Justice Amends Policy for Theft, Loss of Firearms in Transit
Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition-Reporting Theft or Loss of Firearms in Transit (2007R-9P)
A Rule by the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
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Action: Final rule.
Document Citation: 81 FR 1307
Page: 1307 -1318 (12 pages)
CFR: 27 CFR 478
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AG Order No. 3607-2016
RIN: 1140-AA41
Document Number: 2016-00112
Shorter URL: https://federalregister.gov/a/2016-00112
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Summary
Unified Agenda
Commerce in Firearms and Ammunition--Reporting Theft or Loss of Firearms in Transit
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79 FR 47033
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I. Background
The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), as amended by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, requires each licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector of firearms to report the theft or loss of a firearm from the licensee's inventory or collection to the
The regulation that implements section 923(g)(6) is 27 CFR 478.39a. This regulation provides that each Federal firearms licensee (FFL) must report the theft or loss of a firearm from the FFL's inventory (including any firearm which has been transferred from the FFL's inventory to a personal collection and held as a personal firearm for at least 1 year), or from the collection of a licensed collector, within 48 hours after the theft or loss is discovered. FFLs must report such thefts or losses by telephoning 1-888-930-9275 (nationwide
When there has been a theft or loss of a firearm registered under the National Firearms Act (NFA), 26 U.S.C. 5801 et seq., such as a short-barreled rifle or short-barreled shotgun, silencer, machinegun, or destructive device, see 26 U.S.C. 5841, 5845, 27 CFR 479.141 imposes a separate and additional reporting requirement. Section 479.141 states that whenever any registered NFA firearm is stolen or lost, the person who has lost possession must, immediately upon discovery of such theft or loss, make a report to the Director of
Currently, an FFL reporting the theft or loss of a registered NFA firearm prepares and submits Form 3310.11 to
The instructions on Form 3310.11 also provide that FFLs must reflect the theft or loss of a firearm as a disposition entry in the Record of Acquisition and Disposition (A&D Record) required by subpart H of 27 CFR part 478 (formerly 178). The disposition entry should indicate whether the incident is a theft or loss, the ATF-Issued Incident Number, and the Incident Number provided by the local law enforcement agency. The instructions further state that should any of the firearms be located, they should be re-entered into the A&D Record as an acquisition entry. In addition, the "Important Notice" section on Form 3310.11 provides that an FFL who reports a firearm as missing and later discover its whereabouts should advise
The text of the statutory reporting requirement, 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(6)--which obligates licensees to report the theft or loss of a firearm "from the licensee's inventory"--does not clearly address the reporting of a firearm that has been stolen or lost in transit. That is, the statute does not expressly address whether such a firearm should be considered part of the inventory of the transferring/shipping FFL, a recipient FFL, or the common carrier transporting the firearm. Similarly, current regulations do not address reporting requirements arising from firearms stolen or lost in transit, including whether the firearms are considered stolen or lost from the inventory of the sending or receiving FFL. This gap in the regulations likely results in no one reporting the theft or loss of a firearm stolen or lost in transit--an anomalous result that the Department believes is contrary to congressional intent in mandating the reporting of thefts and losses generally. Clarifying this responsibility is thus important to the effective administration of the GCA and NFA.
II. Initial Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On
As a result of the comments received in response to various issues addressed in the document, the Department decided to study the issues further, and it subsequently withdrew these proposals. See 69 FR 37757 (
III. 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On
The NPRM specified a time period within which to reflect the theft or loss of a firearm as a disposition entry--i.e., not later than 7 days following the discovery of the theft or loss--and required, rather than recommended, that the disposition entry in the FFL's A&D Record include specified information. Under the regulations as proposed, if an FFL reported a firearm stolen or lost and later discovered its whereabouts, the FFL would be required to advise
The proposed rule retained the same general approach for transferor/sender FFLs to report thefts or losses in transit as the 2000 NPRM, although there are some important differences. Unlike the 2000 NPRM, the 2014 NPRM did not propose to require FFLs to establish commercial business practices that would enable the FFL to verify that the transferee/buyer of a shipped firearm actually received the firearm. The 2014 NPRM merely solicited comments on whether a transferor/sender FFL should be required to obtain and retain confirmation of receipt. In addition, unlike the 2000 NPRM, the 2014 NPRM proposed to reduce the reporting burden with respect to NFA firearms. The 2014 NPRM also clarified that firearms lost or stolen in transit between FFLs and non-FFLs (not just between FFLs) would be included in the transactions that must be reported by a transferor/sender FFL. Finally, the proposed rule would require the A&D Records to be updated within 7 days of discovery of the theft or loss.
