[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 58150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22858]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
[Docket No. ATF 48N]
Granting of Relief; Federal Firearms Privileges (2011R-13T)
AGENCY: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF),
Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice of granting of restoration of Federal firearms
privileges.
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SUMMARY: Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Company, Inc.
(NGGECI) (formerly Litton Systems, Inc.), a subsidiary of Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NGC), has been granted relief from the
disabilities imposed by Federal laws by the Director of ATF with
respect to the acquisition, transfer, receipt, shipment, or possession
of firearms.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John D. Aiken, Enforcement Programs
and Services, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,
U.S. Department of Justice, 99 New York Avenue NE., Washington, DC
20226, telephone (202) 648-8499.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Attorney General is responsible for
enforcing the provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), 18
U.S.C. Chapter 44. He has delegated that responsibility to the Director
of ATF, subject to the direction of the Attorney General and the Deputy
Attorney General. 28 CFR 0.130(a). ATF has promulgated regulations that
implement the provisions of the GCA in 27 CFR Part 478.
Section 922(g) of the GCA prohibits certain persons from shipping
or transporting any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce, or
receiving any firearm which has been shipped or transported in
interstate or foreign commerce, or possessing any firearm in or
affecting commerce. These prohibitions apply to any person who--
(1) Has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by
imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(2) Is a fugitive from justice;
(3) Is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance;
(4) Has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a
mental institution;
(5) Is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States;
(6) Has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable
conditions;
(7) Having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced U.S.
citizenship;
(8) Is subject to a court order that restrains the person from
harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of
such intimate partner; or
(9) Has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of
domestic violence.
The term ``person'' is defined in section 921(a)(1) as including
``any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership,
society, or joint stock company.''
Section 925(c) of the GCA provides that a person who is prohibited
from possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or
ammunition may make application to the Attorney General to lift the
firearms disability imposed under section 922(g) ``if it is established
to his satisfaction that the circumstances regarding the disability,
and the applicant's record and reputation, are such that the applicant
will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety and
that the granting of the relief would not be contrary to the public
interest.'' The Attorney General has delegated the authority to grant
relief from firearms disabilities to the Director of ATF.
Section 925(c) further provides that ``[w]henever the Attorney
General grants relief to any person pursuant to this section he shall
promptly publish in the Federal Register notice of such action,
together with the reasons therefor.'' Regulations implementing the
provisions of section 925(c) are set forth in 27 CFR 478.144.
Since 1992, Congress has eliminated funding for ATF to investigate
or act upon applications for relief from federal firearms disabilities.
However, since 1993 Congress has authorized funding for ATF to
investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for relief
from Federal firearms disabilities.
An application to ATF for relief from Federal firearms disabilities
under 18 U.S.C. 925(c) was submitted for NGGECI. In the matter under
review, NGGECI, a subsidiary of NGC, had been convicted in United
States District Court for violations of 18 U.S.C. 2, 287, 1001, and
1341 in 1986 and, in 1994, for violations of 18 U.S.C. 2, 371, 641, and
1343.
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 925(c), NGGECI, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC) (which is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of NGC), is granted relief from the disabilities imposed by
Federal laws with respect to the acquisition, transfer, receipt,
shipment, or possession of firearms as a result of these convictions.
It has been established to my satisfaction that the circumstances
regarding NGGECI's disabilities and its record and reputation are such
that the NGGECI will not be likely to act in a manner dangerous to
public safety, and that the granting of the relief would not be
contrary to the public interest.
B. Todd Jones,
Acting Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-22858 Filed 9-18-12; 8:45 am]
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