ATF rule changes that actually support lawful gun owners

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maverick2076
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https://www.thetrace.org/2026/04/atf-gun-rule-changes-cekada/

This is a good list, or at least a good start.

The ATF has posted summaries of the new regulations, which include:

1) Repeal Biden's pistol brace rule
2) Revising "engaged in the business" rule
3) Revising machine gun definition in response to Cargill decision
4) Remove requirement for FFLs to post info about Youth Handgun Safety Act
5) Revising 4473 form, including allowing electronic forms and increase the time NICS checks remain valid
6) Allow FFLs to keep electronic records
7) Replace indefinite retention of 4473s with definite time periods of 20 or 30 years
8) Allow "Non-Over-the-Counter" firearm sales by FFLs to residents of the same state
9) Repeal interstate NFA transport notice requirement for trips under 365 days, with all others no longer requiring approval before transport
10) Joint NFA registration for married couples
11) Remove NFA CLEO notification
12) Clarify that "common, reasonably necessary activities during travel" are covered by FOPA transportation protection
13) Allow import of dual-use frames, receivers, and barrels
14) Clarify that "training rounds" are not ammunition
15) Eliminate engraving requirement for people making NFA firearms out of existing serialized guns
16) "Clarify that a person receiving assistance in only one functional area (such as financial management) would not, on that basis alone, be considered prohibited" under mental health disqualifier
17) Requiring biological sex on ATF Forms
18) Clarify when a transaction is a straw purchase
19) Formally define "willfully" for firearms violations
20) "Remove the list of former Soviet countries from which ATF currently denies applications to permanently import most firearms and ammunition, retaining only the Russian Federation"

Logos Stick
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4473s should be burned if a gun shop goes out of business.

eta: and this is still ridiculous: Replace indefinite retention of 4473s with definite time periods of 20 or 30 years
AggieT
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#15 would be nice.
PaulsBunions
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Its a start, but the best change would be to abolish the ATF entirely
WaltonAg18
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Fewer 2A restrictions is always good news
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me’
javajaws
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9 - Yes!

11 - Yes! None of their business!

15 - this was always one of those "gray area" things - stupid checklist thing to be perfectly legal that no LEO ever cares about.

17 - LOL Can we have an "other" option that automatically rejects them when selected?

20 - I've got 2 cases of the best Russian AK ammo you used to be able to get I'm willing to sell to the highest bidder!
The Ex Officio Director
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#21 Abolish the ATF

Haven't enough dogs died at the hands of these animals
Can't decide if I want to be cute & cuddly, or go blow some sh*t up.
Decisions decisions.
Tea Party
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PaulsBunions said:

Its a start, but the best change would be to abolish the ATF entirely

Turn it into a convenient store.
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4
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Remove suppressors from the the damn NFA list already!

You can't kill anyone with a suppressor.
The Ex Officio Director
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4 said:

Remove suppressors from the the damn NFA list already!

You can't kill anyone with a suppressor.

That's not true, you can hit someone over the head with a suppressor. Hurts really bad.
Can't decide if I want to be cute & cuddly, or go blow some sh*t up.
Decisions decisions.
Secolobo
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WaltonAg18 said:

Fewer 2A restrictions is always good news

Kinda like, "Shall not be infringed".
ts5641
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PaulsBunions said:

Its a start, but the best change would be to abolish the ATF entirely

Another government agency that needs to be abolished. It does nothing for the average person but create headaches.
IIIHorn
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Tea Party said:

PaulsBunions said:

Its a start, but the best change would be to abolish the ATF entirely

Turn it into a convenient store.


With a magazine rack.


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TexasRebel
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PaulsBunions said:

Its a start, but the best change would be to abolish the ATF entirely


Undo 1934.
TexasRebel
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4 said:

Remove suppressors from the the damn NFA list already!

You can't kill anyone with a suppressor.


Give it enough kinetic energy.
ThunderCougarFalconBird
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5th Cir is very close to nuking the machine gun ban.
4
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TexasRebel said:

4 said:

Remove suppressors from the the damn NFA list already!

You can't kill anyone with a suppressor.


Give it enough kinetic energy.

Yeah, well, you can kill someone with a donut if you try hard enough.

My wife thinks I'm going to die from donuts eventually.

She might be right. What a way to go, though!
BigRobSA
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ThunderCougarFalconBird said:

5th Cir is very close to nuking the machine gun ban.


That seems a bit extreme!!
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