As stated in the 2014 NPRM, theft or loss of firearms in transit continues to be a problem. In its 2000 NPRM,
As previously noted, the statutory provision requiring licensees to report lost or stolen firearms, 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(6), does not clearly address situations in which a firearm is lost or stolen in transit. The Department proposed to interpret section 923(g)(6)'s requirement that a licensee "report the theft or loss of a firearm from the licensee's inventory" to include a responsibility to report a theft or loss that occurs once the licensee has placed a firearm in shipment. Accordingly, the proposed rule specified that, when a firearm is stolen or lost in transit on a common or contract carrier, [2] for reporting purposes the firearm is considered stolen or lost from the transferor's/sender's inventory. The proposed rule would apply to transfers from a licensee to a nonlicensee, including interstate shipments for firearms repair and replacement, qualified interstate shipments to law enforcement officers for official duty, and intrastate transactions under 18 U.S.C. 922(c), 27 CFR 478.96, and ATF Procedure 2013-2. In all such transactions, the transferor/sender would be the only FFL involved in the transaction, and it would be reasonable for that FFL to assume responsibility to make a report to
The 2014 proposed rule retained most of the current procedures for licensees reporting the theft or loss of firearms subject to the GCA, in accordance with the instructions on Form 3310.11. For example, Instruction 7 on Form 3310.11 provides that FFLs must reflect the theft or loss of a firearm as a disposition entry in the A&D Record that is required by subpart H of part 478 (formerly 178). The form also provides that the disposition entry should indicate whether the incident is a theft or loss, include the ATF-Issued Incident Number, and include the Incident Number provided by the local law enforcement agency. The proposed rule set out these procedures in a new paragraph (e) of 27 CFR 478.39a with two modifications: (1) The rule would prescribe a time period to reflect the theft or loss of a firearm as a disposition entry (i.e., not later than 7 days following discovery of the theft or loss); and (2) it would require, rather than recommend, that the disposition entry include specified information. The proposed 7-day time period for reporting would be consistent with the firearms receipt and disposition reporting requirement for licensed dealers in 27 CFR 478.125(e), which requires the "sale or other disposition of a firearm" to be recorded "not later than 7 days following the date of such transaction." The Department considers a theft or loss to be a disposition that must be reported within this time period.
In addition, the "Important Notice" section of Form 3310.11 provides that licensees who report firearms as missing and later discover their whereabouts should advise
The proposed rule would also reduce a licensee's reporting burden to
The comment period for Notice No. 40P closed on
IV. Analysis of Comments and Department Response
All public comments were considered in preparing this final rule. In response to Notice 40P,
Five commenters supported the proposed rule. Commenters who agreed with the proposed rule did so primarily because they believed that the implementation of the rule would help stop the unreported theft or loss of firearms in transit. One commenter agreed with the proposed rule in its entirety because it would allow police to quickly investigate and possibly return missing firearms and simplify FFLs' reporting of stolen or lost firearms registered under the NFA, thus making that process more efficient for both FFLs and
Nine commenters disagreed with the proposed rule. Commenters who opposed the proposed rule did so for a variety of reasons, with the most common objection relating to
Another commenter opposed the proposed rule because he believed that the rule's imposition of the reporting obligation on the transferring/sending FFL was at odds with
A. Legal Authority
Comments Received
Regarding the comment that the transaction of small arms is not an appropriate subject for regulation by the national government because of the Second Amendment, the Department does not believe anything in this rule is inconsistent with that constitutional amendment.
