08/22/2026
A perfect example of why we do NOT trust the ATF with providing us accurate information regarding the laws that will protect our FFL from ever coming into question.
Yesterday, we received a call from a customer (who lives in OK), has a friend (who also lives in OK), who wishes to sell him a silencer. We told him it should not be a problem at all. But if he wanted us to, we could give the ATF a call and make 100% sure.
We call the 2 contacts we have at the ATF. We explained the exact situation to both of them.
One said “sure, no problem, have them fill out a Form 4 between themselves”.
The other said that we would have to be the middle man and in essence need to file 2 Form 4’s. (1 in, 1 out).
Ridiculous!! They don’t even know how to competently fulfill their own jobs!!
The correct answer to this situation is, YES the customers can just file an e-Form 4 between themselves. We have done it personally, and we have had numerous customers complete these transactions.
If anyone thinks for 1 minute we are going to trust the ATF to perform their actual jobs in a competent manner when it comes to 4473’d SOT/NFA items, you should stay in your lane.