Who will ask to see the Form 1 or Form 4?

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Unless they’re from the appropriate agency, they don’t have any legal authority to demand inspection of NFA paperwork, since the method Congress and the Attorney General unconstitutionally “loop-holed” around the Bill of Rights in 1934 was by creating a special taxation for the NFA-mentioned firearms and non-firearms. Hence the tax stamp. It’s a special tax you pay to gain access to your rights, and they described it as such during the NFA proceedings in Congress in 1934.

Since many LEOs aren’t even familiar with their own local codes, ordinances, and State laws, your expectation that LEOs will be competent on NFA laws might be unfounded.

My best advice is to be polite with LEOs and just treat them kindly, smile, and don’t get confrontational. Know the law, codes, covenants, and regulations, and be good at deescalating.

I personally don’t care because I live in a State where when you show up to a range, lots of people are shooting suppressed, AR pistols, suppressed pistols, etc.

We also have the Firearms Freedom Act signed by the State legislature and Governor, so they’re technically not even allowed to mess around there.

Feds don’t care though. They are a law unto themselves.

The culture here has changed dramatically because of the proliferation of suppressors and the fact that we have the largest suppressor manufacturer in the US (SilencerCo).

Most LEOs here have grown-up with suppressors around when the topic of firearms comes up. They just don’t care.

I asked our local sheriff about pistol braces and AR-15 pistols, would he enforce laws restricting them, his opinion on them, and his comment was, “I bought my wife one! It’s fun and we like shooting it. She likes shooting it!”

Of course, if it was California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois, etc., they would treat you like a criminal for even thinking about owning such things.

It’s just another reason why this needs to be put to rest by SCOTUS.