ATF Update: More Transferrable MGs and One-Week NFA Transfers

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    Two pieces of surprisingly good news regarding the NFA :
    First, ATF has recognized that about 4,000 machine guns imported prior to 1986 for police agencies were mis-classified as dealer samples when they should have been fully transferrable. Those guns are being reclassified as transferrable now, and lots of dealers have already probably noticed the change. We are still waiting on written confirmation from ATF, but this has been a project years in the making between NFATCA and the ATF, and it has finally come to fruition.
    Second, with some changes to their internal processes and fully exploitation of the eForms digital system, processing waits for Form 4 transfers (ie, transfers to individuals) are down to one week or less. This assumes that someone uses the electronic eForms system with digital fingerprints and pays the tax stamp electronically as well, and that there are no errors on the form. Given those conditions, the previous standard of +/- 9 excruciating months is now down to a few days.
    Would it be better for the NFA to be repealed entirely? Yep, but I will take incremental improvements in the meantime!
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  • @hoppinggnomethe4154
    @hoppinggnomethe4154 29 днів тому +1496

    ATF got drunk and did this
    We need to give them more beer

    • @exploatores
      @exploatores 29 днів тому +47

      why beer. why not give them Rum or something that can make them realy drunk. then it might be posible to get them to do all kind of fun stuff.

    • @wildberry752
      @wildberry752 29 днів тому +26

      ​@@exploatoresi was thinking absinthe

    • @Nathan-jh1ho
      @Nathan-jh1ho 29 днів тому +36

      Someone from the alcohol department probably had to fill in some poaition at the firearms department

    • @tacocat6035
      @tacocat6035 29 днів тому +5

      They only drink Smirnoff ice.

    • @TUKByV
      @TUKByV 29 днів тому

      N​@@tacocat6035LOL

  • @logicplague2077
    @logicplague2077 29 днів тому +1242

    Registry should never have been closed in the first place.

    • @randylahey2242
      @randylahey2242 29 днів тому +384

      shouldn't have existed in the first place*

    • @jameskazd9951
      @jameskazd9951 29 днів тому +158

      @@randylahey2242 exactly, it should be the same process to buy any other gun. the NFA is unconstitutional

    • @Colonel_Overkill
      @Colonel_Overkill 29 днів тому

      Existence of the ATF as an "interpretive agency" is unconstitutional.

    • @Dane-ok2wl
      @Dane-ok2wl 29 днів тому +62

      Same with background checks and all other weapon control laws

    • @logicplague2077
      @logicplague2077 29 днів тому +16

      @@randylahey2242 Agreed

  • @randomgames4063
    @randomgames4063 29 днів тому +1255

    I don’t know what’s more shocking, the ATF actually making some fire arms accessible, or the fact that they are ACTUAL machine guns, either way great news!

    • @nvmind4
      @nvmind4 29 днів тому

      It's equal parts hilarious and frustrating that the bigger story here is that the ATF correctly identified machine guns 🤣

    • @fourleaf7570
      @fourleaf7570 29 днів тому +60

      They would rather bend than break (Congress and SCOTUS having been turning up the heat on them lately)

    • @benvaun1330
      @benvaun1330 29 днів тому +10

      @@fourleaf7570 what has congress done specifically?

    • @derekhenschel3191
      @derekhenschel3191 29 днів тому +50

      ​@@benvaun1330There are a couple congressional committees set up around police reform and gun regulation and both basically came to the same conclusion that the ATF and FBI need to seriously restructure the way they do a lot of things or they will recommend Congress pass laws to make them do it, rather then letting that happen both agencies are fixing there problems

    • @LLB984
      @LLB984 29 днів тому +3

      Awesome

  • @Andrew-ps6xe
    @Andrew-ps6xe 29 днів тому +443

    The ATF is about to face several enormous losses in court, so by improving timeframes, they hope to appear tolerable instead of facing consequences for their past blatant sandbagging.

    • @mauganra2589
      @mauganra2589 28 днів тому +19

      I think it’s more to do with the fact that their budget is a lot smaller than they were hoping for, and they want that tax stamp money more now.

    • @almaadams3631
      @almaadams3631 25 днів тому +2

      ​@@mauganra2589That's what I said.
      They want as many stamps as possible before they are abolished.

    • @Tyler-yz5jc
      @Tyler-yz5jc 25 днів тому +6

      @@mauganra2589 The ATF doesn't get the money from tax stamps.

    • @juannewman5677
      @juannewman5677 18 днів тому

      Literally!!!

  • @michaelaustin310
    @michaelaustin310 29 днів тому +667

    Sounds like the ATF is trying to prepare for supreme court arguments

    • @jsedbe0624
      @jsedbe0624 29 днів тому

      Yep. They are preparing to make the argument that they SCOTUS doesn’t need to nuke the NFA.

    • @Iceh4wkvideos
      @Iceh4wkvideos 29 днів тому +99

      I really think it's this, I think they're going to use this to try to defeat some undue burden claim made against them.

    • @M14Jeep
      @M14Jeep 29 днів тому +191

      I agree, I think they have a legitimate fear that part or all of the NFA will be struck down in the next few years so they are preemptively getting rid of some of the most egregious parts of the NFA. "It doesn't take over a year anymore", "The MG registry isn't closed we just added several thousand recently". Make no mistake the ATF hates you and there is zero motivation to do any of this unless they felt like it would benefit them.

    • @737215
      @737215 29 днів тому +44

      I've been working in a courthouse half my life. I absolutely guarantee there's an attorney at the ATF who said wait 🫸🫷 when was the last time you added any?

    • @DigitalApex
      @DigitalApex 29 днів тому +29

      That's what I was thinking too. Totally ulterior motives because a lot of agents don't want to be out of a job.

