF reported today that they the payments are back online as of 10/22 but previously reported that they are having problems with the payments. In an email they reported: This is to advise that ATF eForms…
It appears that the ATF has entered politics. While there is no cost to continue and not make any changes to a website, there is surly a cost to change a website and post a message stating that a service has been suspended. Perhaps someone at the ATF volunteered their…