For Immediate Release  
 Contact: Gail H. Davis 
  
                                            FY-98-12 
                                            Date: June 30, 1998

   

             Implementation of Public Law 104-208,
                       Omnibus Consolidated 
                     Appropriations Act of 1997
                                       

 WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
 (ATF) is issuing temporary regulations and a notice of
 proposed rulemaking to implement the provisions of Public
 Law 104-208, Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of
 1997, which amended the Gun Control Act of 1968.  The
 temporary regulations implement the new law which makes it
 unlawful for individuals who have been convicted of a
 “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” to ship, transport,
 receive or possess firearms and ammunition, and prohibits
 the sale of firearms and ammunition to such individuals. 
 The new law also requires individuals acquiring handguns
 from Federal firearms licensees to certify that they have
 not been convicted of such a crime.  Additionally, these
 regulations implement the provision in the law which allows
 Federal firearms licensees to engage in the business of
 dealing in curio and relic firearms with another licensee
 away from their licensed premises. 

 Written comments must be received on or before September 28,
 1998. 

 For further information, see the June 30, 1998, issue of the
 Federal Register, contact ATF’s office of Public Information
 at (202) 927-8500, or visit ATF’s Web site at
 www.atf.treas.gov.