  • @garethfergusson9538
    @garethfergusson9538 29 днів тому +272

    And In a unrelated story Ian has taken out a second mortgage for unknown reasons 😂

    • @Oblithian
      @Oblithian 29 днів тому +7

      As he buys every mp5 on the market.

    • @almaadams3631
      @almaadams3631 25 днів тому +4

      Yeah great; 4,000 more $25,000-$100,000 machine guns that most of us can't afford anyway.

    • @StevenL00
      @StevenL00 23 дні тому

      @@Oblithian *Chauchat

  • @pARabell9mm
    @pARabell9mm 29 днів тому +345

    Oh goody. More MGs means the price will come down. Might even knock a whole 5 bucks off the price of a 20 or 30 thousand dollar firearm....

    • @johnnyappleseed6415
      @johnnyappleseed6415 29 днів тому +11

      Only if there weren't people already lined up for any MG.

    • @davidgolden1726
      @davidgolden1726 29 днів тому +5

      🤣👌

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 29 днів тому +30

      The price might actually go up as it'll cause some activity and thus speculation in the market.

    • @pARabell9mm
      @pARabell9mm 29 днів тому +41

      @@TheArklyte I speculate I'll still never be able to afford one, so it doesn't really matter.

    • @Ungood-jl5ep
      @Ungood-jl5ep 29 днів тому +5

      @@TheArklyte yeah, you can't predict that kind of price action.

  • @1awrenceofarabia
    @1awrenceofarabia 29 днів тому +303

    I think some folks realized that 9+ month wait was an existential threat to the NFA in the courts. I'm glad the wait times are lower but it actually reduces the chance we ever see them disappear entirely.

    • @Ungood-jl5ep
      @Ungood-jl5ep 29 днів тому +22

      Wait times are the wrong hill anyway.

    • @immikeurnot
      @immikeurnot 29 днів тому +65

      With the technology we have today, there's zero reason for NFA stuff to take any longer than a typical NICS check. But we're supposed to be happy about seeing the wait time go from "nine months" (AKA a year plus for a lot of people) to a week to a month.
      It's ridiculous. This is a TAX LAW. They need to stop pretending it's about safety.

    • @classifiedad1
      @classifiedad1 29 днів тому +9

      @@immikeurnotThey also can’t keep an electronic registry by law (thanks NRA) so it may take awhile.

    • @FakeSchrodingersCat
      @FakeSchrodingersCat 29 днів тому +3

      @@immikeurnot If it was just a tax they would have raised it to go along with inflation. The only reason it takes so long is because by law they have to store all the information on paper rather then on a computer. It is an intentional inefficiency to make the process slower so that people like you blame them for the delay. The only reason the NICS check is faster is because when it was made the NRA backed amendment to do the same thing failed.

    • @CptJistuce
      @CptJistuce 29 днів тому +11

      ​@@FakeSchrodingersCatThe NICS check is faster because the law says if it takes longer than three days, the transaction can go through.
      Sandbagging is not an effective anti-gun strategy, so they don't sandbag. Whoda thunk?

  • @sicskillz12
    @sicskillz12 29 днів тому +663

    As an nfa dealer I can tell you 100% there have been hundreds of customers that had always held off on buying a can because of the wait times and now they are buying cans like popcorn Only thing that bugs me is people are still so impatient that they wana call us everyday trying to get an update. Like bro this used to take a year, go home binge some tv and check your emails you will see it when we do. Ps. If you are complaining and being outraged to your nfa dealers over atf Eforms issues , the employees hate you, we have been dealing with the stupid system for a year now we are just as frustrated if not more frustrated than you. We don’t wana see you everyday. We would much prefer it to go through easy because then we don’t have to deal with you being an asshole to us. If you have complaints take it up with ATF EFORMS. Good luck new buyers.

    • @RoHo702
      @RoHo702 29 днів тому +42

      I waited nearly a year and a half, 14 months, for my first suppressor. The fastest I've ever gotten anything on a form 4 was 6 months. If I get something in a week, I wouldn't know what to do!

    • @KeweenawPatriot
      @KeweenawPatriot 29 днів тому +13

      Meanwhile I'm in week 5 on waiting for my eform for a suppressor.......

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte 29 днів тому +6

      Recommend them Fallout show.

    • @sicskillz12
      @sicskillz12 29 днів тому +6

      @@KeweenawPatriot did u register under a trust Or individual? For some reasons trust paperwork is taking longer

    • @Homesickfobbit
      @Homesickfobbit 29 днів тому +7

      I was one of those people, I waited 10 years for the wait time to be a week.

  • @dgoodman1484
    @dgoodman1484 29 днів тому +46

    After 27 years of government service I can tell you with absolute certainty, that top officials weren’t sitting around in a meeting asking each other what we can do to make things easier for the good citizens of this country that pay our salary. Only changes a bureaucracy will make is when it’s in their best interest to do so, not yours. Short term, it’s a good thing, long term I guarantee it’s not a win for the end user. Most in the comment section seem to understand that the changes are going to be in their best interest not ours and they are correct. 👍🏼

    • @kentuckybowl-o-sticks
      @kentuckybowl-o-sticks 26 днів тому +1

      BINGO. As I said above:
      I'm guessing IT'S A TRAP (no pun intended)

    • @user-gl5yk5ys5b
      @user-gl5yk5ys5b 26 днів тому

      the game is over. the government won already. they have nothing more to gain.
      there is no advantage they don't already have.
      it's a government that has your name, address, tax records, picture and fingerprints.
      it's... over, johnnie

  • @sgtmoose1942
    @sgtmoose1942 29 днів тому +75

    The only news I really want to hear is that the NFA is deemed unconstitutional.

