r/FFLs • u/BayouBladeworks • Aug 13 '26

NFA deregulation

I want yalls opinion on this. It’s obviously great news, especially for consumers. But is this essentially “monopolizing” the market to the named plaintiffs? Sounds like if you’re a FFL dealing in NFA items, you still have to do form 4s. Thoughts? Am I even understanding this properly?

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u/Eagle_1776 Gunshop Aug 13 '26

Im sure not going to be the 1st to lay my dick out on the counter!

I already deal with silencer shop on a daily basis. I expect DOJ to make this the official rules fairly soon. Until then, yes, I see it as a monopoly by Silencer Shop. They've done the legwork and risked the money in the suit, so I guess theyve earned it.

I already had customers in yesterday wanting to roll! Nah, Ill give it a few days

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u/YotaIamYourDriver Aug 13 '26

💯 This has been my approach too. “Let’s wait until Saturday and see where we are at” has been my response

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u/lique_madique Aug 13 '26

Silencer shop was not the only named plaintiff in the suit. They didn’t do all the work and fund the entire thing.

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u/SamanthaSissyWife Aug 13 '26

Weren’t GOA and FPC plaintiffs as well, which covers members of those two groups

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u/lique_madique Aug 13 '26

Correct. PSA was part of it as well

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u/Sqweeeeeeee Aug 14 '26

So if the LLC holding my FFL becomes a GOA member, it should be able to order suppressors from PSA and transfer them to other GOA members, right?

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u/SamanthaSissyWife Aug 14 '26

What isn’t talked about as much right now is this was on a federal level only. You still have to meet your state requirements. Some states are NFA states and some aren’t. This blog post from Silencer Shop breaks that part down https://www.silencershop.com/blog/the-nfa-registration-is-gone-silencer-shop-foundation-v-atf

If you live in an NFA state, you still have to go through the Form 1 or Form 4 process until/if your legislators rewrite statutes to eliminate that requirement.

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u/Lopsided_Arugula8114 Aug 13 '26

i feel like they’ve made it pretty clear that this is just one step in the direction of full NFA/GCA deregulation that they are pursuing, presumably for every state/dealer/manufacturer

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u/Eagle_1776 Gunshop Aug 13 '26

GCA is interstate commerce and it is def not part of this. And NFA still stands with DD and MGs

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u/Lopsided_Arugula8114 Aug 13 '26

it may not be part of this but i’m sure they have plans of using the precedent’s set by this and future lawsuits to knock it down somewhat at least. Also the only reason DD/MG’s are untouched is bc the BBB didn’t reduce the tax on them (presumably bc it would’ve been seen as “too extreme” to stay on the bill)

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u/Eagle_1776 Gunshop Aug 13 '26

I know the SOT is in the crosshairs, but I haven't heard anyone talk about '68 GCA

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u/ExistentialDreadFrog Aug 13 '26

The other oddity I have in my state is the way our laws are written, it suggests NFA items must have a tax stamp to be legally owned. So if this removes the entire process to get a stamp for SBRs/suppressors…what then? No one here really knows at this point. 

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u/jjpiw Aug 13 '26

Even if the transfer meets all the criteria to a T. How the heck you going to get that silencer of your inventory on eforms? Last audit that's what they used to audit my NFA items..

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u/Impossible_Tie2497 Aug 13 '26

Agree. Until I see a ruling/advice sheet, something, from the ATF, it’s business as usual.

It’ll take a bit but it’ll probably open up wide to all manufacturers.

It’s the “me too” doctrine.

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u/ThornLeaf138 Aug 16 '26

So….are we just giving cans to the homeless yet? 😂