Being in Ohio it has no effect on me, but still, I too have had to field phone calls because people don't know their state laws then get pissed when its explained to them....if its on the internet then it has to be true right??
Here are a few questions I have with all of this "mess" that has now been created by the recent publicity stunt (yes that is exactly how I see it given who it was)
*Interstate travel-so what happens if you buy a suppressor on a 4473 in Texas and come to Ohio? Is it now locked to only "4473 suppressor states"?
*Transfers-so the manufacture files a form 2 when its made, form 3 to distribution, then a form 3 to the dealer but once it hits the dealer it becomes a 4473 item? Are these then able to be sold to anyone with a valid drivers license/ccw on the secondary market with no checks at all? Opening up a whole new level of "private sellers" aka "dealers without an FFL/SOT" at gun shows?
*Was this done to "help" the firearms community or a membership base building exercise by GOA? I haven't found it yet, so the answer maybe out there on this one, but do you have to be a GOA member for this to work? I remember you had to be a GOA member to be able to sell at gun shows when ATF was wanting to crack down on the "non dealers" dealing at shows. The part I thought was funny about that was the ones crying the most were the ones who were literally dealing without an FFL every weekend, no requirements for a 4473, and I'm sure not paying sales tax or income tax on anything either.
*Will this now mean that all FEDERAL regulations will go away and we will go from ONE set of rules to understand and follow to now possibly having FIFTY different sets of rules to follow? Personally I think going after a national CCW/CHL system would have been a better use of their time, but GOA is going for headlines and "taking it to the man"
I will say this-even if I were in a state that this was able to be done, I would NOT be doing ANYTHING until there was a official notice on ATF letter head stating what was going to happen and how to proceed. All the hurt feelings and name calling isn't going to change the fact that as an FFL/SOT, this is my livelihood and I am not going to risk it, nor my freedom just to bend to the "will of the internet" and start going off half cocked when we are in totally uncharted waters here. I also know its an unpopular opinion to consider, but WHEN, not if, the opposing party gets back in power, all of this is likely to be reversed and either go back to the way it was, or much worse.