    • @Watchdreamzzz
      @Watchdreamzzz 27 днів тому

      Why?

    • @dougkabler3032
      @dougkabler3032 26 днів тому +8

      The entire NFA, not one obscure subsection of it.

    • @cheekibreeki921
      @cheekibreeki921 26 днів тому +7

      ​@@Watchdreamzzz Why question that statement? NFA clearly is an infringement on the 2A, as are all gun laws.

  • @vaillencourt
    @vaillencourt 29 днів тому +67

    Now, all we need is someone well-funded enough to bring a lawsuit in the 5th Circuit arguing that the closure of the machine gun registry is "arbitrary and capricious" in light of this new action by the ATF. After all, if several thousand additional machine guns can be made available to the civilian market without it being an undue threat to public safety, then they're basically admitting that there was never actually a compelling government interest in limiting the supply of legally transferrable machine guns.

    • @TheFanatical1
      @TheFanatical1 29 днів тому +4

      Is there something special about the 5th Circuit that would lead you to believe it would invalidate a legally uncontroversial piece of firearms legislation? Lmao. The guns were misclassified, this is essentially an administrative error.

    • @trioptimum9027
      @trioptimum9027 29 днів тому +4

      Except that any court is going to look at this and take it as evidence that, far from "arbitrary and capricious," there IS a process, and actually one that the ATF is diligently following... even to the extent of re-opening forty-year-old classification decisions in order to remedy a past decision and make it less arbitrary. That's rather the opposite of arbitrary and capricious. We may not like the results, but you won't get far telling a court that something is arbitrary and capricious when it's very clearly not. You'd have better luck just rolling up and saying "Your Honor, the plaintiff REALLY, REALLY wants an MP-5, like a whole lot, more than anything in the whole world, but the defendant says he can't buy one even though he's very responsible and does his chores every day."

    • @TheFanatical1
      @TheFanatical1 29 днів тому +1

      @@trioptimum9027 Yeah, if it was arbitrary and capricious they'd have just laughed and told them to fuck off. This is willingness to undertake meticulous record-checking for the purposes of giving a group of people several hundred thousand dollars in additional value because there *may have* been a record keeping error.

    • @derschwarzgeist
      @derschwarzgeist 29 днів тому +6

      @@TheFanatical1
      _"a legally uncontroversial piece of firearms legislation"_
      No.

    • @TheFanatical1
      @TheFanatical1 29 днів тому

      @@derschwarzgeist Nobody except kooks thinks the NFA, GCA, or anything like that is legally unsound lmao.

  • @CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts
    @CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts 29 днів тому +263

    I kept hearing rumors that ATF had lawsuits nipping at their heels over the NFA processing times which is why they finally sped things up

    • @MorbidEel
      @MorbidEel 29 днів тому +27

      They might simply have finally upgraded from punch cards to something a bit more modern.

    • @letsgobrandon416
      @letsgobrandon416 29 днів тому +20

      ​@@MorbidEelfinally got the teletypes and xerox machines 😂

    • @klasandersson7522
      @klasandersson7522 29 днів тому +7

      @@letsgobrandon416 What? Abandoning their fine manual printing presses? 😁

    • @KR-hg8be
      @KR-hg8be 29 днів тому

      ​@@klasandersson7522they must have laid off the scribes

    • @Locutus494
      @Locutus494 29 днів тому +26

      It's not a rumor at all; they ARE being sued for NFA wait times being an undue burden on exercising constitutional rights... and that is totally why they are now speeding it up.

  • @Jimtheneals
    @Jimtheneals 29 днів тому +116

    Take this with a grain of salt, the only reason they are doing this is because someone in Idaho, I think, is suing the feds because he wanted to make a machinegun and the ATF naturally said no, and it's in the 10th circuit court of appeals. There have been a few cases that the ATF has tried to get dismissed for standing by saying all you have to do is go through the process of registration, by doing this they can argue the plaintiffs have no standing as they are suffering no harm, and by making the process fasted and easier they can show that to the supreme court. This is just one more attempt at damage control.

    • @number1yota
      @number1yota 27 днів тому +3

      Yeah there's several court cases coming to a head, and rumor is that suppressors are coming off the list, so they're processing them as fast as possible to build their database, and collect the funds. And the "improved wait time" looks better for the courts, forgetting that the courts review the process based on how things were done at the time.

    • @Jimtheneals
      @Jimtheneals 27 днів тому +2

      @@number1yota I think specifically it is because of the Texas suppressor case, the ATF's only argument was that the plaintiffs lack standing because they just have to apply and by giving approvals quickly they can try that with the court of appeals.

    • @bIvqrz
      @bIvqrz 25 днів тому +2

      adding more names to the registry 🤮

  • @raefordguns8243
    @raefordguns8243 29 днів тому +100

    I just checked my Eforms and my Presample M78 Valmet in 5.56 is now Transferable! 😁

    • @lemonlimeclorox6090
      @lemonlimeclorox6090 29 днів тому +3

      So I let my FFL expire, SP, I kept most of my inventory. My eforms account still lets me see my inventory. If you dont mind helping me out, how did you check?

    • @raefordguns8243
      @raefordguns8243 29 днів тому +1

      @@lemonlimeclorox6090 the easiest way to check is to do a draft form 4. It will only allow you to add a transferable gun. That’s if you can still generate a E-Form 4. If not send a question to the ask an expert tab with serial # asking if it is now transferable / unrestricted.

    • @lemonlimeclorox6090
      @lemonlimeclorox6090 29 днів тому +2

      @raefordguns8243 Thank you. Yeah that's the first thing I tried, but I can't select a firearm from my inventory until I select my FFL, which isn't an option on my account anymore. I'll try ask the experts, then FOIA request I guess... I appreciate the reply.

