Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
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Purchasers of suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and other NFA firearms commonly enquire how long the process will take. Unfortunately, whenever I answer that question, I’m driving looking in the rearview mirror. I can guess how long a current submittal will take based upon a) the length of time it took to process a Form 4 approved today, Read More …
Representative Jeff Duncan (R, SC) made news in the gun community early January when he introduced H.R.367 – The Hearing Protection Act. The bill is a reintroduction of the original “Hearing Protection Act” introduced in October of 2015. The Legal Effect So what would the bill do if it becomes law? In short, it would 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 …
The Current Situation Clients have noticed the availability of suppressors is limited, but short supply was expected as ATF 41F implementation approached. I expect in stock suppressors to further dwindle in the remaining two months before ATF 41F takes affect. Limited supply is a temporary issue caused by customers beating the ‘ATF 41F deadline’. This is further exacerbated by the bottleneck of Read More …
The ATF’s new “Responsible Person” Form, Form 23, has been released in draft. Currently a copy can be found here. While generally giving us additional insight into the new application process coming in July, the Form 23 also clarifies a couple of earlier questions raised by ATF 41F. Specifically, the need to send fingerprints to Read More …