With recent events with 2021R-08F there have been many posts on this and many other firearm forums on the subject.
For the most part I have just read them and let life go on, but I had to reply to one recently, and here is what I put out there...
"Just curious, but who else is old enough to remember the last time we went through something like this in the 80's?, when auto sears became machine guns and needed to be marked and registered?
Of course that was long before the Internet and forums, were access was generally restricted to those of us who could get on some college's network, but I can remember the same conversations and concerns being brought up, but on a smaller scale and in person at the local gun range.
What is kind of funny about this is one of the unexpected outcomes from the 80's. There were those who never would have gone through the process of submitting a Form 1 or 4 (which would include my Father and myself at the time,) until they were forced to, and then discovered it isn't the scary thing they though it would be, opening up the world of collecting NFA items to them after realizing the paperwork and waiting is really just an inconvenience.
Personally, registered NFA items have been a part of my families firearms collection for 4 decades now. For the braced pistol to SBR ruling, realistically, it was something we could all see coming, but as long as I could take advantage of the ATF not really knowing what they are doing, and living in IL 5 miles from the WI-IL border, not having to fill out the 5320.20's to bring things to my parents home or friends farms in WI was my main reason for not submitting the Form 1's and having more SBR's.
Time will tell on this, but I'm guessing now that many have experienced going through the process, we'll see an increase in the sale and transfer of some of the more "affordable" NFA items like suppressors going forward."
For the most part I have just read them and let life go on, but I had to reply to one recently, and here is what I put out there...
"Just curious, but who else is old enough to remember the last time we went through something like this in the 80's?, when auto sears became machine guns and needed to be marked and registered?
Of course that was long before the Internet and forums, were access was generally restricted to those of us who could get on some college's network, but I can remember the same conversations and concerns being brought up, but on a smaller scale and in person at the local gun range.
What is kind of funny about this is one of the unexpected outcomes from the 80's. There were those who never would have gone through the process of submitting a Form 1 or 4 (which would include my Father and myself at the time,) until they were forced to, and then discovered it isn't the scary thing they though it would be, opening up the world of collecting NFA items to them after realizing the paperwork and waiting is really just an inconvenience.
Personally, registered NFA items have been a part of my families firearms collection for 4 decades now. For the braced pistol to SBR ruling, realistically, it was something we could all see coming, but as long as I could take advantage of the ATF not really knowing what they are doing, and living in IL 5 miles from the WI-IL border, not having to fill out the 5320.20's to bring things to my parents home or friends farms in WI was my main reason for not submitting the Form 1's and having more SBR's.
Time will tell on this, but I'm guessing now that many have experienced going through the process, we'll see an increase in the sale and transfer of some of the more "affordable" NFA items like suppressors going forward."
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