Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
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General information on the NFA.
Clients often intend to file a Form 1 and manufacture a Short Barreled Rifle from what is a pistol. Once the Form 1 is approved, the manufacturing bit is easy. Just add a stock. However, what is more difficult is figuring out what to engrave and where. The what, name of manufacturer and location, is Read More …
South Carolinians have long enjoyed hunting with suppressors, but many states prohibit this same activity. South Carolina’s sister state, North Carolina, was one such state until very recently. A comprehensive firearm law was recently signed into law, and among other things, the new law removes state restrictions on hunting with a silencer in North Carolina. Read More …
In the NFA world, the ATF is notorious for poor record keeping. With the advent of computers and databases one would expect these problems to be under control. Unfortunately this is not the case and the ATF continues to lose NFA firearm registration forms. The effect can range from merely a nuisance to devastating depending Read More …
‘Any Other Weapon’ is the catch all used in the National Firearms Act. This category was designed to catch anything that was not a rifle, shotgun, handgun, or one of the NFA regulated categories. So what falls into this category? Well it is broad, but I’ll try to give a variety of samples here. Pen Read More …
Lately the NFA world has been abuzz about potential changes to ATF regulations. Unlike laws, regulations are created not by Congress but by the agency in charge of administering the law. In this case those agencies are the BATFE (or ATF) and the Department of Justice. The President’s push for new gun control laws has Read More …