Some commenters asserted that
The present rulemaking reflects
Commenters argued that, in the absence of a statutory definition of the word "inventory," the Department must use the word's plain or ordinary meaning, and they offered various definitions culled from a few sources in an effort to elucidate what that meaning is. But rather than revealing a clear commonality, the definitions in the commenters' cited sources instead show that the word "inventory" can take on slightly different meanings suited to the particular contexts in which it used. [5] In the context of Federal firearms regulation, a licensee's "inventory" can, and does, include firearms that are not either "on hand" or owned by the licensee. For instance, FFLs may transport some or all of their firearms away from a particular licensed premises--to a warehouse where the firearms will be kept "solely for storage," for example. See 27 CFR 478.50(a). Or an FFL may have on hand firearms that the FFL does not own, but which have been pawned, consigned, or stored with the FFL by the firearms' owners. See 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(11)(C), 921(a)(12). [6] Similarly, licensed dealers may have on hand firearms that they are repairing or configuring for the firearms' owners. See 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(11)(B).
Elsewhere in the law, physical possession is often neither necessary nor sufficient for something to be counted as inventory. The section of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) governing secured transactions, for example, defines "inventory" to include not only goods "held by a person," but also goods "furnished by a person," and "leased by a person," irrespective of who has them. U.C.C. 9-102(a)(48); see also Matter of Watertown Tractor & Equip. Co., 289 NW.2d 288, 293-94 (Wis. 1980) (holding that equipment constitutes a lessor's "inventory" when in the possession of a lessee). The
Given its many meanings, the Department is of the view that the word "inventory" is ambiguous, and that
In the context of section 923(g)(6) specifically, the Department believes that the obligation to report lost or stolen "firearm[s] from the licensee's inventory" is best understood to encompass firearms that are not yet in the physical possession of a transferee that the transferor is best positioned to monitor and control. The Department believes that this interpretation of the word "inventory" is consistent with the flexible, context-specific character of the term as used elsewhere in the law.
Further, it is more logical--and more consistent with the GCA scheme--to consider an in-transit firearm as part of the shipping FFL's inventory and thereby place the reporting obligation on the transferor/sender licensee rather than the firearm's intended recipient. The GCA scheme relies on firearms dealers to control commerce in firearms. See Huddleston v.
In reaching its interpretation of 923(g)(6)'s reporting mandate, the Department considered whether the "inventory" determination should be made in accordance with the variable approach of the UCC regarding the transfer of title for risk of loss purposes. The Department determined that neither the text nor the purpose of the GCA counseled in favor of adopting the UCC approach to determining in whose "inventory" a firearm belongs. As explained in the proposed rule, the UCC approach focuses on the ownership of the goods being shipped for the purposes of allocating the risk of loss, but the primary focus of the GCA and its implementing regulations is, instead, the tracking of the acquisition and disposition of firearms. Accordingly--and as the Department will explain in further detail below--the Department is of the view that the statutory obligation on firearms licensees to report a theft or loss should not turn on technicalities of commercial law regarding whether the seller or buyer has title to, or bears the risk of loss of, the shipped firearms.
Instead, under the final rule, the theft or loss reporting requirement will always remain with the transferor/sender FFL, who will know how and when firearms sent to the transferee were shipped. As the Department reasoned in the 2014 NPRM, the transferee will have an incentive to notify the transferor about any discrepancies in the shipment because the transferee would not want to pay for an item the transferee did not actually receive. Upon being contacted by the transferee about a shipment discrepancy, the transferor FFL will be in the best position to verify the theft or loss by reviewing its transaction records and the shipping information from the carrier. The transferor could also be in a position to discover that the discrepancy was instead due to recordkeeping or other human error. Indeed, regardless of whether the transferee or transferor arranges the shipment, the transferor will know how and when the firearms were shipped. Moreover, if a firearm is stolen or lost in transit, the notation in the transferor's/sender's acquisition and disposition book indicating the firearm was disposed of to a particular transferee/buyer would be inaccurate.
