ITAR Registration -- Plan on Paying your Gunsmith more...

[Rustystud]

https://blog.princelaw.com/2016/07/25/ddtc-issues-guidance-on-itar-registration/

Gunsmiths who do any machine work will now have to register with The State Department and pay $2,250.00 that does nothing for them or their customers.

You can thank Obama and Hillary for this.

Nat Lambeth

 

[gme]

to the small smith who charges around $200 to re barrel a rifle the new guidlines (enacted by Obama) make the first 10 zero profit

 

[savagedasher]

Didn't it say import and exporting ?
Larry

 

[nmjwolf]

Is <$7.00 per day going to break you, as a gunsmith?

That is failed logic...

 

[gme]

new ruling says must register even if not exporting, more from the NRA here;
https://www.nraila.org/articles/201...tration-releases-latest-executive-gun-control

 

[gme]

That paltry amount is quickly recovered by amortizing.

that's per year, many small gunsmiths do few more than that yearly, are you registered with the DDTC?

 

[potatoe]

that's per year, many small gunsmiths do few more than that yearly, are you registered with the DDTC?

Gary you would be better off having a conversation with one of your chassis. At least those make sense

 

[jmm03]

could the regulation be interpreted to include persons who complete an 80% receiver also? Or would it only apply to someone who was actively in the gunsmithing trade? Jim

 

[Eric Leonard]

I`d like to shove that pen up his

 

[1shot]

That is failed logic...

That is good, not exactly the words I was thinking of...just sayin'

 

[1shot]

I`d like to shove that pen up his

I bet the key board would fit as well

 

[Ggmac]

Being a smith is for the love of it not $ , to make money in firearms is to make a better gadget / gizmo / bullet / lube / scope .
Glad I got out when I did . Liability ins still hurts .

 

[yotehater]

All hail the thief, and his baton passing to Shillery.
God help us all.

 

[matthias]

when did this go into action? i see 7/22/16. does that mean now ,yesterday , next week , next year? if you aare not registered with ddtc does all business stop untill you pay the privilidge tax to work on others guns ?

 

[gme]

I pay the gunsmith who builds my guns the amount he charges. I don't question the amount, and have no problem paying for quality and perfection. If that means paying an additional $5.00 for a chambering job…. so be it. When the prices become unreasonable, i'll use my longbow's and sell the guns. Adding a couple of dollars to a chambering job per barrel isn't a big deal. Sounds like many responders have never owned a business.

so you think he'll do your job for $5 profit?

 

[savagedasher]

Don't forget the paper work . Larry

 

[matthias]

jrs - you miss the point and continue to do so. this is a blatant action to burden small bnusiness with more taxes. 2 or 200 barrel jobs is not the issue. and not all of us are happy to pay 5$ more just because of a definition change .

 

[gme]

jrs - you miss the point and continue to do so. this is a blatant action to burden small bnusiness with more taxes. 2 or 200 barrel jobs is not the issue. and not all of us are happy to pay 5$ more just because of a definition change .

not to mention the fee is at the whim of un elected bureaucrats, they could decide to make it $100K a year if they want and wipe out all but the big defense contractors...

 

[JLT]

I`d like to shove that pen up his

I'll supply the pen. And the hammer. Be happy to swing the hammer, too.

This IS a problem for operations like mine, serving a small local market. I might chamber and thread 25 to 30 barrels (an activity that the guidance specifically states requires registration) in an average year. If I were to raise my price $100 per barrel, elasticity of demand would make it almost certain that I'd end up on the short end of the stick. Consumers would do without in this market (the 'vibrant' upstate NY economy) and in many others like it, so we all lose.

Make no mistake - the end game is the disarming of American citizens. Whether through incremental legislative restrictions or smothering regulations or both, that is the end game.

 

[nakneker]

We are over regulated, period. I think another 2k a year for a business that already as low margins will hurt some hard working guys. Those little fees add up, can't justify them to me, its out of hand.

I own a multi state construction business, I know a thing or two about those little harmless fees adding up to big $$ at the end of the year.