Law and legal opinions

• atf_letter1.txt(2k) Legalities of an auto sear in post crime bill AR
• atf_letter2.txt(2k) Changes in local laws during pending Form 5
• atf_letter3.txt(2k) Aplicability of 922(r) to NFA weapons
• atf_letter4.txt(2k) Legality of modifications on Russian SKS
• atf_letter5.txt(3k) Law enforcement signoffs
• atf_letter6.txt(4k) Sept. 1994 letter to mag makers, advising on new law
• atf_letter7.txt(2k) Making stripped receiver into pistol w/o violating NFA
• atf_letter8.txt(2k) ATF on making one large cap. mag out of two pre-ban large cap. mags.
• atf_letter9.txt(1k) ATF on whether a pistol receiver is subject to the Brady law.
• atf_letter10.txt(3k) Opinion on a pistol gripped, rifled barrel, 12 gauge shot gun, w. short barrel
• atf_letter11.txt(6k) ATF on assault weapons, disassembly for resale, threaded muzzles
• atf_letter12.txt(3k) Classification of 1927 Colt Thompson and FAL G series rifles
• atf_letter13.txt(2k) ATF on sales at guns shows of C&R firearms acquired from other dealers
• atf_letter14.txt(5k) ATF on Gatling Guns
• atf_letter15.txt(3k) Jan. 1997 letter on errors in entries in NFRTR
• atf_letter16.txt(3k) Rules for building a Sterling SMG on a Sten receiver
• atf_letter17.txt(2k) May 1997 letter re thread adapters usable with a silencer
• atf_letter18.txt(4k) 1976 letter on legality of wallet holster and High Standard derringer
• atf_letter19.txt(4k) 1996 letter re wallet holster/derringer combos
• atf_letter20.txt(2k) ATF on whether a ported barrel is a silencer in itself
• atf_letter21.txt(2k) ATF on combination machine gun and silencer where silencer is removable
• atf_letter22.txt(5k) ATF on whether a HK sear gun w/o a sear is a machine gun
• atf_letter23.txt(5k) 1966 letter on applicability of transfer taxes to government entities
• atf_letter24.txt(2k) Letter on applicability of 922(r) regulations to semi auto AK rifles
• atf_letter25.txt(3k) ATF on imported parts in Daewoo DR200 rifle
• atf_letter26.txt(2k) ATF on legality of using a high capacity magazine in an imported semi-auto rifle
• atf_letter27.txt(4k) ATF on (imported) parts content of AK rifles
• atf_letter28.txt(2k) ATF on disposition of NFA guns after felony conviction
• atf_letter29.txt(2k) ATF on completing the law enforcement certification
• atf_letter30.txt(1k) ATF on removing the block from Colt Sporter rifle
• atf_letter31.txt(2k) ATF on state of residence for NFA transfer purposes
• atf_letter32.txt(3k) ATF on modifying thumbhole stocked semi-autos after their ban from further importation
• atf_letter33.txt(7k) ATF on revolving cylinder shotguns and USAS-12 shotgun
• atf_letter34.txt(3k) 1970's ATF memo on registered DEWATs
• atf_letter35.txt(11k) 1985 ATF memo on drop in auto sears and removing them from AR-15 rifles
• atf_letter36.txt(2k) 1971 ATF memo re fabrication of M-16 receiver
• atf_letter37.txt(3k) 1994 ATF memo on machinegun conversion kits and whether they are firearms for purposes of the GCA
• atf_letter38.txt(2k) 1983 letter regarding a machine gun with an integral silencer and transferring it as one firearm
• atf_letter39.txt(4k) 1980 ATF memo on replacing M1 carbine receiver on M1 converted into a machinegun
• atf_letter40.txt(4k) ATF on permanently attaching muzzle devices
• atf_letter41.txt(2k) 6/70 memo on removing a converted M1 carbine from the machine gun category
• atf_letter42.txt(2k) 5/98 ATF letter on moving an NFA firearm from one state to another to sell it
• atf_letter43.txt(2k) 1978 letter on Browning .50 cal sideplate regulated as a receiver
• atf_letter44.txt(2k) 1979 ATF letter on part constituting receiver of GE minigun
• atf_letter45.txt(2k) ATF on replacing receivers on semi-auto assault weapons
• atf_letter46.txt(2k) ATF on modifications to Uzi receivers
• atf_letter47.txt(2k) 1998 ATF letter on recordkeeping, keeping corp. owned NFA weapons
• atf_letter48.txt(2k) ATF on making a new silencer to replace a defective one w/ same serial number
• atf_letter49.txt(3k) 1999 ATF letter on semi-automatic assault weapon receivers
• atf_letter50.txt(3k) 1992 ATF letter on H&R Handy Gun receiver status
• atf_letter51.txt(2k) 1999 ATF letter on flash suppressors and assault weapons
• atf_letter52.txt(3k) 1999 ATF letter on possessing M16 parts and an AR15
• atf_letter53.txt(3k) 4/99 ATF letter on installing PSG1 stock and grip onto SAR8
• atf_letter54.txt(4k) ATF letter qualifying advice in atf_letter48.txt, on replacing silencer parts
• atf_letter55.txt(2k) 4/99 ATF letter on possessing spare M16 parts and a Colt Sporter rifle, refers to atf_letter52.txt
• atf_letter56.txt(2k) ATF on making a short rifle to divorce an HK sear from host gun
• atf_letter57.txt(2k) 3/99 ATF letter on changing markings on a registered receiver NFA firearm
