ATF Frame/Receiver Rule Published April 26, 2022

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A sweeping new rule by federal gun regulators was published early Tuesday, with possible far-ranging implications for popular firearms and related items.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives published the controversial new “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms’” rule in the Federal Register on April 26. During its public comment period last year, the changes as originally proposed drew some 300,000 comments, a rarity for a process that typically sees little feedback.

The final 98-page rule makes changes under federal law to the definition of not only a “Frame or Receiver,” but also to the definitions for a “Firearm Muffler or Silencer Frame or Receiver,” a “‘Split or Modular Frame or Receiver,” a “Partially Complete, Disassembled, or Inoperable Frame or Receiver,” a “Destroyed Frame or Receiver,” as well as adding a definition for the term “Readily” as in ‘”may readily be converted to expel a projectile” and other steps.

Also buried in the Byzantine new regulations are mandates expanding the record-making and keeping requirements for federally licensed firearms dealers along with increased scrutiny on suppressors and suppressor parts.

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