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20 Mar 2025

🔫Regulatory Changes in Firearms - Impacts on Businesses

Withdrawing the Attorney General's Delegation of Authority

Summary

This interim final rule ("IFR") amends the Department of Justice ("Department") regulations relating to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") by withdrawing effectively moribund regulations regarding how ATF will adjudicate applications for relief from the disabilities imposed by certain firearms laws and withdrawing a related delegation.

Agencies

  • Justice Department

Business Impact ?

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The regulatory text outlines an interim final rule that withdraws the Attorney General's delegation of authority to ATF for adjudicating relief applications under 18 U.S.C. 925(c). This can significantly impact businesses seeking to navigate firearm regulations, particularly for corporations as they are still eligible to apply for relief. The rule reflects the government's regulatory approach towards firearms, creating uncertainties in compliance for businesses dealing in related industries.

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