• atf_letter58.txt(3k) 1981 letter on use of reproduction Luger and High Power shoulder stocks
• atf_letter59.txt(2k) 1995 ATF letter on altering, remarking an H&K SP89 pistol
• atf_letter60.txt(3k) 6/99 ATF letter on sales of firearms by unlicensed persons to LE agencies and officers
• atf_letter61.txt(3k) 3/99 ATF letter on modifications to registered receiver Uzi machine gun
• atf_letter62.txt(3k) 1946 ATF memo on war trophy firearms
• atf_letter63.txt(3k) 1978 ATF memo on Dewats and their registration
• atf_letter64.txt(3k) 4/69 ATF memo on Amnesty registration after Amnesty
• atf_letter65.txt(4k) 8/99 ATF letter on NICS checks on corporations, NICS check on NFA-non-NFA firearm combinations
• atf_letter66.txt(3k) 8/99 ATF letter on making replacement silencer parts
• atf_letter67.txt(3k) 8/99 ATF letter on repair of a silencer by a manufacturer
• atf_letter68.txt(3k) 9/99 ATF Letter on alterations to SAR8 rifle
• atf_letter69.txt(2k) 1999 ATF Letter on applicability of NFA to silencer on antique firearm
• atf_letter70.txt(3k) 3/99 ATF letter on using reporduction stocks on Candian Hi Power pistols
• atf_letter71.txt(4k) 1996 ATF letter on making a dummy AR15 and on assault weapon ban
• atf_letter72.txt(4k) 9/99 ATF letter on transfer by gunsmiths and transfers to married couples
• atf_letter73.txt(3k) 1992 letter on LE certification and judges
• atf_letter74.txt(3k) 1999 ATF letter on LE certifications
• atf_letter75.txt(2k) 1/2000 ATF letter on LE certification from Chief of Colorado State Patrol
• atf_letter76.txt(2k) 12/99 ATF letter on status of short barreled HK rifle without trigger pack
• atf_letter77.txt(2k) 1/2000 Letter on transfers of Post-86 machine guns from gov't entities
• atf_letter78.txt(2k) 11/97 ATF letter on making an AR15 pistol AOW
• atf_letter79.txt(4k) 4/61 ATF letter on classification of FAL G Series rifle for Browning
• atf_letter80.txt(3k) 5/63 ATF letter on classification of Browning G Series FAL rifle
• atf_letter81.txt(2k) 7/63 ATF letter on Browning G Series FAL guns
• atf_letter82.txt(2k) 1974 ATF Order re Browning G Series FAL rifles
• atf_letter83.txt(2k) 3/99 ATF letter on which part of the FNC rifle is the receiver
• atf_letter84.txt(2k) 3/2000 ATF letter on whether an FAL with full auto ejector block is a machine gun
• atf_letter85.txt(2k) 6/2000 ATF letter on modifying a high capacity magazine
• atf_letter86.txt(2k) 1979 ATF Order superseding the 1974 Order in ATF letter 82
• atf_letter87.txt(2k) 6/2000 ATF letter on semi-auto shotgun and AW ban
• atf_letter88.txt(3k) 10/2000 ATF letter on modifying a pre-bad large capacity magazine to work in a different weapon
• atf_letter89.txt(3k) 10/2000 ATF letter on if a Romanian Ak47's threading counts as threading for a flash suppressor
• atf_letter90.txt(4k) 3/2000 ATF letter on possessing an AR and an M16 and spare parts and uppers
  
  
• ATF Ruling 89-1 Regarding procedure for faxing documents to ATF(7k)
• ATF Ruling 95-1 Ruling re excise tax on shotgun with multiple barrels(3k)
• ATF Ruling 95-3 re 37mm launchers and anti-personnel ammo(5k)
• ATF Ruling 96-2 on auctioneers needing a FFL(6k)
• ATF Ruling 2001-1 ending the amnesty for certain shotguns on 5/1/2001(3k)
  
• April 1997 temporary regulations regarding firearm purchases by non-citizens(34k)
• Arms Export Control Act 22 USC 2778(19k)
• List of all ATF forms compiled by Jim Jeffries(56k)
• Link to 1998 ATF report re new assault weapon ban, PDF format
• Brady Law text(30k)
• Final rules implementing Brady law, Fed Reg 2/95(47k)
• 2/98 proposed regulations implementing phase 2 of Brady background checks(45k)
• 10/98 Final ATF Brady law regulations(68k)
• 8/99 ATF Notice on Transfers of National Firearms Act Firearms in Decedents Estates(4k)
• 6/4/98 FBI proposed Brady law regulations(56k)
• August 1998 proposed FBI regulations on Brady fee(27k)
• 10/98 Final FBI Instant check regulations for Brady law(67k)
• September 1999 ATF report about implementation of the Brady Law(42k)
• 3/99 proposed FBI regulation on NICS record retetion time period(20k)
• 1988 FFL Newsletter item on disallowing
• 1988 FFL Newsletter item on disallowing machine gun conversion parts that require modification to the host gun(3k)
• Title XI, Firearms, of the Crime Bill, eff. 9/14/94(64k)
• crimebill_regs.proposed(78k) Federal Register 4/6/95 pp17466-17456
• 8/00 ATF proposed regulation requiring dealers inventory firearms(21k)
• Denver, CO's assault weapon ordinance(15k)
• 9/96 ATF proposed rules defining persons prohibited from purchasing or receiving firearms and ammunition(28k)
• Statute imposing firearms disability for domestic violence misdemeanors, and letters from ATF on that topic.
