The National Firearms Act    Trade and Collectors Association Power Through Experience

NFATCA Mission

During the 2005 SHOT Show, Long Mountain Outfitters hosted a reception for many influential and knowledgeable members of the NFA community. In addition to an interesting evening among friends, we hoped to address a number of concerns.

Last fall during Knob Creek, the subject came up that the NFA community truly needs a serious, lobbying trade association. At the SAR show in December, and after numerous conversations, we realized that the NFA community needs a trade group to represent all of us in the business as well as the serious collector community. This trade group must be powerful, well funded, and well organized. It must focus on solving the intolerable problems the NFA community encounters every day.

As a result of the reception held during this year’s SHOT Show, we formed the National Firearms Act Trade and Collector’s Association (NFATCA) to represent the NFA trade and collector community. The NFATCA retained Jones Vargas in Las Vegas to incorporate the NFATCA as a non-profit, Nevada organization. We held our first Board meeting on Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at the Holiday Inn, at the Fern Valley exit (2715 Airport South, Louisville, KY.) near Knob Creek at 4 p.m. This was a powerful launch sponsored by many of the collectors and dealers here at the Spring 2005 Knob Creek event.

One of our first priorities will be the creation of an NFA handbook similar to the Imports Handbook. As you know, Mr. Schaible will soon be eligible for retirement. Other than Gary, very few inside ATF truly understand the procedures for the NFRTR. Let me put this plainly - when Gary leaves ATF, we are sunk as a community. If you think it takes time to process simple transfers now - let alone anything complex - wait a few years! We must have every, and I do mean EVERY, procedure regarding NFA transfer, manufacturing, export, etc., set forth in writing. We must know how the NFA processes work, with no more mysteries that may see you prosecuted despite your best compliance efforts. We need a level playing field for the trade and the collector alike.