Hey SGT Fish,
My response was not directed at you or anyone in particular. I posted the quote from Got Uzi and just wanted to add to his post, and your previous post, as to include other references to the statute quoted above.
Making note of the increased approval time for OOB no law letter transfers and other forms of misconduct. If one has been in the business for 20 years or more are probably aware of a few high profile cases in which C2 manufacturers had gone into a so called gray area in their business model. That did in fact catch the attention of the ATF.
They had taken several, a few hundred of the M11’s, as I understood, then cut out a small section of the receiver that included the serial numbers, and welded them in a inconspicuous place on the receiver. Then sold newly manufactured machine guns with transferable M11 serial numbers. It took someone in the NFA to notice the discrepancy. Those who purchased, these so called transformed weapons, eventually had them confiscated. The perpetrators were convicted for their actions.
FFL/SOTs abusing the LE demo letter process, and most recently mentioned in the threads. One FFL/SOT abusing the OOB letter process. This kind of behavior catches the ire of the ATF. So, now they scrutinize the LE demo letter process and the OOB post sample transfer process. This leads to longer approval times, etc.
i agree in that one’s business plan is nobody’s business. But some choose to push the envelope until they’re caught. This effects all of us in the business…