Provides a guide to Federal firearms regulations. Explains recent changes in Federal firearm laws & their significance. Includes sections on the laws, regulations, rulings, procedures & industry circulars; general information about firearms; & a question & answer section. Complete text of the relevant parts of the Code of Federal Regulations (27 CFR Parts 47, 178, & 179). Complete texts of the following laws: The Gun Control Act, The National Firearms Act, The Arms Export Control Act, & 18 U.S.C. para. 1715 (nonmailable firearms).

This handbook is primarily for the use of persons in the business of importing, manufacturing, and dealing in firearms defined by the National Firearms Act (NFA) or persons intending to go into an NFA firearms business. It should also be helpful to collectors of NFA firearms and other persons having questions about the application of the NFA. This publication is not a law book. Rather, it is intended as a ?user friendly? reference book enabling the user to quickly find answers to questions concerning the NFA. Nevertheless, it should also be useful to attorneys seeking basic information about the NFA and how the law has been interpreted by ATF. The book's Table of Contents will be helpful to the user in locating needed information. Although the principal focus of the handbook is the NFA, the book necessarily covers provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Arms Export Control Act impacting NFA firearms businesses and collectors.