In paragraph (a)(2)(iii), remove the word country and add in its place the term country or countries; and. For non-FFL manufacturers of firearm parts kits containing a part defined as a firearm frame or receiver, ATF anticipates there would be a significant impact on these individual companies, but notes that the overall industry impact would also be minimal. There is only a minimal inconvenience for the dealer, yet obtaining and recording this information is critical to avoid serious damage to the Firearm Tracing Program.). ATF has long held that a piece of metal, plastic, or other material becomes a frame or receiver when it has reached a critical stage of manufacture. Total Costs to Industry, Public, and Government (7% Discount Rate). Destructive Device Period of Identification, 9. Plaintiff says that it would be extremely difficult if not impossible to case with a `blank' rod and this is true, but we can conceive of no other practical use for them except as fishing rods. 2017) (pistol with broken trigger and numerous missing internal parts was a weapon designed to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive); United States v. Dotson, 712 F.3d 369 (7th Cir. This proposed rule would not alter the Director's ability to authorize other means of identification, or a marking variance, for any part defined as a firearm (including a machinegun or silencer) upon receipt of a letter application or an Application for Alternate Means of Identification of Firearms (Marking Variance), ATF Form 3311.4, showing that such other identification is reasonable and does not hinder the effective administration of the regulations. This includes marking these parts with serial numbers for tracing purposes, recording these parts as firearms in required records, and running a National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background check when individuals purchase or acquire them. Markings must also be clearly visible from the exterior because they may be needed to prove that a criminal defendant had knowledge that the serial number was obliterated or altered. ATF has encountered some firearms retailers who have destroyed large numbers of records more than 20 years old so that they would no longer need to be stored physically. See Cal. NFA provisions still refer to the Secretary of the Treasury. 26 U.S.C. . This would resolve a significant problem that ATF Industry Operations Investigators have when trying to reconcile the inventory of a Federal firearms licensee, and that Federal firearms licensees have when timely responding to trace requests, particularly when old AD Records are closed out and stored, which, under this proposed rule, could be in a separate warehouse depending on their age (see Section II.J of the preamble). 12. 75. The industry cost for this section is $563,340. 901(a), 82 Stat. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML 107449, 2019 WL 2156402 (Ct. App. 67. sections 6110.2, 6117; R.I. Gen. Laws section 11-47-24; S.C. Code. 2, 2020), https://www.npr.org/local/305/2020/03/02/811194978/how-d-c-is-addressing-an-ongoing-spike-in-gun-violence;; Untraceable `Ghost Guns' sold across Central Florida, WKMG-TV Orlando (Nov. 15, 2016), https://www.clickorlando.com/getting-results/2016/11/15/untraceable-ghost-guns-sold-across-central-florida/. The Regulatory Impact Analysis is available on www.regulations.gov in the same docket as this rule. It was viewed 1141 times while on Public Inspection. An Identification, to the Extent Practicable, of All Relevant Federal Rules Which May Duplicate, Overlap or Conflict With the Proposed Rule, 5. [13] at 182; see also Identification Markings Placed on Firearms, 66 FR 40597 (Aug. 3, 2001) (Firearms tracing is an integral part of Start Printed Page 27724any investigation involving the criminal use of firearms.); Blaustein Reich, Inc. v. Buckles, 220 F. Supp. 35 Non-FFL manufacturers (Definition of Receiver). Rul. or to return any recovered stolen or lost PMFs to their rightful owners. Any such part identified with a serial number shall be presumed, absent an official determination by the Director or other reliable evidence to the contrary, to be a frame or receiver. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice. However, to reduce costs incurred by licensees, ATF anticipates that it would exercise its discretion not to enforce these format changes to the AD Record until an existing paper record book is completed (i.e., closed out) or electronic record version updated in the normal course of business, provided the information is accurately recorded as required in the existing record. The serial number(s) must be placed in a manner otherwise in accordance with this section, including the requirements that the serial number(s) be at the minimum size and depth, and not susceptible of being readily obliterated, altered, or removed. 