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Posted: 1/4/2014 5:34:49 AM EDT
| I've been looking around trying to decide what my next build will be and been thinking about a SBR. If I decide to go that route it will be supressed and have all the proper paperwork/stamps. Reading through a bunch of different threads on 14.5" barrels with pinned flash hiders to make them legal made me think about something. How many of you have been at the range and the ATF show up and start checking guns? Just curious, and I would never try to own a illegal weapon and risk jail time, but what's the chances of actually getting caught? |
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I've been looking around trying to decide what my next build will be and been thinking about a SBR. If I decide to go that route it will be supressed and have all the proper paperwork/stamps. Reading through a bunch of different threads on 14.5" barrels with pinned flash hiders to make them legal made me think about something. How many of you have been at the range and the ATF show up and start checking guns? Just curious, and I would never try to own a illegal weapon and risk jail time, but what's the chances of actually getting caught? It's not worth the fines, jail time, and or confiscation. There's a famous Arfcom adage: Play stupid games.....win stupid prizes. To answer question, I have never been asked about my pinned 14.5 or my 10.3" ars. |
Perceptions can get you in trouble if they have no idea. Stupid games...win stupid prizes and I have the scars to prove it!
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I've never had any LEO question me about any of my guns at a public range. Have had RO's ask to see my paper on the MG's, but that's all.
That said, I would never take the slightest chance of showing up to shoot anywhere with an illegally-configured firearm. I always carry copies of my Form 4's with each weapon. And to be extra safe, copies of Texas law relating to the ownership of MG's/suppressors/SBR's. |
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You need to be a little creative to see the multitude of ways you might be caught.
Fire at your house, traffic stop, angry wife/girlfriend/boyfriend, etc. The coincidence of an ATF agent at the range just when you happen to be is a rarity in the extreme. And ATF agents are rarely on the discovery end of NFA violations. More likely scenario is the range officer calls the local police on you and a ATF is brought in thereafter. |
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You need to be a little creative to see the multitude of ways you might be caught. Fire at your house, traffic stop, angry wife/girlfriend/boyfriend, etc. The coincidence of an ATF agent at the range just when you happen to be is a rarity in the extreme. And ATF agents are rarely on the discovery end of NFA violations. More likely scenario is the range officer calls the local police on you and a ATF is brought in thereafter. One of my childhood buddies dad was a principle and was accused of smoking meth at the school he worked at. It made big news around here. I saw my buddy at the store a while back and he was telling me how ATF raided their house with at least 6 guys and confiscated all of the guns in the house. They even looked through family photo albums, looking for pictures of them shooting guns and wanted to know where they were. His dad's charge was a misdemeanor and ended up getting dropped completely because there was no evidence it ever even happened. Last I heard, they still hadn't returned any of his guns, despite there being no charges. I'm sure if he had ay type of NFA, 922r violation, etc., my buddy or his dad would still be in jail. |
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