Hi all, I have an NFA question / problem. I bought two suppressors in Feb. , completed my trust in march, submitted paperwork in April. Just found out the FFL holding my supressors is moving out of state (south) soon. what should I do, if anything?? These are my first supressors, I dont want to lose them. So far I have almost 3K into them. Any info. would be appreciated. Thanks.
Why don’t you ask your FFL since I am sure you are not the only person who has purchased items? It’s my guess he realizes this and needs to be planning accordingly.
You could also call the NFA Branch and ask for your states’ examiner and ask for guidance.
thanks, thats a good start. I would rather approach this ffl ready with info. /facts. this guy is not a straight shooter and it all boils down to money. someone wrote on another forum “the only way to get his attention is to walk into his store with a ghilli suit made of 100 bills.”
Then why did you do business with him? If you have already purchased those items and filled out the paperwork he cannot just sell them to someone else. So you aren’t going lose anything. I guess if you want to play poker you can get the info from NFA branch and then walk into the store and tell him you spoke with them and their guidance is…
I live in Ct. and if you want hard to find preban stuff in state, most folks go to him. I made a deal with him, selling some things and partial trade for two supressors. had I known he would move, I would have gone elsewhere. what bothers me is, he knows my name (10 years of buisness) , and im sure remembers my supressors are pending, but I heard from a reliable ffl (yesterday) about his move (to Texas) in two weeks, yet havent heard from him, no call , nothing. fyi, I did email local batfe agency and will call monday to ask someone about this in advance.
Frank at K5?
Edit: Howdy Neighbor!
I guess the money thing gave it away. I heard he is moving very soon, to Texas. Not sure where in Texas. Some how I dont think his buisness practices will fly down south. This scenario makes me think of “My Cousin Vinny”, new york Italian down south…
A little piece of advice. Despite the name and job many ATF agents are idiots and don’t know their own regs. Call the NFA branch on Monday and ask for your examiner for CT. Explain the issue and your concerns.
Thank you for your input, I appreciate the information, and time, you give. I will call until I get some good info. I do understand what you mean regarding
ATF, I had an ATF, and local PD, visit a few years ago, false accusation which led to 4 hour visit. I have to say, he demonstrate a real passion for his job. Although not too knowledgable in regards to pre/post ban guns. He told me he liked my collection and at one point seemed to play, instead of work. I noticed he checked the lower internal parts but never checked pinned stocks.
Especially Texas. There’s a law called the TX Deceptive trade practices act (DTPA) to protect consumers. It provides some harsh penalties for shady business folk. Although it probably doesn’t apply to your situation as the transaction was completed in CT but if he moves there and violates that law with respect to your tranaction there may be legal recourse and the law provides for atty fees.
Hopefully, you’ll get this taken care of before his move. It’s possible (albeit unlikely) that your examiner could bump you to the front of the line. One recently did that for me on a set of different forms and even corrected a dumb mistake on my part for me. You just never know.