The Department's interpretation that in-transit firearms remain in the transferring/sending FFL's "inventory" for purposes of section 923(g)(6) is further supported by the fact that an FFL's delivery of firearms to a common or contract carrier for transport does not result in a "disposition" or "transfer" unless and until the firearms are received by the transferee. The Department does not believe that the GCA scheme, which sets forth procedures for conveying firearms by carriers, [7] supports the conclusion that delivering firearms to the carrier for transport is a "transfer" or "disposition" to that carrier. Under the GCA and current regulations, the carrier is not said to maintain an "inventory" of firearms, and the disposition records of the transferring FFL do not reflect the carrier as a person to whom firearms are disposed. If an FFL's submission of firearms to a carrier were a "disposition" or "transfer," such an interpretation would lead to results that
Finally, the Department's interpreting the phrase "firearm[s] from the licensee's inventory" to encompass firearms that a licensee has placed in transit accords with the congressional intent behind the GCA more generally. The GCA is a comprehensive statutory scheme designed to closely track the acquisition and disposition of firearms to ensure that firearms do not fall into the hands of criminals, and so that the firearms can be traced if later found to have been used in crime. Accordingly, section 923(g)(6) mandates that "[e]ach licensee shall report the theft or loss of a firearm from the licensee's inventory or collection." To be sure,
For all those reasons, the Department's determination that the statutory obligation to report "the theft or loss of a firearm from the licensee's inventory" in section 923(g)(6) encompasses an obligation to report the theft or loss of a firearm that the licensee has shipped amounts to a reasonable construction of the GCA. [12]
With regard to the comment concerning
B. Commercial Business Practices
Comments Received
One commenter argued that the proposed rule is inconsistent with established commercial business practices. Citing U.C.C. 2-319, the commenter asserted that "firearms are almost universally shipped `F.O.B. Factory,'" indicating that once physical custody has passed at the place of shipment, so has legal title to the firearms and risk of loss.
Department Response
The Department disputes the commenter's factual assertion that firearms "are almost universally shipped `F.O.B. Factory.'" The Department believes that transferor/sender FFLs generally select the means by which the firearms in their inventory are shipped and secure insurance from the carriers for the value of the firearms. While these costs may be passed along to buyers in the purchase contracts, the Department believes that in many, if not most, cases, the transferor/sender FFL is legally responsible for any losses incurred in transit. This is because many, if not most, firearm purchase contracts require delivery at a specified destination. [13] For this reason, if a firearm is lost or stolen in transit, the shipping FFL usually sends a replacement firearm.
Even if the commenter's factual assertion were proven correct, however, the Department would nonetheless adhere to the position it expressed in the proposed rule that the UCC should not be used to determine the responsibility for reporting thefts and losses of firearms in transit. Adopting the variable UCC approach for reporting firearms stolen or lost in transit would be problematic for FFLs to apply and for
The UCC does not address whether a merchant must report thefts or losses of goods in transit; rather, the UCC approach focuses on the ownership of the goods being shipped and allocating the risk of loss for purposes of commercial law. By contrast, the primary focus of the GCA and its implementing regulations is on the acquisition, disposition, and misuse of firearms in service of public safety objectives. See
Other Federal agency regulations support the conclusion that transferors should be required to report the theft or loss of regulated goods in transit. For example, since 1974, the
Comments Received
Five commenters supported the requirement to report a theft or loss of firearms in transit in part or in the requirement's entirety. One commenter supported the use of Form 3310.11 to report the theft or loss of firearms in transit to simultaneously meet the requirements of sections478.39a and 479.141. Another commenter supported the requirement that FFLs notify local authorities as well as
Two commenters made statements to the effect that "[t]he updated regulations will help strengthen our nation['s] ability to track firearms that are lost or stolen while in transit" and that a single method of reporting such thefts and losses to
Several commenters who opposed the proposed rule did so based on the claim that, once a firearm is logged out of the transferring/sending FFL's A&D Record, it is no longer the responsibility of that FFL. One commenter asserted that the shipping companies instead have responsibility for the shipment and should therefore be required to report any in-transit thefts or losses.