    • @paullinkins8121
      @paullinkins8121 28 днів тому +4

      Value just went up by $25,000!

    • @raefordguns8243
      @raefordguns8243 28 днів тому

      @@paullinkins8121 that’s what I figure. 🤞

  • @philrab
    @philrab 29 днів тому +32

    If ATF can get the NFA transfer time down to a week, they always had the power to speed it up. And they likewise have the power to slow it down again.

    • @asymsolutions
      @asymsolutions 26 днів тому

      True, but you also have to realize that the political party that loves to inhibit the 2nd ammendment also is the political party that is addicted to tax revenue.
      They're currently in the sweaty dude not sure of which button to push meme territory

  • @knightofavalon86
    @knightofavalon86 29 днів тому +131

    This feels like the set up for something. Like justification for regulating AR pistols as SBRs because "filing form 1 is no longer burdensome" or some shit.

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  29 днів тому +81

      That's what lots of people said about the 1968 amnesty too...

    • @takingbacktoxic7898
      @takingbacktoxic7898 29 днів тому +64

      This paranoia isn’t wrong.
      It’s paving to a national register with the justification that an instant check is not an infringement

    • @wlewisiii
      @wlewisiii 29 днів тому +4

      @@takingbacktoxic7898 Yawn. Wake me when you grow up.

    • @bitfreakazoid
      @bitfreakazoid 29 днів тому +19

      @@wlewisiii Yawn. Wake me when you do.

    • @bitfreakazoid
      @bitfreakazoid 29 днів тому +7

      @@ForgottenWeapons True, but it isn't, and wasn't, a misguide thought.

  • @TroyPosey
    @TroyPosey 29 днів тому +144

    When can we expect the Hughes Amendment to be ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, especially under Heller and Bruen…
    I can tolerate a week over my longest paper forms (2021/2022) that pushed 1.5 years… 🙄 But I’d still like to see the NFA dissolved.

    • @golf-n-guns
      @golf-n-guns 29 днів тому +10

      💯 💯

    • @rollastudent
      @rollastudent 29 днів тому +3

      Go ahead a file a lawsuit and get the ball rolling

    • @SigmaSheepdog
      @SigmaSheepdog 29 днів тому +8

      Removing Short-barreled rifles and shotguns, as well as suppressors from the NFA could be a possiblity, but removing machine guns from the NFA will NEVER happen.

    • @dirtyblueshirt
      @dirtyblueshirt 29 днів тому

      @@SigmaSheepdog certainly not in the near term, but the Hughes Amendment effectively banning new machine guns obviously runs counter to Bruen. I wouldn't be surprised if SCOTUS returns things to what they were pre-1986.

    • @nibs7252
      @nibs7252 29 днів тому +4

      ​@@SigmaSheepdog hell, at least let us register new MGs.

  • @touge242
    @touge242 29 днів тому +12

    MG's cannot be purchased in the same manner as all other firearms. The NFA still exists.
    Not good enough, not good at all.
    The AFT is trying to save face in court, this is just a tactical retreat.

  • @swordsman1_messer
    @swordsman1_messer 29 днів тому +253

    Wow, the ATF bureaucrats actually doing their job for once and actually making their approval process work faster than the DMV? Wonder what motivated them to do so…

    • @roycesjourney37
      @roycesjourney37 29 днів тому

      They’re scared shitless because of NSRPA v BRUEN. There are a lot of lawsuits nationwide.

    • @FreekaPista
      @FreekaPista 29 днів тому +23

      Joe working for the people

    • @matt58274
      @matt58274 29 днів тому +44

      Bruen. A week wait is easier to defend.
      Plus they're wanting to expand the nfa to cover "assault weapons" and reducing the wait will make that easier to argue for.

    • @davidgolden1726
      @davidgolden1726 29 днів тому +5

      Because they see them getting the boot

    • @madeconomist458
      @madeconomist458 29 днів тому +6

      Maybe they wanted more agents actually enforcing laws instead of doing paperwork?

  • @stevegee218
    @stevegee218 29 днів тому +101

    "I'll take a week over nine months.." - 'That's what she said.'

  • @ArmstrongMixture
    @ArmstrongMixture 29 днів тому +78

    Its the new normal because they're being sued. Numbers are being fluffed to show the registry requirements aren't 'burdensome' to justify its existence. Once the case concludes expect the wait times to go back up to the 9 months we were seeing previously. Give it a a few years. If you see this comment in 2035, say hi.

    • @wolflegion_
      @wolflegion_ 29 днів тому +4

      Doesn’t make sense, because if that was the reason they’d focus on the backlog first. Fuck ATF, but in this case they’re doing good just for the heck of it.

    • @Andrew-ps6xe
      @Andrew-ps6xe 29 днів тому +13

      @@wolflegion_ A bunch of new entries with near zero wait drives down the average faster than working on the backlog would. The end result is the same, but the improvement curve is steeper this way, and the ATF is desperate to look good in order to be seen as tolerable.

    • @AndrewWisler
      @AndrewWisler 29 днів тому +2

      Or, if they lose in court, they’ve collected a whole bunch of tax stamps and they’ve got your info on file …

  • @Nimrodwithagun
    @Nimrodwithagun 29 днів тому +21

    I feel like the only reason the wait times were reduced is because of the Bruen SCOTUS decision. It's only a matter of time before the NFA in its entirety is challenged on 2A grounds and it would be very difficult for the ATF/Feds to argue that it isn't completely unconstitutional if you have to wait 6 months to 2 years to get the things you wanted

    • @Andrew-ps6xe
      @Andrew-ps6xe 29 днів тому +5

      As someone else in this comment section said, the ATF would rather yield than break entirely. They are giving ground in order to appear tolerable.

