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So you're saying that all NFATCA did was attempt to remove the CLEO requirement while not proposing in anyway, other changes. If so, would you then agree that NFATCA never mentioned trusts being a tool for prohibited persons to obtain NFA items.
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And that is all that the NFATCA asked for: Dropping the CLEO sig requirement because it is no longer needed with the advent of NICS.
But DOJ/ATF decided to instead add pix/prints for EVERYONE.
NFATCA did not ask for that.
So you're saying that all NFATCA did was attempt to remove the CLEO requirement while not proposing in anyway, other changes. If so, would you then agree that NFATCA never mentioned trusts being a tool for prohibited persons to obtain NFA items.
OK, first, I am not, nor have I ever been, a member of NFATCA.
But I do know a lot of the founders from back in '99 from the 1934 Group, which filed suit in federal court to remove the CLEO requirement (via
Lomont et. al. v. Summers and Buckles (2000)). I contributed $$$ to the effort, but it lost in federal court. Many of the same folks were NFATCA founders.
These guys are very smart, very successful businessmen who make their livings off their NFA sales.
Now, when they tried instead to deal directly with ATF on the issue, they did have discussions with them. I was not present, so I cannot say who said what, who brought up what, yada yada yada.
Again, they are successful businessmen whose income depends on NFA sales. So, do I believe they mentioned or brought up a subject which would hurt their business?
Of course not.
But of course, Your Mileage May Vary.