Three commenters had practical concerns about the transferor/sender licensee bearing the responsibility to report the theft or loss of a firearm in transit because, even though a transferor/sender might receive confirmation that the firearms were delivered, such confirmation might not reflect whether the full amount of firearms was received; that discrepancy might only become apparent once the recipient compares the shipping invoice to the specific firearms ordered. Those commenters stated that the transferee in such a situation would be in a better position to know and report whether a firearm was received. The commenters explained that the transferee would have more incentive to report a firearm shipment stolen or lost because businesses are not in the habit of paying for products they do not actually receive.
Department Response
The reporting statute, 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(6), requires FFLs to report the theft or loss of firearms from their inventories or collections not only to the Attorney General (delegated to
The Department does not agree with one commenter's suggestion that common or contract carriers should be held legally responsible under this rule for reporting the theft or loss of firearms while in transit. The commenter who proposed that the reporting obligation lie with the carriers did not cite any statutory authority under which such a requirement could be imposed.
Instead, the GCA's scheme relies on firearms dealers to control commerce in firearms and places the burden of reporting stolen and lost firearms on licensees. As we have explained, it is reasonable to interpret the phrase "from the licensee's inventory" to require transferor/sender licensees to report the thefts or losses of firearms they have placed in transit. In addition, the transferor/sender FFL is in the best position to verify the theft or loss by reviewing its records and the shipping information from the carrier that was utilized. The transferor/sender FFL may also discover that the discrepancy is due to a recordkeeping or other human error, or a theft or loss at the licensed premises, rather than a theft or loss in transit. To be sure,
Regarding the comment alleging that
Comments Received
One commenter agreed with the basic process outlined in the proposed rule, but stated that the rule should clarify the type of shipping documents the transferring FFL must retain and for how long. Additionally, the commenter suggested that the proposed time frame for licensees to update their A&D Records to reflect a theft or loss--"7 days following discovery of the theft or loss"--be extended to a longer term. The same commenter also recommended that disposition entries for shipped items not be entered into the A&D Record until the shipment has been received (by the transferee) or declared lost (by the carrier). The commenter asked for clarification on when the "discovery" of the theft or loss occurs if the transferor/sender is waiting for proof of delivery to make a "final disposition entry." The commenter further suggested that maintaining the complete electronic tracking record would be a good idea, but that the licensee should be able to dispose of the records a week after the carrier's tracking system (or the recipient's acknowledgment) indicates that the shipment has been received, because otherwise the paperwork could become burdensome.
Another commenter argued that no signature should be required for a shipment and that the rule should not require proof of delivery to be retained. The commenter explained that "[t]his burden should not fall on the shipping [FFL]," because "someone acting nefariously on the receiving end could refute any signature or proof of delivery very easily."
Another commenter opposed the rule on the basis that the transferor/sender cannot know that the firearm has been stolen or lost in transit until the intended recipient or the carrier notifies the transferor/sender, and the commenter did not know what would constitute notification. The same commenter further asserted that if FFLs are to timely report theft or loss of firearms in transit they must rely upon shipping companies to "provide accurate information."
Two other commenters believed that imposing the burden on manufacturers--particularly those that ship thousands of firearms--to report the theft or loss of firearms no longer under the manufacturers' control would be unrealistic. As one commenter complained, "The resulting logistical burden would be enormous, and require an estimated 2-3 full time personnel to manually track, log and store documentation related to the hundreds or thousands of open orders on any given day." Another commenter projected that
Department Response
In light of comments received, the Department has chosen not to implement a recordkeeping requirement related to shipment and delivery paperwork at this time. While the 2000 proposed rule would have required FFLs to establish commercial business practices to verify delivery, this final rule does not require licensees to track shipments or receive verification of receipt. There is only a reporting requirement once the transferor/sender FFL discovers that one or more firearms have been lost or stolen in transit. As stated previously, the FFL's discovery may come from contact with the intended recipient, the common or contract carrier, a witness, or some other person. In accordance with section 923(g)(6), licensees are required to report the theft or loss in transit to
Licensees will have up to 7 days to reflect the theft or loss of the firearm with a correct disposition entry in the A&D Record. This is consistent with the longstanding firearms disposition reporting requirement for licensed dealers under 27 CFR 478.125(e).