15 U.S.C. This rule proposes to authorize licensed manufacturers and importers to adopt an existing serial number, caliber/gauge, model, or other markings already identified on a firearm provided they legibly and conspicuously place, or cause to be placed, on each part (or part(s) previously determined by the Director) defined as a frame or receiver either: Their name (or recognized abbreviation), and city and State (or recognized abbreviation) where they maintain their place of business; or their name (or recognized abbreviation) and their abbreviated FFL number, which is the first three and last five digits followed by a hyphen, and then followed by the existing serial number (including any other abbreviated FFL prefix) as a suffix, e.g., 12345678-[serial number], to ensure the traceability of the firearm. ATF does not believe the production of 3D printed frames or receivers is substantial at this time when compared with commercially produced firearms. section 69-204(3); N.M. Stat. Start Printed Page 2773928 U.S.C. documents in the last year, 973 Stat. See 28 U.S.C. The manufacturer or importer can then mark without needing to ask ATF for a classification. While this proposed change would increase the number of certain partsfirearm muffler or silencer frames or receiversthat need to be marked for modular silencers, this proposed change is not intended to require marking of all silencer parts so long as they are incorporated into a complete device by the original manufacturer or maker that is marked and registered. The column titled Name and address or name and license No. would be retitled as Name and address of nonlicensee; or if licensee, name and License No. In addition, the column titled Address or License No. 50. The term "Firearm" means: Any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; B. 5527 (March 22, 1965).[2]. Estimate of Total Annual Burden: The current burden listed in this collection of information is 201,205 hours. Prior to passage of the GCA, the Federal Firearms Act of 1938 (FFA) regulated all firearm parts. A process that is fairly or reasonably efficient, quick, and easy, but not necessarily the most efficient, speedy, or easy process. See Internal Colt Memorandum from B. Northrop, Feb. 2, 1973, p.2 (noting that there were 2,752,812 military versus 25,774 civilian (Sporters) serialization of AR-15/M-16 rifles then manufactured). Ann. The prefatory paragraph to the definitional section of 27 CFR 478.11 (Meaning of Terms) states: [w]hen used in this part and in forms Start Printed Page 27722prescribed under this part, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent thereof, terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section.[12] ATF Releases Final Version of Pistol Brace Rule. 57. Paper records that do not contain any open disposition entries and with no dispositions recorded within 20 years may be stored at a separate warehouse, which shall be considered part of the business premises for this purpose and subject to inspection under this part. Penal Code section 23900; Colo. Rev. You need not respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number from OMB. However, when a frame or receiver is broken or has been disassembled into pieces that can readily be made into a frame or receiver, or is a partially complete frame or receiver forging, casting, or additive printing[56] Now according to a leaked draft of an ATF proposed rule, the very definition of a firearm could be changing. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(4)(v) of this section, the additional information shall include: (A) The model, if such designation has been made; (C) When applicable, the name of the foreign manufacturer; and. The following are nonexclusive examples that illustrate this definition: (a) Firearm muffler or silencer frame or receiver. Rulemaking is therefore necessary to ensure that PMFs are not unlawfully manufactured for sale to licensees who may wish to acquire them for resale, or accept them as security in pawn for a loan, as this would undermine the important public safety goals of the GCA to reduce violent crime, which includes assisting State and local law enforcement in their efforts to control the traffic of firearms within their borders. Each licensed manufacturer or licensed importer of armor piercing ammunition shall identify such ammunition by means of painting, staining or dying the exterior of the projectile with an opaque black coloring. While the new definitions would mostly affect new designs or configurations of firearms, manufacturers would still be able to receive a determination or a variance on the design from ATF; therefore, they may not experience an additional cost or burden. Most concerning is that the interpretation of these definitions by some courts, relying on the current regulations, would make it easier to obtain the majority of existing firearms, including some of the most advanced semiautomatic weapons, without complying with the requirements of the GCA, and make it far more difficult to trace those firearms after a crime. In this regard, the proposed rule would make a distinction between the manufacture or making of a complete weapon or complete muffler or silencer device, and each part, including a replacement part, defined as a frame or receiver, machinegun, or firearm muffler or firearm silencer that is not a component part of a complete weapon or device at the time it is sold, shipped, or otherwise disposed. documents in the last year, by the Engineers Corps and the Environmental Protection Agency Except as provided in paragraph (b)(5) of this section, the additional information shall include: (i) The model, if such designation has been made; (iii) When applicable, the name of the foreign manufacturer or maker; and. (v) Period of time to identify firearms. Felon Pleads Guilty in Federal Court in Maryland to Illegal Possession of a Ghost Gun Firearm and Ammunition, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Sept. 22, 2020), https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/dc-felon-pleads-guilty-federal-court-maryland-illegal-possession-ghost-gun-firearm-and;; Ghost