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How long does a Form 4 take with a Gun Trust and Update to 41P

Great news! The ASA is reporting that the time to process a Form 4 with a Gun Trust has continued to decrease and looks like the time will continue to decrease. Less than a year ago the average wait time was in excess of 12 months. A few months ago the time was reduced to 6-9 months. The current time is 4-6 months, and if you are processing a trust now, you could see an even shorter time as ATF clears their backlog. ATF is continuing to hire and train more people to process the increasing number of ATF Form 4s and Form 1s.

Even better news is that we may see a new electronic Form 4 announced in January at the Shot Show.

41P UPDATE
ATF has indicated that they are not expecting a final ruling on 41P until May 2015 at the earliest. Those of you in panic mode to submit your Form 4s, you may have some extra time. There are over 9000 comments that were filed during the comment period. To read some fo the comments follow this link http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=ATF-2013-0001

To read the https://www.guntrustlawyer.comment and the other Major comments to 41P see our 41P comment page

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