This handbook is primarily for the use of persons in the business of
importing, manufacturing, and dealing in firearms defined by the
National Firearms Act (NFA) or persons intending to go into an NFA
firearms business. It should also be helpful to collectors of NFA
firearms and other persons having questions about the application of the
NFA. This publication is not a law book. Rather, it is intended as a
?user friendly? reference book enabling the user to quickly find answers
to questions concerning the NFA. Nevertheless, it should also be useful
to attorneys seeking basic information about the NFA and how the law has
been interpreted by ATF. The book's Table of Contents will be helpful to
the user in locating needed information. Although the principal focus of
the handbook is the NFA, the book necessarily covers provisions of the
Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Arms Export Control Act impacting NFA
firearms businesses and collectors.