Gun and Machine Gun Conversion Device Dealer Pleads Guilty, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Sept. 29, 2020), https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/ghost-gun-and-machine-gun-conversion-device-dealer-pleads-guilty;; Felon sentenced to more than five years in prison for arsenal of `ghost guns' and smuggled silencers, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Oct. 9, 2020), https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/felon-sentenced-more-five-years-prison-arsenal-ghost-guns-and-smuggled-silencers;; Montgomery County Man Admits to Unlawfully Selling Ghost Guns, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Nov. 5, 2020), https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/montgomery-county-man-admits-unlawfully-selling-ghost-guns;; Drug Dealer Who Sold Ghost Guns, Silencers, and a Machinegun Sentenced to Thirty Years in Federal Prison, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Nov. 6, 2020), https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndia/pr/drug-dealer-who-sold-ghost-guns-silencers-and-machinegun-sentenced-thirty-years-federal;; Baltimore Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison for Five Bank Robberies, Five Armed Robberies of Liquor Stores, and Related Firearms Charges, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Nov. 12, 2020), https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/baltimore-man-sentenced-21-years-federal-prison-five-bank-robberies-five-armed-robberies;; Philadelphia Man Sentenced to 121/2 Years for Trafficking Methamphetamine and Weapons, Including `Ghost Guns,' Near Schools, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Dec. 30, 2020), https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/philadelphia-man-sentenced-12-12-years-trafficking-methamphetamine-and-weapons;; Vineland Boys Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Offenses, Including Attempted Murder and Narcotics Trafficking, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Jan. 22, 2021), https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/vineland-boys-gang-member-pleads-guilty-racketeering-offenses-including-attempted;; Burbank Man Arrested on Federal Complaint Alleging He Sold `Ghost Guns' Out of His Hookah Lounge, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Jan. 29, 2021), https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/burbank-man-arrested-federal-complaint-alleging-he-sold-ghost-guns-out-his-hookah;; Saratoga County Man Admits to Unlawfully Selling Ghost Guns and Methamphetamine Distribution, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Feb. 3, 2021), https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndny/pr/saratoga-county-man-admits-unlawfully-selling-ghost-guns-and-methamphetamine;; Orange County Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Brokering Illegal Sales of `Ghost Guns,' Other Firearms, DOJ Office of Public Affairs (Feb. 8, 2021), https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/orange-county-man-sentenced-10-years-federal-prison-brokering-illegal-sales-ghost-guns. What is the ATF definition of a firearm? (a) Each licensed manufacturer shall record the name of the manufacturer(s), importer(s) (if any) and/or privately made firearm (if privately made in the United States), type, model, caliber or gauge, and serial number(s) of each firearm manufactured or otherwise acquired (including a frame or receiver to be disposed of separately), the date of such manufacture or other acquisition, and if otherwise acquired, the name and address or the name and license number of the person from whom it was received. For additional requirements relating to imported firearms, see Customs regulations at 19 CFR part 134. More specifically, none of the internal nonstructural parts of a complete muffler or silencer device would need to be marked so long as each frame or receiver as defined in this rule is marked. section 16-23-30(C) (handguns); S.D. Therefore, in accordance with section 6 of Executive Order 13132 (Federalism), the Attorney General has determined that this proposed rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a federalism summary impact statement. The FFA and implementing regulations defined the term firearm to mean any weapon, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosive and a firearm muffler or firearm silencer, or any part or parts of such weapon. Public Law 75-785, 52 Stat. Destructive device. See United States v. Dodson, 519 F. App'x 344, 352-53 (6th Cir. [78] Laws section 446.205(5)(1),(4); Minn. Stat. However, as with current regulations, silencer parts sold, shipped, or otherwise disposed of separately would still be considered silencers that require all markings prior to disposition except when transferred between qualified manufacturers for the production of new devices, and to qualified manufacturers and dealers for the repair of existing devices (see Section II.H.9 of the preamble). section 44-1625(C)(5); Colo. Rev. 23. The prefatory paragraph to the definitional sections in the GCA and NFA regulations explain that [t]he terms `includes' and `including' do not exclude other things not enumerated which are in the same general class or are otherwise within the scope thereof. 