The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) promised to stop violating Americans’ Second Amendment rights. However, a recent determination letter issued by the Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division (FATD), Firearms Technology Industry Service Branch (FTISB) shows that some anti-gun examiners still exist within the Bureau.
The letter in question, supplied by Gun Owners of America (GOA), concerns an unfinished fire control unit (FCU) based on the Sig Sauer P365 design. After former President Joe Biden took office, he ordered the ATF to reclassify unfinished firearms frames and receivers as firearms. Unfinished frames and receivers are commonly referred to as “80% frames and receivers” in the firearms world. The Biden administration and other anti-gun activists and politicians called these items “ghost guns.” The ATF labels these items as “privately manufactured firearms” or “PMFs.” The ATF would respond to Biden’s call by reclassifying plastic 80% firearm frames as fully built guns, reversing years of previous determination letters.
The ATF stated that it changed its opinion due to the ease with which a plastic, unfinished frame can be converted into a functioning firearm. The government emphasized that the material was easy to work with. At the same time, it stated that metal receivers and flats that were not finished were not considered guns because of the difficulty of working with metal. This opinion included unfinished 1911 handgun frames. That led one person to submit an unfinished sample of a P365-style FCU to the ATF to get a determination. In the Sig Sauer P365, the FCU is the serialized part of the gun. The FCU is made entirely of metal, so it would be reasonable for the submitter to assume that the ATF would approve the item.
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