I'm looking over a Form 1 to make an SBR. I see question 1 answer c reads:


Would it be possible for Kentucky to do something like create a "strategic NFA reserve" which would state that any non-prohibited Kentucky resident making an NFA item is part of the militia or aiding the State Police in having NFA weapons available for purchase?

I'm pretty sure this is a stupid idea and an awful lot of legislative effort and contortion to avoid a $200 tax. I wouldn't want to go as far as deputizing an NFA maker or conferring a right to the Commonwealth to "own" my NFA items. Its also a grammatical stretch to turn "on behalf of" into "it'll be there if some day the state police ever happen to need RotaryJihads SBR".

Bored at work and this ran through my head. Ya'll feel free to tell me why its a dumb idea

It's been done in other states, the BATFE doesn't like it.

"Montana Made"

Which in itself wouldn't work because that's exactly what Blackwater got busted for. It's a straw-man purchase no matter how you look at it.

Thanks for articulating what I suspected. The legislature would basically have to create some sort of goofy "civilian reserve" or something like that and even then that group would have to actually own the NFA item. It wouldn't work.

If the legislature was going to invest that kind of time and legal bending I'd rather they did it on something that saved more than $200 in taxes for us!

I have less a problem with the tax (although it DOES SUCK) than
about LEO sign offs and the fact that suppressors are NFA in the
first place.

A trust will get you past the LEO sign off. (plus no pictures or prints) It also has the added benefits of multiple trustees. So that once you have paid your tax, you can at least allow your NFA items to be possessed by anyone that you put on your trust.

Me too, but I don't see suppressors getting off the NFA without a huge legislative hurdle at the national level.

Sure you can bypass the CLEO sign-off with a trust. However the point is you shouldn't have to.

Whats really fun is when kind of anti-gun folks start their shit. I then ask "can we work together on this one? Its better for safety and civility we should both want over-the-counter suppressors like those countries in Europe you like".

What is the problem with the CLEO sign off? Its almost automatic, now. I know it is inconvenient, but the whole process is inconvenient. I guess its a pain in Jefferson or Fayette Cos., but where I live, it not a problem. The last one I did, I saw the Sheriff walking down the street and told him I was on the way to his office with a Form 4. He took it and signed on the hood of my car. 2 mins. total.
A $200 tax on a $600 suppressor is a big tax, $200 on a $20,000 Thompson is nothing.

Well you got me there (2 bills on a 6 bill suppressor) but in this day and
age with NICS or a  CCW license it really should be a 4473 item.