A recent BATFE ruling is placing restrictions on businesses that allow a person to use their tools to make a firearm. http://ift.tt/1wf68Sv
In the USA it is legal to make most types of firearms without a license unless it is required to be registered with the ATF. As far as I know, a serial number is not required (except for NFA firearms) as long as it is kept by the unlicensed maker. The above ruling seems to be directed at businesses but some people on other forums believe it also applies to unlicensed individuals such as myself. I allow friends to make silencers on my lathe. I just have them show me their approved application to make/register and supply the material; they do all the work while I keep them from destroying the lathe. But not any more; I need to find out if I'm on thin ice by allowing my lathe to be used by others to make a firearm.
The last three paragraphs on the ruling (2 of which quoted below) are the "meat" of the ruling, the preceding paragraphs are merely a justification I assume.
So all you legal type people here; you think this applies to the unlicensed person who allows a friend to use their tools or just to a business? Thanks.
Ranb
ETA; Can a mod correct my spelling error in the title? Why are we not able to edit the thread title anyway?
In the USA it is legal to make most types of firearms without a license unless it is required to be registered with the ATF. As far as I know, a serial number is not required (except for NFA firearms) as long as it is kept by the unlicensed maker. The above ruling seems to be directed at businesses but some people on other forums believe it also applies to unlicensed individuals such as myself. I allow friends to make silencers on my lathe. I just have them show me their approved application to make/register and supply the material; they do all the work while I keep them from destroying the lathe. But not any more; I need to find out if I'm on thin ice by allowing my lathe to be used by others to make a firearm.
The last three paragraphs on the ruling (2 of which quoted below) are the "meat" of the ruling, the preceding paragraphs are merely a justification I assume.
Quote:
Held, any person (including any corporation or other legal entity) engaged in the business of performing machining, molding, casting, forging, printing (additive manufacturing) or other manufacturing process to create a firearm frame or receiver, or to make a frame or receiver suitable for use as part of a “weapon … which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive,” i.e., a “firearm,” must be licensed as a manufacturer under the GCA; identify (mark) any such firearm; and maintain required manufacturer’s records. Held further, a business (including an association or society) may not avoid the manufacturing license, marking, and recordkeeping requirements of the GCA by allowing persons to perform manufacturing processes on blanks or incomplete firearms (including frames or receivers) using machinery, tools, or equipment under its dominion and control where that business controls access to, and use of, such machinery, tools, or equipment. |
So all you legal type people here; you think this applies to the unlicensed person who allows a friend to use their tools or just to a business? Thanks.
Ranb
ETA; Can a mod correct my spelling error in the title? Why are we not able to edit the thread title anyway?
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