    • @deadlyta
      @deadlyta 28 днів тому

      The cost of machine guns is so high due to the regulations will mean at the very least the Hughs will be struck down eventually

  • @patricklinkous
    @patricklinkous 29 днів тому +142

    Forgotten Weapons Breaking News Network

  • @wagsthedogwhistle5939
    @wagsthedogwhistle5939 29 днів тому +35

    Really very cool if your rich AF and can throw more than 10,000$ at a firearm on a whim. Really cool would be if the NFA which is unconstitutional is repealed.

    • @kennethstaszak9990
      @kennethstaszak9990 29 днів тому +6

      That's what's stopping a lot of people I'm sure.

    • @theKashConnoisseur
      @theKashConnoisseur 28 днів тому +2

      MGs are like Rolexes in that they are an investment you get to enjoy. If you just buy it for range fun, sure it's a pretty expensive range toy. But if you consider it an investment that will continue to increase in value over time, it's a lot more fun to have than, say, a stocks and bonds portfolio.

    • @BobDarlington
      @BobDarlington 25 днів тому +1

      Try $30k

    • @almaadams3631
      @almaadams3631 25 днів тому +1

      ​@@BobDarlingtonFor sure.
      You can't even get a POS Mac/Ingram for 10K.

  • @mekaerwin7187
    @mekaerwin7187 29 днів тому +7

    I fear the Greeks when they bring gifts.

  • @bghiggy
    @bghiggy 29 днів тому +125

    Machine gun investors punching air rn knowing their gun is slightly less valuable now

    • @MrDeplorable-sw9cz
      @MrDeplorable-sw9cz 29 днів тому +7

      Isn't that the truth

    • @Zundfolge
      @Zundfolge 29 днів тому +15

      Type 2 SOT guys dancing a jig though.

    • @kfeltenberger
      @kfeltenberger 29 днів тому +11

      Good.

    • @MrDmitriRavenoff
      @MrDmitriRavenoff 29 днів тому +10

      Like a few dollars cheaper.

    • @pauljones639
      @pauljones639 29 днів тому +14

      no thats wayyy wrong. Pre 86 dealer samples were actuallly worth LESS than fully transferables. due to the fact that you had to be an SOT dealer to even buy one

  • @Capellix0001
    @Capellix0001 29 днів тому +4

    Now to get rid of the 1986 new machine gun ban

  • @nextcaesargaming5469
    @nextcaesargaming5469 29 днів тому +20

    Don't do that... Don't give me hope...

  • @aod8867
    @aod8867 29 днів тому +7

    This is good news. The pre-samples have been talked about in the dealer network for a little bit. I dont believe the market will be flooded with new weapons, unfortunately, though.
    What bothers me is why the ATF is allowed to rewrite and make up new laws. While this current "allowance" is nice, and other things are "banned." None of this went through the proper channels. The whole system is a crock!

  • @Gunbudder
    @Gunbudder 29 днів тому +6

    i'm a firm believer that the ATF will never allow new MGs to be added to the registry regardless of what policies happen because it would eliminate an absurd amount of speculative wealth instantly. Even terrible machine guns like the ruger 10/22 machine gun would be instantly worthless instead of being currently worth about 10,000. it would be like if the diamond trade suddenly dumped all of their diamonds on the market at once (which would reveal their real valueless state).

    • @grumpycat5991
      @grumpycat5991 29 днів тому +1

      Yeah I am afraid you are right...
      I think the only way the powers that be in the "Investment" community wouldn't somehow put the back door kabash on it would be some sort of yearly quota system where x1000s new MGs would be allowed.
      That being said they are not making new Maxim Machine Guns (Yet) and the truly historic, interesting/rare/vintage stuff would likely maintain much of its value but 13,000$ Cobray M-11s not so much.

    • @theKashConnoisseur
      @theKashConnoisseur 28 днів тому

      Why would the ATF care about market speculation? They've repeatedly demonstrated that they're more than happy to ruin entire sub-industries to uphold their interpretation of the law. Gotta remember, they stopped being apart of the Treasury a while ago lol.

  • @Cynicalelectrician
    @Cynicalelectrician 29 днів тому +15

    Great news! I was just thinking “wouldn’t it be great if there were 4000 more transferable MG’s that I could never afford”
    I suppose it’s a matter of good news for thee but not for me😑

    • @davidcox3076
      @davidcox3076 29 днів тому +2

      Only way I could afford one is to get a loan and then rent it out to make the payments. But good news for those who have $$$$$$.

    • @Cynicalelectrician
      @Cynicalelectrician 28 днів тому

      @@davidcox3076 That’s not a bad idea actually 🤔…. If you find a bank that does those kinds of loans let me know lol.

  • @darkninjacorporation
    @darkninjacorporation 29 днів тому +3

    The enemy gave an inch. That doesn’t make them our friends.

  • @karlnemo8658
    @karlnemo8658 29 днів тому +4

    Enough crumbs from the ATF. The NFA34 itself needs retirement. Look up _"Bonus Army 1932"_ and _"Business Plot of 1933"_ to know why NFA34 was created. It had nothing to do with crime and _everything_ to do with removing civilian force parity against a weak standing Army.

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte 29 днів тому +18

    It was 2024, I was still trying to figure out why ATF still exists as independent agency instead of being branches of IRS and DEA...

    • @AndrewAMartin
      @AndrewAMartin 29 днів тому +1

      Possibly because it predates both of those agencies? Guess I need to do a little research... Also, it's better for funding purposes, both so that agency priorities are met and for accountability.

