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ATF Changes Defintion of "Manufacturer"
johnjacobh.wordpress.com ^ | 08/16/08 | johnjacobh.wordpress.com

Posted on 08/16/2008 7:08:26 PM PDT by Copernicus

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/firearmstech/081508manufacturing-of-firearms.pdf

8. A gunsmith regularly buys military-type firearms, Mausers, etc., and sporterizes" them for resale. The gunsmith is in the business of manufacturing firearms and should be licensed as a manufacturer.

9. A gunsmith buys semiautomatic pistols and modifies the slides to accept a new style of sights. The sights are not usually sold with these firearms and do not attach to the existing mounting openings. The gunsmith offers these firearms for sale. This would be considered the manufacturing of firearms, and the gunsmith should be licensed as a manufacturer.

10. A gunsmith buys government model pistols and installs "drop-in" precision trigger parts or other "drop-in parts" for the purpose of resale. This would be considered the manufacturing of firearms, as the gunsmith is purchasing the firearms, modifying the firearms, and selling them. The gunsmith should be licensed as a manufacturer.

11. A gunsmith buys surplus military rifles, bends the bolts to accept a scope, and then drills the receivers for a scope base. The gunsmith offers these firearms for sale. This would be considered the manufacturing of firearms, and the gunsmith should be licensed as a manufacturer.

12. A gunsmith buys surplus military rifles or pistols and removes the stocks, adds new stocks or pistol grips, cleans the firearms, then sends the firearms to a separate contractor for bluing. These firearms are then sold to the public. This would be considered manufacturing of firearms, and the gunsmith should be licensed as a manufacturer.

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This is a big deal.
1 posted on 08/16/2008 7:08:26 PM PDT by Copernicus
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To: Joe Brower

Ping to Banglist.


2 posted on 08/16/2008 7:09:14 PM PDT by Copernicus (California Grandmother view on Gun Control http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7CCB40F421ED4819)
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To: Copernicus

Burn All Toddlers First up to it’s bull**** again I see


3 posted on 08/16/2008 7:11:27 PM PDT by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: Copernicus
So - who authorized the BATF to make this change of definition?

Is this something that the administration is directing or is this the action of the Director of the BATF?

We need to know so we can respond appropriately.

The right to bear arms shall not be infringed.

4 posted on 08/16/2008 7:12:36 PM PDT by Chinstrap61a
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To: Copernicus

Disband the ATF NOW!


5 posted on 08/16/2008 7:13:17 PM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: Copernicus
A gunsmith buys surplus military rifles, bends the bolts to accept a scope, and then drills the receivers for a scope base. The gunsmith offers these firearms for sale. This would be considered the manufacturing of firearms, and the gunsmith should be licensed as a manufacturer.

What a lie! Altering an old military firearm with scope mounts and then reselling it is called "manufacture?" Ridiculous!

6 posted on 08/16/2008 7:14:14 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: Copernicus
I guess I am a "manufacturer".

Maybe we all should be.

All of us can't be arrested and incarcerated.

7 posted on 08/16/2008 7:16:18 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: elkfersupper
All of us can't be arrested and incarcerated.

Do not bet on it. They may very well try.

Best regards,

8 posted on 08/16/2008 7:18:31 PM PDT by Copernicus (California Grandmother view on Gun Control http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7CCB40F421ED4819)
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To: Ken522

Then the ATF should be redefined as UJBT, unAmerican jack booted tyrants or thugs. If the shoe fits.


9 posted on 08/16/2008 7:20:39 PM PDT by smoketree (the insanity, the lunacy these days)
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To: Copernicus

So I put night sights on my Glock and decide later to sell it......... I’m a manufaturer? What BS!


10 posted on 08/16/2008 7:20:57 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Copernicus

Who woulda thunk.
I manufactured a truck when I put a 350 Corvette engine in my 54 Ford truck.


11 posted on 08/16/2008 7:21:08 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: moehoward

As a manufacturing corporation you don’t have to pay taxes.


12 posted on 08/16/2008 7:23:30 PM PDT by smoketree (the insanity, the lunacy these days)
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To: Copernicus

They want to harass gunsmiths and collect more tax. How could anybody work for them?


13 posted on 08/16/2008 7:24:38 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: moehoward

I manufactured a computer when I installed some new RAM.


14 posted on 08/16/2008 7:24:56 PM PDT by smokingfrog (He that lives upon hope will die fasting. - Ben Franklin)
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To: Copernicus

Modifying a firearm which already has a serial number on it is NOT manufacturing a firearm. There is something so seriously wrong with the thinking at the BATFE that I shudder to imagine the future they are intending.


15 posted on 08/16/2008 7:25:25 PM PDT by William Tell (RKBA for California (rkba.members.sonic.net) - Volunteer by contacting Dave at rkba@sonic.net)
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To: moehoward

“Who woulda thunk.
I manufactured a truck when I put a 350 Corvette engine in my 54 Ford truck.”

Hell, they’d claim you manufactured a truck if you put a St. Christopher medal in it!


16 posted on 08/16/2008 7:26:24 PM PDT by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: umgud

No, putting night sights on your own Glock then later selling it would not make you a manufacturer. But if you regularly buy Glocks, put night sights on them and then resell them, you apparently are a manufacturer.


17 posted on 08/16/2008 7:26:39 PM PDT by Sender (Never lose your ignorance; you can never regain it!)
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To: moehoward

I forget.........Was Bush Governor of texas when ATF bombed and burned Waco ? Somehow I recall there was talk in Gun circles that Bush was going to investigate that when he became Potus....didnt do it.....and didn’t Bush 41 throw away his NRA membership because of that controversy....anyway, don’t look for this crew to reign in the ATF thugs


18 posted on 08/16/2008 7:26:48 PM PDT by mick
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To: smokingfrog

You owe me 2 bucks for taxed labor.... I’ll take it in Reese’s Peanutbutter Cups.


19 posted on 08/16/2008 7:26:51 PM PDT by Porterville (Mac Daddy Daddy Mac!!!!! 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: umgud

I guess I’m a manufacturer of a Sig Sauer. Boy, won’t Sig Arms be surprised to learn that?..


20 posted on 08/16/2008 7:27:16 PM PDT by LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot ("If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir"-Gen.Sherman)
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