27 CFR 478.11, 479.11. Licensees are also required by law to report the theft or loss of firearms on a Federal Firearms Licensee Theft/Loss Report, ATF Form 3310.11, which includes a description of the manufacturer, importer, model, serial number, type, and caliber/gauge of each firearm stolen or lost. Table 1 provides a summary of the provisions of this proposed rule, along with the estimated affected population, costs, and benefits. The proposed rule would result in a one-time cost for contract gunsmithing, estimated to be $180,849. The new burden, as a result of this proposed rulemaking, is 1,698 hours (6,790 responses * 0.25 hours). If these people don't act to register or destroy their property or . This proposed rule is not a major rule as defined by section 251 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. Gen. Laws ch. Any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; and. Except as provided in paragraph (a)(4)(v) of this section, each frame or receiver thereof must also be marked with either: Their name (or recognized abbreviation), and city and State (or recognized abbreviation) where they maintain their place of business; or their name (or recognized abbreviation) and abbreviated Federal firearms license number as a prefix, which is the first three and last five digits, followed by a hyphen, and then followed by a number as a suffix, e.g., 12345678-[number]; and. Rev. The President of the United States communicates information on holidays, commemorations, special observances, trade, and policy through Proclamations. 01/18/2023, 41 The term made is incorporated within the term privately made firearm rather than manufacture to distinguish between firearms manufactured (or made) by private individuals without a license and those manufactured by persons licensed to engage in the business of manufacturing firearms. Va. 2002) (ATF has a statutory duty pursuant to the GCA to trace firearms to keep them out of the hands of criminals). 601 et seq.). 1988) (rejecting argument that a collection of rifle parts cannot be a weapon). However, because PMFs do not bear a serial number or other markings of a licensed manufacturer or importer, ATF has found it extremely difficult to complete such traces on behalf of law enforcement to individual unlicensed purchasers. Licensees must record each receipt (whether or not kept overnight) or other acquisition (including from a personal collection) and disposition (including to a personal collection) of a privately made firearm as required by this part, except that such information need not be recorded if the firearm is being identified under the direct supervision of another licensee with their information. Army Chooses Sig Sauer P320 For Its New Service Pistol, The proposed new regulatory definition of frame or receiver would be a multi-part definition added to 27 Start Printed Page 27727CFR 478.11 and 479.11 (referencing section 478.11). * * * For purposes of this part, the term shall not include the temporary conveyance of a lawfully possessed firearm to a manufacturer or dealer qualified under this part for the sole purpose of repair, identification, evaluation, research, testing, or calibration, and return to the same lawful possessor. section 66-391(b)(1); Ohio Rev. United States v. Sands, 948 F.3d 709, 719 (6th Cir. Specifically, the House Report cited a January 11, 2019, Joint Intelligence Bulletin issued by DHS, FBI, and NCTC concluding that these rapidly evolving technologies pose an ongoing, metastasizing challenge to law enforcement in understanding, tracking, and tracing ghost guns, and an April 19, 2019, DHS intelligence assessment that repeated the warning that ghost guns pose an urgent and evolving threat to the homeland, particularly in the hands of ideologically motivated lone wolf actors. H.R. ATF estimates that this proposed rule could potentially affect 132,023 entities, including all FFLs and non-FFL manufacturers and retailers of firearm parts kits with incomplete firearm frames or receivers, but anticipates that the majority of entities affected by this rule would experience minimal or no additional costs. 62-169 (IRS RRU), 1962-2 C.B. section 943.37(3). On April 11, 2022, the US Attorney General signed the new ATF final rule 2021R-05F - Definition of "Frame or Receiver" and Identification of Firearms. This count refers to the total comment/submissions received on this document as reported by Regulations.gov (last updated on 11/05/2021 at 11:30 pm). tit. Nonetheless, as explained in Section II.B.3 of the preamble, an internal frame or chassis at least partially exposed to the exterior to allow identification may be determined by ATF to be the frame or receiver of a split or modular frame or receiver. If you are using public inspection listings for legal research, you In paragraph (a)(1)(iv)(A), remove manufacturer and add in its place manufacturer(s) of the firearm or privately made firearm (if privately made in the United States); and. 55. The DOJ and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives announced the new rule submission Friday, and it will go into effect after it's published in the Federal Register.. if licensee, or Form 4473 Serial No. At the same time, it would give an option for manufacturers and importers to avoid marking their city and state as currently required at 478.92(a)(1)(ii)(D), (E) and 479.102(a)(1)(iv) and (v), or obtain a marking variance from this requirement, by allowing them to mark their abbreviated license number as a prefix to the serial number as an alternative because this information can be obtained by looking up the licensee's information. It has been impractical to treat each small part of a firearm as if it were a