    • @drangusbadger1976
      @drangusbadger1976 29 днів тому

      ATF and IRS shouldn't even exist. It's why we have the Treasury Department. DEA shouldn't exist. Should be the DOJ. Most of these 3 letter agencies are only 50 years old and are government bloat.

    • @TheFanatical1
      @TheFanatical1 29 днів тому +3

      ​@@AndrewAMartinGenuine question: what dates are you using to count that? I think the IRS is probably older than the ATF? Unless you mean the ATF's progenitor agencies.

    • @AndrewAMartin
      @AndrewAMartin 29 днів тому +1

      @@TheFanatical1 Thats why I said I need to do some research. I am thinking that ATF and IRS are both Treasury bureaus/agencies, but I'm not sure where DEA originated. Down the rabbit hole I go...

    • @TheFanatical1
      @TheFanatical1 29 днів тому +1

      @@AndrewAMartin Oh, "possibly". Fair enough then!

  • @user-oy9zy4ds9m
    @user-oy9zy4ds9m 29 днів тому +2

    This sounds like something ATF could spin around sometime in the future and declare on a whim that the 4000 guns are now back to pre-dealer sample status

  • @thijspluis9998
    @thijspluis9998 29 днів тому +47

    You dont see that everyday

  • @thatdudeinasuit5422
    @thatdudeinasuit5422 29 днів тому +11

    Third, it makes for good content to listen to as a security guard at 0345 in South Australia and I'm happy with that. Love the work.

  • @robertswitzer3630
    @robertswitzer3630 29 днів тому

    Thank you for the info Ian!

  • @Browns_Brush
    @Browns_Brush 29 днів тому

    Thanks for the update Ian!

  • @plutothe9th361
    @plutothe9th361 29 днів тому +47

    Can we at least get a 1968 style amnesty again?

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  29 днів тому +92

      Working on it.

    • @plutothe9th361
      @plutothe9th361 29 днів тому +39

      @@ForgottenWeapons the amount of submissions would be astronomic in scale LOL.

    • @sbreheny
      @sbreheny 29 днів тому +9

      @@ForgottenWeapons What would be covered under such an amnesty? Would that allow registration of newly made homemade MGs?

    • @kaboom4679
      @kaboom4679 29 днів тому +24

      Damn sure might cause a drill bit shortage .

    • @Flevvers
      @Flevvers 29 днів тому +8

      @@sbreheny Most likely things like FRT's and Bumpstocks if that actually happens. Imo they just need to reopen the registry.

  • @BrandonDoran00
    @BrandonDoran00 29 днів тому +3

    Seems like they are afraid of a supreme court crackdown and are pre-emptively trying to go "See! See! We're good guys! We follow the law!" Just like Apples reaction to the DOJ lawsuit.

  • @blackbilly1965
    @blackbilly1965 29 днів тому +1

    Thanks Ian

  • @ypaulbrown
    @ypaulbrown 29 днів тому

    Thank You Ian....

  • @johnygreen81
    @johnygreen81 29 днів тому +5

    We could seriously bump those numbers up if we shit canned the entire ATF, and the NFA

  • @LordRahl11
    @LordRahl11 29 днів тому +8

    Sure make it bigger if you have thousand of dollars to spend. I'll never own a machine gun even being a law abiding citizen. NFA is just as unconstitutional as any ban.

  • @michalz9629
    @michalz9629 25 днів тому

    Thanks for summing this up for us!

  • @johncox2865
    @johncox2865 28 днів тому

    Thanks Ian!

  • @WindHaze10
    @WindHaze10 29 днів тому +21

    So glad USA is finally embracing electronic way to deal with paperwork.

    • @theKashConnoisseur
      @theKashConnoisseur 28 днів тому

      You must be joking. We've had electronic forms as long as the rest of the civilized world. A backwards government agency is neither unique to America, nor representative of it.

  • @mr.sandman770
    @mr.sandman770 29 днів тому +10

    While I will most likely not be able to afford one of these machineguns for the forseeable future, I am happy for those who will

  • @chadmckinney8465
    @chadmckinney8465 29 днів тому

    Thank You Ian. That is cool news.

  • @davidkuehne476
    @davidkuehne476 29 днів тому +2

    They've shifted registration phases, or are doing so. They think it's near enough that they're getting ready to actually competently register everything ever.

  • @PianoMan347
    @PianoMan347 29 днів тому +4

    Now the big wait is for silencer manufacturers and dealers to have things in stock. Been on backordered status for a month:(

  • @Brownie0042
    @Brownie0042 29 днів тому +27

    To say that all new NFA transfers will be that quick is misleading. The quick approvals are for those who don't need any "further research" done (around 70% of applicants). For those of us with a common name, like me, the process isn't any faster. And my fear is that it will be even longer for us 30% that need "further research". I guess time will tell.

    • @tn_bluestem
      @tn_bluestem 29 днів тому +5

      Literally me. I've arrested people with my exact name and birthday ffs

    • @indigomer
      @indigomer 29 днів тому +1

      @@tn_bluestemgranted, part of the wait times were because of a backlog of forms. With fewer people in that specific queue it could still be shortened to one or two months, if I had to guess.

    • @tn_bluestem
      @tn_bluestem 29 днів тому +1

      @@indigomer
      It's been "pending research" for 13 months

  • @duanetrivett750
    @duanetrivett750 29 днів тому

    Thanks for the Good news Ian !

  • @gabepearl5661
    @gabepearl5661 25 днів тому

    Another excellent video thank you

  • @kyleh3615
    @kyleh3615 29 днів тому +16

    I knew when the DMV allowed us to renew online that it was only a matter of time before the ATF got the online stuff going

  • @Newb_Killer
    @Newb_Killer 29 днів тому +3

    I'm pissed that I'm on month 7 AND PEOPLE FROM A WEEK AGO ARE ALREADY GETTING THEIR FORMS APPROVED!

