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Final Rule - 2021R-05F

In the case of PMFs or manufactured, remanufactured, or imported firearms, may a licensee mark the barrel or slide with required markings if there is insufficient space on a firearm frame or receiver to accomplish marking requirements?

How would a licensee meet the marking requirement if they take a polymer privately made firearm (PMF) into inventory, such as one that was made by 3-D printing?

How should FFLs identify privately made firearms (PMFs) in their A&D record and ATF Form 4473?

How must licensees mark silencers that have different attachment methods?

How do I change from a Type 01 to a Type 07 Federal Firearms License?

How do federal firearms licensees (FFLs) mark newly made, remanufactured, or imported firearms that are for sale or distribution?

Does the final rule reclassify AR-15 uppers, and are they now required to be marked with a serial number?

Does the final rule change how and where federal firearms licensees (FFLs) must retain their records?

Does an unfinished frame or receiver that the seller/transferor packages with an internet address for obtaining equipment or instructions to make a firearm “frame or receiver” meet the definition of a firearm?

Do partially completed or so-called 80% AR-15 type lower receivers meet the definition of “frame or receiver” if they are stand-alone items without serial numbers (i.e. not included within a parts kit)?

Do I need to be licensed as a manufacturer if I acquire used firearms on which I will perform a manufacturing process (e.g. cerakote) for subsequent sale or distribution?

Can a Type 01 FFL accept a firearm from a non-licensee, mount a scope and return the firearm to the original owner on the same day without recording the firearm into the acquisition and disposition (A&D) record and completing an ATF Form 4473?

Can a Type 01 Federal Firearms Licensee continue to conduct business (i.e. firearms manufactured by completion, assembly, or applying coatings, or otherwise making them suitable for use) until a Type 07 license is received?

Can a non-licensee acquire an unfinished firearm frame or receiver (i.e. does not meet the definition of a firearm frame or receiver under the final rule), components, tools, jigs, etc. from an unrelated company, and legally make a PMF?

Are manufactures required to mark weapon part kits? If so, what should licensees record as the “type” in the A&D record and ATF Form 4473?

Are licensees required to retain all ATF Forms 4473, regardless of whether or not a transfer occurred?

Are licensees required to report on the Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (AFMER) those PMFs the licensee marks?

Are licensed manufacturers required to mark subparts or minor components, such as end caps of firearm muffler or silencer when transferred for further manufacturing or repair?

Are firearms that were made prior to the Gun Control Act of 1968 required to be marked with a serial number by a licensee?

Are federal firearms licensees (FFLs) required to notify ATF when they mark a privately made firearm (PMF)? How do PMF marking requirements help solve crimes?

Are companies that are engaged in the business of selling weapon parts kits required to be licensed as a manufacturer and to mark those weapon parts kits?

Are licensees required to mark privately made firearms (PMFs) when they facilitate private party PMF transfers?

Fireworks

When marking imported fireworks, do I have to mark each individual display shell that is imported?

What types of fireworks require an ATF license or permit in order to be lawfully transported or received?

What areas of a fireworks manufacturing plant are considered to be “fireworks process buildings?”