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ATF rule changes

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maverick2076
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Trying to find a good link to share, but posted all over FB by GOA and others. This is a good list for gun owners.

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"

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

ttha_aggie_09
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91AggieLawyer
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How long have the electronic forms been out? Filled one out today when I picked up a handgun and I *think* it was the first one I filled out. Last purchase was sometime last (2025) spring. Anyway, the only hiccup was the device I was on. Microsoft Surface clone. Not a bad device just that the form didn't fit the screen very well and scrolling wasn't smooth.

No biggie though.
BenderRodriguez
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At first glance these all make way too much sense to be approved!

Fingers crossed.
JoeAggie1010
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My questioin regarding these positive changes is, will the following administration remove these changes, then add back the removed items? I say very likely.

With that said, it' about time. Congress, if they would do their job, could cement these changes and possibly more.
Todd 02
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maverick2076 said:


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"



Does this mean it's time to re-up the 03 FFL?
aggieforester05
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Todd 02 said:

maverick2076 said:


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"



Does this mean it's time to re-up the 03 FFL?
This is my favorite part. Hopefully we'll be drowning in cheap x39 again.

Make AKs great again!
BenderRodriguez
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aggieforester05 said:

Todd 02 said:

maverick2076 said:


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"



Does this mean it's time to re-up the 03 FFL?

This is my favorite part. Hopefully we'll be drowning in cheap x39 again.

Make AKs great again!


That one is great.

9) Repeal interstate NFA transport notice requirement for trips under 365 days, with all others no longer requiring approval before transport

13) Allow import of dual-use frames, receivers, and barrels

15) Eliminate engraving requirement for people making NFA firearms out of existing serialized guns

These three are fantastic too.
CactusThomas
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Can someone explain the difference between 30 years and permanent? Cause that doesn't seem any different to me
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