10/12/2026
https://www.atf.gov/news/press-releases/atf-issues-guidance-national-fi***rms-act-transfers-short-barreled-ri**es-short-barreled-sh****ns-suppressors-and-certain-other-fi***rms
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WASHINGTON – The Bureau of Alcohol, To***co, Fi****ms and Explosives today released an Open Letter and Frequently Asked Questions explaining how it will treat ownership, transfer, and transportation of the National Fi****ms Act fi***rms for which Congress eliminated the making and transfer