Category Archives: Form 4

ATF releases current processing times for applications

ATF’s Office of Enforcement Programs and Services has posted a chart showing processing times  for certain submitted documents or forms. The current chart contains data through December 2013 and they do not make it clear whether data from the eForms … Continue reading →

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The VSP has clarified the machine gun registration issue

Last week I wrote about a recent Attorney General’s opinion which stated that machine guns could not be registered to trusts in Virginia. At the end of that article, I noted that I was waiting for a callback from both the Virginia … Continue reading →

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Currently machine guns cannot be registered to trusts in Virginia

** There is an update to this article ** In December of last year, I received several calls from NFA dealers who had been told by ATF employees that there was a change upcoming regarding the use of trusts to … Continue reading →

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We have an update on the ATF’s proposed NFA trust rule changes

Last week, the board of the American Silencer Association (ASA) met with the NFA branch to get an update on the status of the proposed rule change regarding the use of trusts to acquire NFA items. As you may recall, the … Continue reading →

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ATF eForms offer significantly improved wait times

As more and more people join the ranks of NFA collectors, wait times for paper applications have increased significantly. But with the advent of ATF eForms there is hope! One of my clients submitted their eForm application on September 25th … Continue reading →

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