Trust Changes Ahead...

[ExecDirector]

The article was worded poorly and a lot of the Internet blog comments on various sites are equally disjointed. Whether any of this will actually happen is still anyone's guess. This issue, the CLEO signature elimination and a few other items were announced last year in a preliminary announcement (that we reported) of a possibility of an NPRM. This stuff has to be published, at some point, in the Federal Register and opened for public commentary. Eliminating the CLEO thing for everyone is a good thing, but it is NOT necessarily tied to this trust/corp effort.

Prohibited persons have absolutely gained possession of NFA items via trusts and corps. ATF/DOJ are trying to figure out a way to shore up that possibility.

[RenegadeConservative]

Prohibited persons have absolutely gained possession of NFA items via trusts and corps. ATF/DOJ are trying to figure out a way to shore up that possibility.

The government has failed to stop criminals from obtaining Title I firearms. What makes them think they can stop them from obtaining NFA items?

Instead of harassing those of us who are law abiding, perhaps they should start punishing the criminals in earnest. How many times has the government pursued charges on prohibited persons who attempt to purchase firearms via a Form 4473? Not very many, that's for sure.

[jason8844]

The government has failed to stop criminals from obtaining Title I firearms. What makes them think they can stop them from obtaining NFA items?

Instead of harassing those of us who are law abiding, perhaps they should start punishing the criminals in earnest. How many times has the government pursued charges on prohibited persons who attempt to purchase firearms via a Form 4473? Not very many, that's for sure.

Well said! A criminal can steal a shotgun, go to the hardware store, buy a hacksaw and there you go... they have a SBS. No law will stop a criminal from doing this. Only us law abiding citizens are willing to pay a tax to modify our already legally owned private property.

This article was written to make it sound like a "sawed-off" shot gun was some kind of mystical device that no one can make themselves in their garage. It also kind of made it sound like we can walk into a gun show and walk out with a civilian transferable machine gun the same day, without a background check. LOL

[jason8844]

Sorry guys and gals with trusts...

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-ex...-control-steps