  • @user-zs1fr7im6l
    @user-zs1fr7im6l 25 днів тому +1

    As of February 24, 2016 is just under a half million:
    Pre 86 (transferables): 175,977
    Sales Samples (pre May keepers): 17,020
    Post Dealer Samples (posties): 297,667 ---------- Probably 500,000 Post Dealer Samples now !

  • @jacobstaten2366
    @jacobstaten2366 5 днів тому

    When I saw the headline, my first thought was, "We are all refusing to enforce any part of the NFA."

  • @franciszeklatinik889
    @franciszeklatinik889 29 днів тому +4

    Holy shit, never saw this coming.

  • @gunchowder5065
    @gunchowder5065 29 днів тому +4

    I went and got a can when the first batch of quick approvals started. Now I’m 60 days into waiting on a single person trust to be approved so I wouldn’t count your blessings until you’ve gotten them

    • @thevnbastid1027
      @thevnbastid1027 29 днів тому

      my approval last month took less than 24 hours. I had to do finger prints and such through the mail with the store I purchased from, so my transaction took 4 weeks altogether.

    • @johnnyvivic8730
      @johnnyvivic8730 29 днів тому

      Trusts take way longer so unfortunately no surprise there.

    • @kingnull2697
      @kingnull2697 28 днів тому

      @@johnnyvivic8730 Ian states in the video "single person trusts with no mistakes" are also beneficiaries of the increase in processing time.

    • @johnnyvivic8730
      @johnnyvivic8730 28 днів тому

      @@kingnull2697 Really! Well that's great.

  • @HopeisAnger
    @HopeisAnger 29 днів тому +1

    A good day on the road to abolishing the ATF and repealing the NFA. Thanks Ian.

  • @geckoproductions4128
    @geckoproductions4128 29 днів тому

    Thanks for the info

  • @AnimeFanatic5602
    @AnimeFanatic5602 29 днів тому +7

    The best outcome would be reopening the registry, but we'll take what we can get. Speeding up the transfer/approval process is definitely a net positive.

    • @oo7killer1
      @oo7killer1 29 днів тому

      Can you explaine what the difference is? For transfer, you need to register right?

    • @AnimeFanatic5602
      @AnimeFanatic5602 28 днів тому

      @@oo7killer1 What I meant was registering new NFA items vs transferring existing ones.

    • @oo7killer1
      @oo7killer1 28 днів тому

      @@AnimeFanatic5602 if i understand it right; you can not register "new" old guns at this moment?

    • @AnimeFanatic5602
      @AnimeFanatic5602 28 днів тому

      @@oo7killer1 You can't register new machine guns, but other NFA items are fine. Even grenade launchers.

  • @crossan008
    @crossan008 29 днів тому +3

    Hell yea!

  • @96SN95
    @96SN95 25 днів тому

    I've done 2 NFA transfers in the last few weeks with one being right about a day and a half and the other was just over 2 days. Pretty awesome they were able to roll this out over the previous system.

  • @eschrock3166
    @eschrock3166 25 днів тому +1

    YESSSSSSSSS. I’ve been so sad that my SA-58 was going to take 9-12 months on top of the 2 month build time. It just got transferred to my local dealer and I was ready to wait forever on the paperwork. This is fantastic news.

  • @792slayer
    @792slayer 29 днів тому +3

    Well, fast transfers are a great step, but the only way the machine gun community is going to get bigger is if the prices drop from the absolutely insane places they are. $30,000 for an MP5 is pure lunacy.

    • @johnnytyler5685
      @johnnytyler5685 29 днів тому +3

      Where on Earth are you getting transferable MP5s for $30,000?! Try fifty grand.

    • @792slayer
      @792slayer 29 днів тому

      @@johnnytyler5685 I've seen a few auctions close around that point, but you're backing up my point.

    • @cutterspc
      @cutterspc 29 днів тому

      @@johnnytyler5685 That's what I'm saying too. I'd buy 3 if I could find them at 30K.

  • @charlestran6265
    @charlestran6265 29 днів тому +5

    I can fully attest folks. Ian speaks the truth here. I submitted and paid for a Form 4 on a Thompson Submachine gun on Wednesday April 24th and received my approval on the morning of Friday the 26th. Literally took about 36 hours. I stared at the approval email for a while thinking it was some sort of late April Fools joke. And then proceeded to rush over to my FFL to get my Thompson before the ATF changed their mind. 9 months+ now down to 36 hours? Must be an election year I tell ya.

    • @csolivais1979
      @csolivais1979 29 днів тому +2

      As others have said, probably due to all the court cases right now.

  • @vaquerojoel2026
    @vaquerojoel2026 26 днів тому

    Outstanding!!

  • @wilberttboonzaaier2550
    @wilberttboonzaaier2550 28 днів тому +1

    Meanwhile in South Africa its normal to wait 9 months for your firearm applications to be approved. Some might even say thats fast...

  • @actualreplyguy
    @actualreplyguy 29 днів тому +6

    IMO they have deliberately made the process more efficient so that the 2A crowd would lower their pitchforks. They messed up with the brace rule big time and there was a lot of chatter about abolishing the ATF as a result. So they did the smart thing which is to appease the locals with some long overdue bureaucratic efficiency.

    • @chrisj7656
      @chrisj7656 26 днів тому

      Bureaucratic efficiency? Now there's an oxymoron lol

  • @jesscobb2279
    @jesscobb2279 29 днів тому +4

    The weeklong wait isn't my issue. It's the overall cost of a suppressor that's making me not want one. 400-700 dollars for an attachment plus a 200-dollar tax is not something I'm willing to pay just yet. If this really starts to take off and millions of suppressors are being bought and the price comes down to say 200-350 plus the 200-extortion fee. Then I will consider it. Some of my local shops are getting approvals back within 6-10 hours. So, yeah this is great, but the price is still too high from the manufacturer.

