New executive order - Gunsmith Registration Required

Just in case any of you missed it, Gunsmiths are now required to register and pay annual fee of $2,250.

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Registration Required – Manufacturing: In response to questions from persons engaged in the business of gunsmithing, DDTC has found in specific cases that ITAR registration is required because the following activities meet the ordinary, contemporary, common meaning of “manufacturing” and, therefore, constitute “manufacturing” for ITAR purposes:

a) Use of any special tooling or equipment upgrading in order to improve the capability of assembled or repaired firearms;

b) Modifications to a firearm that change round capacity;

c) The production of firearm parts (including, but not limited to, barrels, stocks, cylinders, breech mechanisms, triggers, silencers, or suppressors);

d) The systemized production of ammunition, including the automated loading or reloading of ammunition;

e) The machining or cutting of firearms, e.g., threading of muzzles or muzzle brake installation requiring machining, that results in an enhanced capability;

f) Rechambering firearms through machining, cutting, or drilling;

g) Chambering, cutting, or threading barrel blanks; and

h) Blueprinting firearms by machining the barrel.

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pdf - Applicability of the ITAR Registration Requirement to Firearms Manufacturers and Gunsmiths

Wish I could shoot as well as some Govt departments they never miss a chance to hit you and hit you they do, as if there are not enough costs imposed on small businesses...............

It is an executive order by President Obama.

Obama Issues Executive Order That May Drive Gunsmiths Out of Business

This will drive many underground I fear.

That's Ok, I ignore those.

"c) The production of firearm parts (including, but not limited to, barrels, stocks, cylinders, breech mechanisms, triggers, silencers, or suppressors)"

So if I submit a form 1 to make a suppressor, Do I need to pay up????

Semper Fi
Phil

I am not a lawyer and I can’t give you legal advice. I can only tell you the way I read it is; as long as someone is NOT a person “engaged in the business of gunsmithing” (charging for their services) they do not have to pay it.

There will be more about all of this via Johanna Reeves and the FAIR Trade watchdog group after the import/export conference in Washington, DC concludes this week. They're going to petition DDTC to lower the yearly basic registration fee to $250 to counter but we all know this will never happen as long as the President has a "D" beside his or her name.

Alrighty good people! We are all a little weary of this executive order stuff but let's keep to the info and leave the politics for another venue, please. Thanks!

Bob

If you search more about this there has been a few Small Gunsmithing Shops I found on the Internet that have already a Date set for Closure. I thought this was BS, but I don't think some of these Gunsmithing Shop are already announcing they will be Closing there doors. This is Unbelievable and other things might bet worst