• 10/96 proposed changes in explosive license fees and regs(28k)
• Dept. of Commerce regulations on fake and toy guns 15 CFR 1150(10k)
• 9/96 proposed regulations on firearms excise taxes(13k)
• 10/98 ATF final regulations on firearms excise taxes(17k)
• BATF's gun show rules/laws notice(2k)
• 1999 House report on 50 caliber sniping rifle, in PDF format(44k)
• 1999 GAO briefing on 50 caliber sniping rifle, in PDF format(533k)
• Press release from the White House about the 120 day import ban on modified guns similar to banned semi-auto rifles.(5k)
• List of import banned semi-auto rifles, from 1989 FFL Newsletter(2k)
• January 17, 1997 ATF open letter to firearms importers(14k)
• 7/96 interim regulations on the import of high capacity magazines(27k)
• Gun Free School Zones Act text, 9/96(4k)
• 6/98 ATF regulations implementing Lautenberg amendment(25k)
• 6/99 ATF proposed regulations on markings on firearms(24k)
• 1998 Mass. gun control law, amending curent law(140k)
• 7/98 ATF regulations re notice of ban on handgun sales to minors(28k)
• 2/2000 ATF Press release about Repair of NFA Firearms
  
• Revenue Procedure 58-8 DEWATs(3k)
• Revenue Ruling 54-181 classification of various guns(4k)
• Revenue Ruling 54-455 shoulder stocked pistols(2k)
• Revenue Ruling 55-258 Gatling guns(1k)
• Revenue Ruling 55-341 double sided concealable shotgun(1k)
• Revenue Ruling 55-529 pen gun and shotgun teargas guns(1k)
• Revenue Ruling 55-569 Ruling on powerhead for bangstick(1k)
• Revenue Ruling 55-570 short rifles(1k)
• Revenue Ruling 55-590 DEWAT's(4k)
• Revenue Ruling 56-29 tear gas guns vs. firearms(1k)
• Revenue Ruling 57-6 smooth bore handguns(3k)
• Revenue Ruling 57-34 silencers(3k)
• Revenue Ruling 57-227 DEWATs(3k)
• Revenue Ruling 58-417 M-14 rifle(1k)
• Revenue Ruling 59-340 Ruling on pistol convertible into rifle(1k)
• Revenue Ruling 59-341 concerning Dardick handgun and convertibility into rifle(1k)
• Revenue Ruling 61-45 shoulder stocked pistols(2k)
• Revenue Ruling 61-203 shoulder stocked pistols (3k)
• Revenue Ruling 68-368 Spitfire Carbine(2k)
• Revenue Ruling 75-7 Tear Gas Pen Guns (revokes 59-29)(2k)
• 1998 Federal Secure Gun Storage requirement(4k)
• April, 1996 Federal Register notice as to firearm imports from the USSR.(15k)
• 1997 Federal Register notice as to removal of some restrictions on firearm imports from the various former USSR states.(9k)
• 8/99 ATF Notice on registration of Streetsweeper and USAS12 shotguns(5k)
• 1932 Uniform Machine Gun Act, text and notes(63k)
• 1989 ATF report on unimportability of semiautomatic assault rifles(50k)
• U.S. Munitions List 22 CFR 121.1(46k)
• 4/99 revisions to US Munitions List and to firearms export rules(24k)
• 4/6/98 White House release on assault weapon ban(4k)
• 4/6/98 Pres. Clinton statement on new assault weapon ban(6k)