ATF Proposes "Common Sense" Changes To Importation,.....No,...Really...

[twyacht]

BRING HOME THOSE GARANDS AND EVENTUALLY CARBINES!!!!

Papa wants another Garand and Carbine or two for a FAIR price.....

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/02/daniel-zimmerman/atf-proposes-common-sense-change-no-really/#more-105259

Our northwestern correspondent, Chris Dumm, has been struck almost, well, dumb. It seems that our friends at the ATF have proposed a common sense change to the firearm import permitting rigamarole that actually makes some common sense. Here’s Chris’s breathless email to our fearless leader. . .

    RF:

    I read through the notice and the proposed rule, and this actually looks like a good thing. From the ATFE. I’m almost died from shock, really.

    Currently, firearms importers have to apply for a firearm/ammo import permit from the ATFE, and then they have to jam the whole contract’s worth of guns and stuff through the sales contract AND inspection AND shipping AND customs within 12 months. If there’s a glitch and they don’t get it done in 12 months, their permit expires and it’s a PITA to ask for an extention even though they’re almost always granted.

    This new rule would see the ATFE issuing 24-month import licenses instead of 12-month licenses, so there wouldn’t be as much of a rush on the importers and less of a monitoring and approval burden on the ATFE itself.

    Odd that Holder would propose this; maybe it has something to do with the shitloads of M1 Garands soon to return from Korea?

    Chris

Color us surprised. Happily. Anything that makes the import process easier should lead to more gun choices at a lower cost. Theoretically, anyway.

Here’s a link to the relevant legalese in the federal register containing the proposal. You needed some sleep anyway, right? It all boils down to this paragraph.

    This proposed rule does not impose any new reporting or recordkeeping requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act. ATF Form 6 currently states that a permit is valid for 12 months from the Director’s date of approval, which is specified on the permit. If this proposed rule is adopted, the ATF Form 6 will be revised under currently approved OMB control number 1140–0005 to reflect the 2 year (24 months) amended period of validity for import permits.

Sorry, but I have to get my shotgun. The dogs are barking at all those pigs flying around outside my window.

*****

Get a new POTUS in office, anyone but BHO,....and we'll get some "stimulus".....

[dipisc]

Hi;

     Are we to be surprised in an election year?  Make the firearm owner    FAT, DUMB and HAPPY  - Until after election ? Wake up,and smell the crap that is being thrown at us !

     I worked at a Military Supply Base and saw and got paid for to see just how far Anti- American people in power will go/do to make you get a tingle up your leg - until you find out it is shackells....

     If you believe that the ATF are your friends and want to help you - you deserve what you get !

     If this Country is dumb enough to re-elect O'bama    just watch and see what your rights are....You will need every weapon and round to defend your family.

[tombogan03884]

Hi;

     Are we to be surprised in an election year?  Make the firearm owner    FAT, DUMB and HAPPY  - Until after election ? Wake up,and smell the crap that is being thrown at us !

     I worked at a Military Supply Base and saw and got paid for to see just how far Anti- American people in power will go/do to make you get a tingle up your leg - until you find out it is shackells....

     If you believe that the ATF are your friends and want to help you - you deserve what you get !

     If this Country is dumb enough to re-elect O'bama    just watch and see what your rights are....You will need every weapon and round to defend your family.

We get that, it's the fact that they are doing something that actually DOES make sense that is so surprising.

[Tyler Durden]

they could roll back the GCA and NFA....

just sayin'

[tombogan03884]

they could roll back the GCA and NFA....

just sayin'

That would be great.
Then we would not have Feds murdering women and children over $200 tax stamps, or supplying guns to drug cartels and America would be safer.
Health care costs would go down a bit as well with more people using common sense safety devices like suppressors.

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