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Posted: 1/27/2010 6:51:23 PM EDT
| I'm sure this has been covered many times before, but I looked and couldn't find the answers. I'm buying a suppressor, that belongs to an individual on a Form 4 in a different state. He's telling me that he has to apply to ATF, pay his $200.00 and wait to be approved, before he can ship this item to my Class 3 in my state. I know from there, I have to do the paperwork before I can receive the suppressor. I guess I don't understand why an individual, that has a stamp and has jumped thru the hoops, cannot transfer to a Class 3 that has also jumped thru the hoops. Is the process from individual to Dealer, quicker than Dealer to individual? I am still fairly new to Class 3 and this may just be the way it is. Thanks for your help. |
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Federal gun laws require that interstate sales go through a dealer in the state where the buyer resides. And under federal law, a suppressor is a firearm. Same as when you buy a handgun or rifle.
But for NFA items, that means that for an interstate sale of a suppressor, it must go from the seller in another state to an FFL/SOT dealer in your state, via a $200-tax-due Form 4, and then from your in-state dealer to you via a second, $200-tax-due Form 4. That's the way federal law is set up. 
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| Thanks, that's how he was explaining it. Does the transfer from the individual in another state, to my class 3 take the same amount of time as the dealer to me. My first can from this dealer went thru in under 45 days, that was a couple of years ago. Just wondering if I'm looking at 3 monthe + 3 months before its in my hands. Thanks again. |
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A transfer from an individual to a dealer is slightly shorter than a transfer from a dealer to an individual. But given today's turnaround times, if ATF completes both transfers in 6 months, you're doing really good. Unfortunately, times for all sorts of transfers have slowed down.
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Unless you are getting a hell of a deal, it is probably cheaper to buy one from a manufacturer (who can ship to your sot tax free) and not have to pay 2 taxes +1 Its really hard to justify selling a suppressor across state-lines for that reason. Either the seller, or the buyer (or maybe both) is going to get screwed because you instantly have $400 worth of taxes just on the transfer of it. I would recommend just getting one from a dealer or manufacturer on a Form 3 (then Form 4 to you) so there is only 1 tax involved. |
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