Originally Posted by
Hmac
Yes, I'm aware. Perhaps I'm wrong, but since an AR15 lower receiver can be made into a pistol or rifle, it qualifies as a pistol. In this state anyway, one needs a handgun permit to purchase an AR15 or similar.
The way I understand it, if a firearm is being shipped out for repair or customization (engraving), and no transfer of ownership is taking place, you do not need to go through an FFL as long as the firearm is being returned to the owner.
I am doing a SBR now and have found out two important things in talking with ATF. Read....the resident "expert" in Martinsburg who now supervises all the examiners.
He says that the receiver or the barrel must be engraved. I know there are some people that have gotten away without having it done at all. It will not happen on this "experts" watch.
He also stated that names may not be abbreviated even though it states in the NFA Title 26, Chapter 53, Section 479.102,a,(2),(iii) that a "recognized abbreviation" would be acceptable. It is not acceptable to him.
My bud just got his form 1 returned to him for this very reason. And, IMO, and in the opinion of this "expert", is the reason you should wait until you have a approved form 1 prior to engraving.
I've come to the conclusion that these folks will do as they damn well please when it comes to the fine print/gray area issues.
Scoby
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” –Thomas Jefferson, quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria in “On Crimes and Punishment”, 1764
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