ATF classifies Chore Boy pot scrubber pads NFA firearms

Reposted from old Examiner article retrieved via Internet Archive-- embedded links may not work.

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Gun Rights Examiner

November 15, 2011

Chore Boy--the most trusted name in unregistered NFA firearms. (Click to view)
Chore Boy--the most trusted name in unregistered NFA firearms. Credits: David Codrea



The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Firearms Technology Branch has deemed “Chore Boy copper cleaning pads, along with fiberglass insulation,” a firearm, subject to registration and a $200 transfer tax, an official letter obtained recently by Gun Rights Examiner reveals.  The response to an attorney inquiry by John R. Spencer, Chief, Firearms Technology Branch, offers one of the more creatively restrictive assessments since ATF declared a shoestring to be a machinegun.

The rationale Spencer uses:

A silencer is a firearm per U.S. Code, subject to National Firearms Act registration and transfer tax requirements.

“[S]ound/gas absorbing materials manufactured from Chore Boy copper cleaning pads, along with fiberglass insulation, constitute a silencer…”

Therefore, it is illegal for an individual to replace deteriorated material within an already- registered suppressor without an approved ATF Form 1, ‘Application to Make and Register a Firearm,’” along with a “$200.00 making tax” and “a ‘no-marking’ variance…since there is no viable area in which to apply a serial number to the sound-absorbing material.”And further, an otherwise-lawful owner of a registered silencer probably ought to find something else to clean pots and pans with, as possession of an unspecified quantity of Chore Boy cleaning pads could be considered a “stockpile.”

The letter is presented in the slideshow accompanying this column  [BELOW] .The name and address of the recipient attorney has been blacked out because his office was not the source providing the letter to Gun Rights Examiner.





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