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Originally Posted by FrankenMauser
Do you have a safe?
Do you know how to not hand your firearm(s) to random strangers or convicted felons?
Are you capable of filing a form once a year that tells the ATF, "I intend to travel with my SBR to [any legal location -- say, Motel 6 in Moab, Utah] between November 23, 2018 and November 22, 2019; for all lawful purposes."?
...'Cause that's all the "stress and drama" there is with an SBR.
Yes, a 5320.20 must be filed for each state that will be visited, but they can run for an entire year and the address given in each state is not the only place you can visit.
Is it more complicated than a braced pistol? Absolutely.
...But not by much, and there's nowhere near as much "grey area" or looming political shift to make your toy illegal overnight.
If a person doesn't want a true SBR and the legal requirements that come with it, that's fine. But it isn't the dreaded black hole of red tape and second-mortgage-worthy expense that people make it out to be...
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Sure it's do-able, BTW I'm a commercial fisherman and some of the paperwork involved there makes owning an SBR sound real easy, god forbid you have a captains license or crew.
You are right and I agree with your point - not a terrible process.
I'll specify a bit more - my issue generally is I see it as a liability. Call me paranoid but here are a few scenario's:
1. They succeed with a ban on high capacity magazines without a grandfather provision. It appears compliance is 1% so they decide to more aggressively contact gun owners. My guess is anyone w/ the tax stamp makes the short list as there's not much else to go on.
2. You have a legal problem - in many places the police are not going to come by default to take your guns, however with an NFA item they are going to know you have guns and it very well may prompt such when otherwise nobody would even ask. Even if you become a prohibited person, it's much better to be able to have a friend some put your guns in safe storage and see to selling them, versus what happens if the police end up with them.
3. Someone is found dead in the town you live in - full of holes of the same caliber as your NFA item. Guess who they very well may ask about it first and what may become (at least for awhile) of your NFA item.