weapon. See NFA Handbook, ATF E-Publication 5320.8 (April 2009), pp. Unknown number of FFLs manufacturers and importers (Definition of Receiver). See also ATF Ruling 2009-5, p.2 (The unique marks of identification of firearms serve several purposes. Accordingly, the rule has been reviewed by OMB. 923(g)(3)(A); 27 CFR 478.126a. 922(k), which prohibits their removal, obliteration, or alteration. For the most part, individuals currently make PMFs from parts kits produced commercially, not by using 3D printers. This would eliminate a significant source of confusion among regulated industry members and the public as to who needs a license to manufacture firearms. See, e.g., United States v. Evans, 928 F.2d 858 (9th Cir. Frequency of Response: There will be a recurring response for all 9,056 licensed manufacturers, but only a one-time surge of 6,790 responses ((2,649 licensed dealer submissions + 710 license pawnbroker submissions + 36 non-licensed dealers) * 2 firearms or firearm kits) to licensed manufactures. Licensees shall maintain records of the importation, manufacture, or other acquisition of firearms, including ATF Forms 6 and 6A as required by subpart G of this part, until business is discontinued. The ATF will use a six-factor system to determine whether a modified firearm meets the clarified definition of a rifle, and would hence be subject to additional regulations. Gen. Laws 269 section 11C; Mich. Comp. Stat. This rule does not require individuals to mark their personal firearms. The term shall include any such identification on a privately made firearm, or an ATF issued serial number. Because privately made firearms are manufactured by someone other than a licensed manufacturer, the serial number that incorporates the abbreviated Federal firearms license (FFL) number placed by a licensee on a PMF under this rule is the importer's or manufacturer's serial number. This definition would help ensure that the serial numbers and other markings necessary to ensure tracing, including those placed by a licensee on a privately made firearm or marked with an ATF-issued serial number,[61] The term 80% receiver is a term used by some industry members, the public, and the media to describe a frame or receiver that has not yet reached a stage in manufacture to be classified as a frame or receiver under Federal law. While the GCA does not Start Printed Page 27721define the term frame or receiver, to implement the statute, the terms firearm frame or receiver and frame or receiver were defined in regulations several decades ago as that part of a firearm that provides housing for the hammer, bolt or breechblock, and firing mechanism, and which is usually threaded at its forward portion to receive the barrel. The nonexclusive list identifies the frame or receiver for the following firearms: (i) Colt 1911-type, Beretta/Browning/FN Herstal/Heckler Koch/Ruger/Sig Sauer/Smith Wesson/Taurus hammer fired semiautomatic pistols; (ii) Glock-type striker fired semiautomatic pistols; (iii) Sig Sauer P320-type semiautomatic pistols; (iv) certain locking block rail system semiautomatic pistols; (v) AR-15-type and Beretta AR-70-type firearms; (vi) Steyr AUG-type firearms; (vii) Thompson M1A1-type machineguns and semiautomatic variants, and L1A1, FN FAL, FN FNC, MP 38, MP 40, and SIG 550 type firearms, and HK-type machineguns and semiautomatic variants; (viii) Vickers/Maxim, Browning 1919, and M2-type machineguns, and box-type machineguns and semiautomatic variants thereof; and (ix) Sten, Sterling, and Kel-tec Sub-2000-type firearms. [FR Doc. On May 28, 2019, citing intelligence reports by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), the House Committee on Homeland Security issued a report concluding that [g]host guns not only pose a challenge on the front end, enabling prohibited buyers to purchase deadly weapons with just a few clicks online, but also on the back end, hamstringing law enforcement's ability to investigate crimes committed with untraceable weapons and that the wide availability of ghost guns and the emergence of functional 3D-printed guns are a homeland security threat. Readily. if such forms filed numerically; i. that has reached a stage in manufacture where it can readily be made into a functional frame or receiver, that article would be a frame or receiver under the GCA. Based on current marketing related to the unregulated sale of certain firearm parts kits, ATF anticipates that these non-FFLs would either become FFLs to sell regulated frames or receivers or complete weapons (either as kits or fully assembled), or would take a loss in revenue to sell unregulated items or parts kits that do not contain a frame or receiver (i.e., unregulated raw materials or molds, fire control components, barrels, accessories, tools, jigs, or instructions), but not both. 19. Be signed and contain the commenter's complete first and last name and full mailing address; and. Indeed, several States and municipalities have banned or severely restricted unserialized or 3D printed firearms. When the size and depth of markings regulations were first promulgated, ATF recognized that all markings can be removed by someone who wishes to make a deliberate effort to remove the markings. 48. Descriptions of any Significant Alternatives to the Proposed Rule Which Accomplish the Stated Objectives of Applicable Statutes and Which Minimize any Significant Economic Impact of the Proposed Rule on Small Entities, E. 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