I’m really curious what everyone thinks…
There are a ton of cans out there now and most people aren’t especially organized.
My guess is if the owner passes away, 1/10 estates handle them correctly.
First of all it’s a total pain in the ass and stupid but secondly as I understand the rules it’s pretty unlikely that an average person who had a suppressor or two’s spouse has the first clue what to do. And nobody is going to destroy or turn in a $1000 harmless and incredibly useful device.
My guess is there are thousands floating around, technically illegal, and I’ll bet that the owners, those who ended up with them either from dad or by buying from the widow would gladly register if they could. (Of course ladies own them too).
Two questions:
Am I right, as I understand there’s a small window in which the heir must apply just like dad did, pay $200 and a buyer must do the same and go through a FFL.
How can the law/rule be changed, what shoild the process be? Does the govt know this is a growing issue and do they care or is it just a back door confiscation mechanism? (Cans don’t belong as a class 3 to me anyway- I understand the strict controls as written for a machine gun for example but this is stupid).
If one owns one and didn’t do the steps that the ATF demands, is it possible to legally clean this up, get it stamped and above boards again? For example, wife didn’t even know what husband had. A couple of months after he died, she had a family member help get rid of all of it. They had no clue the suppressor was regulated and sold it to a neighbor, a person who wants it for hunting. He may know to buy one from a retailer, a stamp is required but this is a little different- so he wasn’t sure and later discovered the process. Is the buyer just screwed? What are they supposed to do?
Ok that’s a bunch of questions. Sorry. This topic just bugs me
There are a ton of cans out there now and most people aren’t especially organized.
My guess is if the owner passes away, 1/10 estates handle them correctly.
First of all it’s a total pain in the ass and stupid but secondly as I understand the rules it’s pretty unlikely that an average person who had a suppressor or two’s spouse has the first clue what to do. And nobody is going to destroy or turn in a $1000 harmless and incredibly useful device.
My guess is there are thousands floating around, technically illegal, and I’ll bet that the owners, those who ended up with them either from dad or by buying from the widow would gladly register if they could. (Of course ladies own them too).
Two questions:
Am I right, as I understand there’s a small window in which the heir must apply just like dad did, pay $200 and a buyer must do the same and go through a FFL.
How can the law/rule be changed, what shoild the process be? Does the govt know this is a growing issue and do they care or is it just a back door confiscation mechanism? (Cans don’t belong as a class 3 to me anyway- I understand the strict controls as written for a machine gun for example but this is stupid).
If one owns one and didn’t do the steps that the ATF demands, is it possible to legally clean this up, get it stamped and above boards again? For example, wife didn’t even know what husband had. A couple of months after he died, she had a family member help get rid of all of it. They had no clue the suppressor was regulated and sold it to a neighbor, a person who wants it for hunting. He may know to buy one from a retailer, a stamp is required but this is a little different- so he wasn’t sure and later discovered the process. Is the buyer just screwed? What are they supposed to do?
Ok that’s a bunch of questions. Sorry. This topic just bugs me