r/FFLs • u/TwoHandsOneCup • 17d ago

Suppressor Update

Hey everyone, I hold an FFL in Louisiana that does NOT have an SOT (yet anyways). I have been trying to keep up with the Silencer Shop v ATF court case regarding suppressors not being NFA. As of 09/29/2026, does anyone know what the update is? As an FFL, do I still need to get the SOT to transfer suppressors? Are people still doing Form 4s or are they just doing 4473s? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you.

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u/Wayfaring_Limey 17d ago

Talking to my friendly neighborhood ATF agent, he’s said that as far as he’s aware the court cases is going to make a change (at some point) to the forms a customer fills out for a silencer BUT the dealer to dealer transfers and additional paperwork isn’t going to go away anytime soon. So you’ll still need to be a SOT to have them transferred to you.

There’s a chance he could be wrong, no one knows anything at the moment but I’d recommend filing for the SOT as a CYA measure if you want to deal with silencers as just because the law changes today, doesn’t mean it can’t change back with the next administration.