Though the number of responding FFLs will grow due to the expansion of the reporting requirements, the estimate of 24 minutes' average completion time for Form 3310.11 will not increase. Form 3310.11 has been utilized since 1994 for the reporting of firearms thefts and losses and this rulemaking makes no significant changes to Form 3310.11 that would lead to an increase in the time required to complete it.
E. Benefit to Law Enforcement
Comments Received
One commenter supported the proposed rule because the rule "would close a loophole in federal regulations that lets thousands of lost and stolen guns go unreported." The commenter believed that if FFLs were required to promptly report guns lost and stolen, illegal gun trafficking would be curtailed and guns would be kept out of the hands of dangerous criminals.
Several commenters asserted that requiring the reporting of firearms stolen or lost in transit would not lead to any appreciable benefits. They questioned whether such reporting would make
Department Response
The moment the theft of a firearm occurs, the firearm has been diverted to an illegal channel and is a threat to public safety. The knowledge that a particular firearm has been diverted is important to law enforcement at the local and Federal levels. A law enforcement agency cannot charge a suspect in possession of a firearm with a theft if there is no information that the firearm was stolen. An agency may not retain a firearm from a suspect if there is no information that the property was stolen. And an agency that has retained such a firearm cannot return the firearm to its rightful owner if there is no information about who the rightful owner might be. Without proper reporting of thefts, law enforcement may not be able link the person(s) who stole the firearm with the suspect who ultimately is found in possession of the firearm.
In addition, even where a report is made to local law enforcement, in-transit shipments often result in interstate or cross-jurisdictional activities. Such activities are the purview of Federal law enforcement, which is designed to bridge jurisdictional gaps and provide assets not available to local law enforcement.
In FY 2015, 313 firearms that interstate carriers had voluntarily reported as lost or stolen were recovered and traced by law enforcement agencies. In the past 5 years, 25 firearms that interstate carriers had voluntarily reported as lost or stolen were recovered and traced and the recovering agency reported that they were engaged in a homicide investigation involving the recovered firearm. Carriers voluntarily reported that information to
In addition to ensuring that thefts and losses of firearms are reported, the procedures outlined in this rule seek to eliminate redundancy in reporting. By designating the transferor/sender FFL as the required reporting party, confusion about who needs to report the incident will be reduced.
V. Final Rule
This final rule adopts, with minor changes, the proposed amendment to 27 CFR 478.39a requiring the transferor/sender FFL to notify
Upon the effective date of this final rule, transferor/sender licensees will be required to use Form 3310.11 to notify
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866 and Executive Order 13563--Regulatory Review
This final rule has been drafted and reviewed in accordance with Executive Order 12866, "Regulatory Planning and Review," section 1(b), The Principles of Regulation, and in accordance with Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," section 1(b).
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 both direct agencies to assess costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. The Department has assessed the costs and benefits of this final regulation and believes that the regulatory approach selected maximizes net benefits.
Under 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(6) and its current implementing regulation, 27 CFR 478.39a, each FFL must report the theft or loss of a firearm from the licensee's inventory or collection within 48 hours after the theft or loss is discovered. The licensee must report the theft or loss of a firearm to
The GCA and the current implementing regulations have long required that a licensee must report the theft or loss of a firearm. This final rule specifies that a transferor/sender licensee is required to submit the required report if a firearm is lost or stolen in transit on a common or contract carrier from that licensee to another person. This final rule retains most of the existing requirements under 27 CFR part 478, subpart H, and the instructions for Form 3310.11 with respect to how FFLs are to record the theft or loss of firearms from their inventories in their A&D Records.
The final rule will reduce the current reporting burden on licensees when the theft or loss involves a registered NFA firearm. Currently, as discussed in section I, a licensee must submit Form 3310.11 to NTC to comply with 27 CFR 478.39a and, if the licensee is the person who lost the firearm, provide additional notification to the NFA Branch to comply with 27 CFR 479.141. Under this final rule, to meet the 27 CFR 478.39a requirements, a licensee must complete and submit Form 3310.11 to NTC. If the theft or loss involves a registered NFA firearm, NTC will notify the NFA Branch. This will satisfy the 27 CFR 479.141 notification requirements; licensees will no longer have to submit additional notification about NFA firearms to
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