ATF Final Rule 41F – Background Checks for Responsible Persons

Seyfarth Synopsis: Going forward, ATF’s new rule on applications by a trust or legal entity to make or transfer NFA firearms, requires that they be submitted on new forms — including background checks.

 

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Final Rule 41F (41F Rule), Machineguns, Destructive Devices, and Certain Other Firearms: Background Checks for Responsible Persons of a Trust or Legal Entity With Respect To Making or Transferring a Firearm, becomes effective on July 13, 2016. 81 Fed. Reg. 2658 (January 15, 2016).

 

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