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Final Rule - 2021R-05F

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?”

Under what conditions may I temporarily store display fireworks (including low explosives for choreographed shows) on trucks?

We hold an explosives importer license under which we import display fireworks for our company’s displays. Do we have to mark imported display fireworks if we only use the fireworks for company display shows?

Must partially assembled display fireworks be removed from a drying building for overnight storage?

I store display fireworks cakes and roman candles that contain only salutes. Are these cakes and candles considered bulk salutes requiring storage in a high explosives (Type-1 or Type-2) magazine?

I am a licensed importer of display fireworks. In which explosives records am I required to record the date and shift of manufacture?

How must display fireworks be stored?

Are “display fireworks” considered to be explosive materials subject to regulation under Federal explosives laws and regulations?

Are “consumer fireworks” subject to regulation under the Federal explosives laws?

Are “Articles Pyrotechnic” subject to the requirements of the Federal explosives regulations?

Am I required to mark all of my imported display fireworks that I intend to sell or distribute?