Q: Please reference case no. 15175. After receiving your response, I forwarded that response to our IOI who I’ve been communicating with on this issue. His response is noted as follows… For flash bangs as destructive devices: According to ATF Procedure 75-3, ??Since the actual movement of the firearms or ammunition is between ?C? (supplier) and ?A? (end user) and since ?B? (Diamondback Police Supply) does not take physical possession of the, then ?B? will make no entry in his bound record.? You would not make any entry into your Type 09, Dealer in Destructive Devices bound record. For flash bangs as an explosive: Explosives Industry Programs Branch (EIPB) has said to facilitate proper tracing of explosives materials, Diamondback must create a record of acquisition from supplier and a record of disposition to end user even though they never took possession. His response regarding flashbangs as destructive devices corresponds with the answer I received from FFLGuard, however, his response regarding flashbangs as an explosive simply doesn’t make sense to me. Why would we be required to keep track of these devices that are always drop shipped from the manufacturer to the law enforcement agency end user in an Explosives A&D Book. I would think the law governing the “acquisition/disposition of these DROP SHIPPED products would essentially be the same regardless of whether the item is tracked as a destructive device or an explosive. Your input would be greatly appreciated as we just received our explosive license on June 1. Thank you, Douglas MacKinlay
View the answer to this and thousands of other questions in our client-only Support Center.
View Answer