06-08-2021, 04:17 PM
Hansel&Grendel' Wrote:Okay, assume that enough people comply and go the NFA route (tax stamp). It's a time consuming forms approval process with a requirement that the subject lower receiver is laser etched with the applicant's FN, LN and City/State residency (another ~$75 charge in addition to the $200 tax stamp). To those who have already gone the NFA route and are already on the "radar screen", what's another registered firearm? However, I'm not familiar with an "expedited" NFA process in this matter because the idea is scrutiny of each Form 1 application for approval or denial. Will ATF allow what is now deemed to be an NFA firearm (pistol-braced weapons) to stay assembled for use and transport (range, truck gun, etc.) pending a determination? Or, will ATF require separation of the upper from the lower; and removing all parts from the lower receiver? Imagine if several hundred thousand or a few million gun owners complied all at once, so much so that ATF is inundated with paperwork to the extent that another year or so is added to the determination process.
We do know that many gun owners are pissed (putting it mildly). Selective enforcement of laws is hypocrisy. For example, entry by a foreign national into a US airport or seaport requires a visa. However, why is the Southwest border different to allow illegal immigrants into the country (sans visa) with zero prospect of deportation? If the government itself doesn't obey certain laws for the purpose of political and financial gain, then why should gun owners not be allowed the same luxury?
Not sure. In 2020 they offered expedited. Mostly to get it processed before Biden was sworn in, is how I read it - so maybe a few quick few mouse clicks of the instant check, and issueance the of the license right away, I guess.
Under the new team, I think such expedited action is pretty much off the table. If this stands, and they do offer waived fee's for NFA, then they'll get.. I donno, maybe 10% compliance to take the NFA stamp. (it's already a compliance device, so I'm guessing a higher portion of compliers than typical?) Without the waved fee, maybe 5% compliance to go all the way to NFA? And even that would be a big surge, so I would expect that to be slow-boat; with you not in compliance if the gun is assembled and used, while waiting.
We'll see. My own crystal ball: some version of this is happening. They might be convinced to NFA waived fee to pre-existing like they offered in 2020, but it will take some real pressure to get even that. And those stamps will be quite slow to get.
There will be all the usual chest-puffing of non-compliance. Please don't make personal decisions based on how goaded your manhood is by some guy online.