[Electraclyde]

Don't know where else to ask this question. My suppressor tax stamp should be in soon. I am planning a 3 week stay in Fla. My question is: do I need any special approval to take the suppressor with me? Per my online search, for a temporary visit/vacation, I will not need any special/prior approval as long as it is legal where I will be. One local gun shop says I WILL need prior approval, while another says I do not. Could not find a satisfactory answer on the ATF web site. As far as I can determine the can is legal in all states that I will drive thru and approval is only required if I had a SBR or full auto.
Anyone have recent experience?

 

[Tootie]

I would email the BATFE at https://www.atf.gov/contact and scroll down to "Submit a National Firearms Act Question." You would need to be sure that the can is legal in all of the states you're passing through. While they may be legal, can you legally transport them across state lines from each state?

Assuming the various state laws allow it, then the BATFE will give you an answer but it likely won't tell you that you can carry across each of the states as they don't have a working knowledge of those state laws.

 

[7.62Kolectr]

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/doe...registered-owner-destructive-device-machine-gun-short-barreled-shotgun-or-short

No form or permission is needed for interstate transport of cans.
But as you said and need to do you need to make sure it is or would be legal to own in the states you plan on going to.

 

[Rembrandt]

Have a photo on your phone of the tax stamp, that way you don't need to carry around the original or a copy if you are checked by authorities.

 

[Nitro.45]

The more proof you carry that shows your due diligence the better. You will not be pulled over by a member of the BATF. A local cop will most likely let you proceed if you shower him with paperwork and make his head spin a bit.

 

[Jaird]

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/doe...registered-owner-destructive-device-machine-gun-short-barreled-shotgun-or-short

No form or permission is needed for interstate transport of cans.
But as you said and need to do you need to make sure it is or would be legal to own in the states you plan on going to.

I called BATF and they verified this.

 

[wlhawk]

Have a photo on your phone of the tax stamp, that way you don't need to carry around the original or a copy if you are checked by authorities.

I haven't traveled across state lines with a suppressor but every time I've had it at a range, I was asked for a copy of the Form 4.

 

[Hawkeye fan]

I haven't traveled across state lines with a suppressor but every time I've had it at a range, I was asked for a copy of the Form 4.

By who?

 

[WalterGC]

I haven't traveled across state lines with a suppressor but every time I've had it at a range, I was asked for a copy of the Form 4.

I've never been asked. You must look like a criminal.

 

[Electraclyde]

I will call batf on Monday and verify what others have said and what I have found on their website. Permission to transport a suppressor is not needed. Suppressors are legal in all states that I will travel thru from Michigan to Florida. There may be some cities that may have regulations, but an impossible task to check every municipality from start to finish. I will have copies of all regs and my form 4 just in case.

 

[Nitro.45]

I will call batf on Monday and verify what others have said and what I have found on their website. Permission to transport a suppressor is not needed. Suppressors are legal in all states that I will travel thru from Michigan to Florida. There may be some cities that may have regulations, but an impossible task to check every municipality from start to finish. I will have copies of all regs and my form 4 just in case.

Gonna swing by Chicago on the way up? :biglaugh:

 

[Electraclyde]

Gonna swing by Chicago on the way up? :biglaugh:

Not a snowballs chance in h___!!!!:biglaugh:

 

[US1911]

Although theres no BATFE imposed restrictions on transporting suppressors across state lines, you’ll need to remain mindful of how you secure your suppressor once you reach your final destination.

Since suppressors are Title II items, only the owner or trustees if using a trust, can have access to it. This absurd regulation creates a challenge for compliance. It’s not like you can legally stow it in your buddies safe that he has access to. I’d be inclined to keep it with me at all times or perhaps locked in your suitcase that only you have access to.

Not trying to preach, but some of these Fed Regs are just downright idiotic, would hate to see one of our good guys get burned for non-compliance with Mickey Mouse regs.

 

[7.62Kolectr]

I haven't traveled across state lines with a suppressor but every time I've had it at a range, I was asked for a copy of the Form 4.

By who?

WLHawk a tax stamp is technically a confidential tax document.
The only people that are allowed by law to ask to see it or see it are agents from BATF or a Treasury agent. If the person asking you is neither than you can politely inform them of this and tell them to go pound sand. Now of course the flip side of that is if it's the RSO or owner of the range asking to see it thinking he's covering his own ass and you tell him no than most likely he will in turn tell you to leave. So it's a catch 22. But the only time I've ever been asked for paperwork on an SBR when I was on range was by a know it all local deputy and I told him to call BATF or the Treasury Dept because I wasn't showing him anything. It was a quick sneer and he turned and went on his way.
You'll have to make up your own mind and decide what to do when asked. But just keep in mind legally RSOs and range owners are not allowed to see it. It's no different than your tax return. Only the correct people are allowed to see or ask for it.

 

[VoceNoctum]

Yeah, when my local range changed owners last year, the new guys now ask for forms. I have mine on my phone, and they don't even know what they're looking at, so it's sort of hilarious when they check.

I'm not required to show them by law, but as said, it's their policy for their property.