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ATF Issues Noticed of Proposed Rulemaking

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August 12, 2014

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In addition, today, the ATF issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal Register regarding an FFLs responsibility for filing interstate theft / loss reports. Three key propositions of the proposed rule: 1) When a Federal firearms licensee (FFL) discovers a firearm it shipped was stolen or lost in transit, that sender/transferor FFL must report the theft or loss to ATF and to the appropriate local authority. 2) The rule also reduces an FFL’s reporting burden when a theft or loss involves a firearm registered under the National Firearms Act (NFA) and ensures consistent reporting to ATF’s NFA Branch. 3) The rule specifies that transferor/sender FFLs must reflect the theft or loss of a firearm as a disposition entry in their required records not later than 7 days following discovery of the theft or loss, and specifies that FFLs that report the theft or loss of a firearm and later discover its whereabouts must advise ATF that the firearm has been located and must re-enter the firearm into their required records as an acquisition or disposition entry as appropriate.

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