Originally Posted By: ShoesIf it's in a safe and she knows where the key is, is it really "out" of her posession?
at least there's plausible deniability in a case of a safe stored item. especially if its a combination type safe. if she has a key to the safe on her car key ring that's in her purse... maybe not so much.
however - if said suppressor were unsecured and just as an example - your wife had to use a firearm to defend herself in an area where said suppressor were stored. lets say she shoots an intruder in your bedroom and you have your NFA stuff hidden under the bed. a forensic team doing an evaluation of the scene is probably going to find it and now an otherwise potentially lawful home defense situation could easily turn into a legal problem for your family. is this likely? probably not. but as mythbusters would say....
Originally Posted By: reb8600Originally Posted By: Plant.One
the ATF isnt going to come into your house to double check, but if something should happen - is it worth the risk of your wife being charged with posession of a NFA item shes not registered to be in posession of?
Let me think about that!!!
good point
i cant say i'd considered that to be quite as loaded of a statement as it turned out to be
Originally Posted By: ChorizoOnly one agent, an ATF agent, can check for your tax stamp without a warrant. Then they have to check with you for it and they are NOT able to search the house looking for a silencer if you are not home.
In other words, who ever told you that, doesn't know spit about what they are talking about.
https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/does-possessor-nfa-firearm-have-show-proof-registration
while this statement is 100% true - you HAVE to be able to produce the stamp anytime a BATFE agent asks for it and are required to at least keep a copy of the stamp with your NFA item - you'd be foolish NOT to be willing to produce it anytime ANY LEO asks you for it. If you refuse you're more than likely going down to the station and be held in custody until such a time as the warrant is issued for said documentation to be produced. Likewise if its corporation/trust registered, you best be able to produce some kind of documents showing that you're legally able to possess as a member of the corporation/trust. If you wanna be that fussy about it and put up with that kind of hassle, more power to you.
my point is...They're GOING to find out who's the legal owner of any NFA device one way or another.
If i were in a situation where an officer of is asking for it on any kind of offical capacity... Might as well take the low hanging fruit and show them the paperwork.
not only do i have a physical paper copy of my stamp & form 4 with my suppressor (stored in its case) but i also have a digital copy of it - stored in the cloud on my google docs in a private folder. the chances of me not having my phone with me and my paper documents being damaged beyond readability are pretty slim.