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Reports Claim Obama Administration to Renew Gun Control Efforts

The arrival of new leadership at the Department of Justice and a new acting Director at ATF have brought renewed speculation the Obama administration will enact new gun control measure by executive action before the President leaves office. Some of the latest speculation concerns executive actions the Obama Administration proposed more than two years ago but have yet to accomplish.

One of these proposals is ‘41P’, the executive rulemaking designed to create more red tape for NFA firearms and trusts. Essentially 41P would require ‘responsible persons’ in a trust to provide fingerprints, photographs, and signatures from their chief law enforcement officer for applications for new firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA). In September the 41P proposal will be two years old, and nothing has come of it. Since it was first announced, ATF has set a series of unofficial and official dates for its enactment, and each of those dates have passed without a final order. Each missed deadline has been followed by speculation whether the next target date will finally bring a final order enacting 41P. The most recent date set by ATF for a final order on 41P was “05/00/15,” yet the month of May has passed without a final order. Instead, ATF has announced “12/00/2015” as the new date for a possible final order.

The blogosphere, even pro-gun rights social media, have announced that new date as though it will certainly be the time a final order for 41P will happen; however such reports almost always fail to provide context revealing how we’ve seen such deadlines come and go before. Arguably, the continued delays of 41P are a sign of its weakness and the increased opposition to it. In fact, a national law enforcement organization recently met with ATF to states its formal opposition to 41P.  Separately a firearms industry insider recently told Arsenal Attorneys “nobody wants 41P, not the industry, not ATF, not law enforcement. No one can claim they know 41P will ever happen.” Nevertheless speculation about gun control will continue.

What should gun owners do? We encourage gun owners to stay informed about these events and to voice their opposition to onerous regulations. Gun owners should also be wary of alarmist media reports. On the other hand, they should not become complacent despite ATF delays of 41P and its other gun control efforts. We encourage our clients to be proactive by arranging their affairs and securing their firearms collections before possible changes might ever happen. Anyone interested in acquiring NFA firearms, such as silencers, short barrel rifles and shotguns, and vintage machine guns, should proceed with those plans now. We recommend our Arsenal Gun Trust as the first step. If you already have a trust, Arsenal Attorneys can revise your trust using our own Arsenal Gun Trust design. If you personally own NFA firearms, you should consider moving them into an Arsenal Gun Trust so you can allow other people to possess and inherit your firearms.

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