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3. Contact Information 1. Required, Type of request: Action Requested 2. Required, Name and location of ATF field office for action (if any): ATF Field Office Email Address 3. Required, Required field(s) (if any):
4. Submit This Form to the ATF Imports Branch.
NOTE: Please keep the form intact if submitting to the Customs Service, because they may need to check the information to send a copy of the Form 6A to Customs. In some circumstances, it may not be in the best interest of the firearm and/or its importer to have them sent to a Customs Officer.
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Firearms Control Regulations (FCRA)-Firearm Import Permits
The National Firearms Act (NFL) regulates all firearms which are possessed in the By virtue of their classification as machine guns and destructive devices under the NFL, these are classifiable as firearms within the definition of “firearms” set forth by § 178 of title 18 of the Code, as amended. Therefore, a “Firearms Control Regulations (FCRA)-registered firearm” is defined in the National Firearms Act (NFL) as follows:
(a) Any firearm which is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;
(b) Any firearm which (1) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever or slide action; or (2) manually operates by manual recoil.
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FFL / Foreign Firearms License
Section 922(p) of the NFL mandates that any person who “possesses a firearm for the purpose of delivery to another person and who receives the firearm as a part of the delivery shall retain possession of the firearm, unless delivery has been ordered or licensed pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.” This definition of “delivery” is intended to be very narrow in application to not include, for instance, a delivery of an M203 grenade launcher or other similar grenade type weapon.
