Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
Trust Your Guns: A firearms, business, and ITAR knowledgeable law practice
Christmas is upon us and the New Year will soon follow. With it comes the 2017-2018 SC legislative session and the promise of new laws. Firearms, and the regulations controlling them, will be a prime target of law makers this year. Some of the proposed ideas will be beneficial to gun owners, but others will Read More …
By now everyone in America who pays a modicum of attention to politics knows that Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election and is in the process of assembling his presidential cabinet. While the defeat of the Democrat standard bearer, Hillary Clinton, is generally a positive for preserving the right to own and bear arms, Read More …
Without fail, every client wants to know how long they can expect to wait for their NFA Firearm transfer to be approved. While we all want to take our SBR and suppressor (silencer for some of y’all) home as soon as possible, we know we must wait for the ATF to approve. Wait Times from Read More …
On Monday, October 3rd, the SC Senate held the second of four public hearings on potential gun control legislation. While the hearings are billed as impartial, there were many reasons to wonder if that description is accurate. Several pro-gun groups came to the Monday hearing with people showing up as early as 4:30 PM for the 5:00 Read More …
Recently there has been a large uproar around the internet regarding an ATF “reclassification” of wetted nitrocellulose. In the June 2016 issue of the ATF Explosives Industry Newsletter the ATF included a short paragraph on wetted nitrocellulose. While the ATF dates the release as “June”, it appears the newsletter was likely released in late August. The Read More …