Biden is taking action on ghost guns. Some of these issues have been addressed before by the ATF.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...-our-gun-laws/
The ATF banned "build parties" in which people would by kits such 80% ar-15 lower receivers then go to a machine shop to finish them. The ATF rule required that any machine shop be licensed as a firearm manufacturer prior to allowing the use of their equipment to finish a firearm kit.
https://www.atf.gov/file/11711/downl...EcjgRfcXQgIB06
Biden's new rule will also update the definition of a firearm. Some guns such as the ar-15 have a split receiver. The receiver is currently defined to be the part that holds the "hammer, bolt or breechblock, and firing mechanism". On an ar-15, the lower receiver, which all US manufacturers only sell to FFL's, contains the firing mechanism and hammer, but not the bolt. So technically, the ar-15 lower receiver is not legally a firearm all by itself even though I've never seen them for sale as a non-firearm.
Federal currently does not require a home built firearm (other than NFA firearms) to have a serial number. But if it is transferred to another person or FFL, it is required to have a serial number engraved.
Biden's order will require serial numbers on all firearms if they are transferred. I'm not sure how this will be different from current regulations.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-...-our-gun-laws/
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This final rule bans the business of manufacturing the most accessible ghost guns, such as unserialized “buy build shoot” kits that individuals can buy online or at a store without a background check and can readily assemble into a working firearm in as little as 30 minutes with equipment they have at home. |
The ATF banned "build parties" in which people would by kits such 80% ar-15 lower receivers then go to a machine shop to finish them. The ATF rule required that any machine shop be licensed as a firearm manufacturer prior to allowing the use of their equipment to finish a firearm kit.
https://www.atf.gov/file/11711/downl...EcjgRfcXQgIB06
Biden's new rule will also update the definition of a firearm. Some guns such as the ar-15 have a split receiver. The receiver is currently defined to be the part that holds the "hammer, bolt or breechblock, and firing mechanism". On an ar-15, the lower receiver, which all US manufacturers only sell to FFL's, contains the firing mechanism and hammer, but not the bolt. So technically, the ar-15 lower receiver is not legally a firearm all by itself even though I've never seen them for sale as a non-firearm.
Federal currently does not require a home built firearm (other than NFA firearms) to have a serial number. But if it is transferred to another person or FFL, it is required to have a serial number engraved.
Biden's order will require serial numbers on all firearms if they are transferred. I'm not sure how this will be different from current regulations.
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