    • @RayHikes
      @RayHikes 29 днів тому +4

      We should get rid of the $200 extortion fee all together. With modern manufacturing, you could produce basic suppressors for less than $200. There’s just no market for cheap suppressors, since if you’re giving the government 200 anyway might as well spend the extra couple hundred and get the nice one.

    • @jameshealy4594
      @jameshealy4594 29 днів тому +2

      If the tax disappeared you could manufacture and sell cheap versions of said devices for well under $100, steel tube is extremely cheap and barely any machining would be necessary, hell I'm sure you could order the parts premade from McMaster-Carr other than muzzle threading, obviously at a price premium.

    • @RayHikes
      @RayHikes 29 днів тому

      @@jameshealy4594 Hell, you can already find them on wish for like $40.

  • @jessebell1930
    @jessebell1930 29 днів тому

    Great news. From Australia with love😁

  • @wraithwyvern528
    @wraithwyvern528 29 днів тому +5

    Maybe sometimes the sun really does shine through the clouds.

  • @ninjascout468
    @ninjascout468 29 днів тому +3

    Na I'm on 45days for approval so not all come back fast and many others still waiting

  • @FixitFrank
    @FixitFrank 29 днів тому

    This is fantastic!

  • @PeterCastle2A
    @PeterCastle2A 29 днів тому

    I did a form 1 in March and it took 5 days. I ordered a can 2 weeks ago and still waiting. It seems pretty random right now, no rhyme or reason, some people approved in less than 24 hours. What a time to be alive

  • @zedhiro6131
    @zedhiro6131 29 днів тому +9

    I am jaded, this is the new normal until it's not.
    The government can be both mercurial and ponderous at the same time.

  • @zenjon7892
    @zenjon7892 29 днів тому +7

    Cool piece of news #3: Colorado Senate struck down the Assault Weapons Ban bill!

  • @TheSicGamer
    @TheSicGamer 24 дні тому +1

    Thank God our benevolent masters let us have more scraps 🙏

  • @Talon19
    @Talon19 26 днів тому

    Thank you for your as always level headed and educational videos.
    Hopefully more people will do independent study and realize the AR-10 and AR-15 were designed as select fire military arms.

  • @kevinwicklund5914
    @kevinwicklund5914 29 днів тому +3

    Been wanting since 10/3023 for my Aero Lahar 30! Simple trust

    • @cutterspc
      @cutterspc 29 днів тому

      I hear ya brother, 12/23 myself. Try not to let it get to you.

  • @BOTSamJ
    @BOTSamJ 29 днів тому +3

    "Good" atf news is an interesting subject
    As you said woipd be nice if this wasnt a thing at all

  • @mlmmt
    @mlmmt 29 днів тому

    I never thought I would ever hear *good* news about the ATF for anything, this is great to hear!

  • @TieToter
    @TieToter 29 днів тому

    Outstanding!

  • @thekraken1173
    @thekraken1173 29 днів тому +4

    What happens to full auto curios & relics?

    • @ForgottenWeapons
      @ForgottenWeapons  29 днів тому +8

      Nothing different than before. A C&R NFA item has to get a tax stamp, but it can ship from out of state directly to a C&R licensee once the stamp clears.

  • @MrDeplorable-sw9cz
    @MrDeplorable-sw9cz 29 днів тому +3

    This can't be out of the goodness of their hearts...

  • @ryanhanks4852
    @ryanhanks4852 26 днів тому

    That is great news. It definitely makes me want to go out and buy a suppressor. My friend had a heck of a time with his suppressor, the dealer he went through got arrested and it spent an extra year sitting in evidence before it got transferred to another dealer who finally got it to him.

  • @sir.airman.traineereports.3687
    @sir.airman.traineereports.3687 25 днів тому

    I work at a gun store and we curently have around 30 post Jan 1st form 4s submitted including my own, we have only gotten 3 approvals back since the 12th of last month. All three were a trust submitted in 2023. I've been waiting myself for over a month, but have seen 2 day approvals since I've submitted in March

  • @Archangel144
    @Archangel144 29 днів тому +5

    Cool, but also no one has made an amendment to supersede the 2nd yet, so all that and more are supposed to already be legal. No forms, no registries should be needed. We need "the man" to acknowledge that.

  • @molochi
    @molochi 29 днів тому +9

    Thanks Biden!

  • @MichaelPoage666
    @MichaelPoage666 29 днів тому

    I'm glad to hear ATF processing times are down. That being said, my eform has been sitting there as "submitted" with no updates of any kind from ATF for a solid year.

  • @kevlarandchrome
    @kevlarandchrome 28 днів тому

    Perfect is generally the enemy of the good, so take whatever improvements you can get now and keep working toward perfect in the future. Thanks for the information Ian.

  • @MGood-ij1hi
    @MGood-ij1hi 29 днів тому +3

    I wonder how many people were thinking that the announcement was a new amnesty was happening.

  • @GarGhuul
    @GarGhuul 29 днів тому +8

    Hm. So Police Agencies making a good margin due to history?

  • @douglasboyle6544
    @douglasboyle6544 28 днів тому

    It's good to see things working correctly

  • @Tinkkaa1
    @Tinkkaa1 24 дні тому +2

    The ATF stop trying to help foreign firearms manufacturers run U.S. firearms manufacturers out of business ? Because you see what they did to colt firearms .

  • @bringerofdeath99
    @bringerofdeath99 29 днів тому +2

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