MAJOR BREAKING NEWS – ATF RELEASED INSTRUCTIONS ON SUPPRESSORS, SBRS AND SBSS!



This is huge! ATF has applied the injunction on purchasing suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, an Any Other Weapons to everyone who can legally possess those items in their home state!



Here are the key points in ATF’s instructions. Effective immediately:



You still must fill out a Form 4473 for those items and pass the associated background check, just like when buying a non-NFA firearm. No federal registration is done

You can now build your own suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, and AOWs

If you are transporting an un-registered SBR or SBS across state lines, you still must file a Form 20 with the ATF

Dealers can now sell SBRs and SBSs using a Form 4473

The method on how to remove suppressors, SBRs, SBSs, or AOWs from a dealer’s inventory is given in the instructions


IMPORTANT: To play it safe should a hostile administration take office at some point, it is strongly suggested that you become a GOA member and keep your membership active, as GOA members are specifically exempted under the original injunction. You should consider being a GOA member before purchasing, or making, any of the affected NFA items to make sure you are protected.



Here is a video by Jared Yanes which goes over the ATF’s document, line by line.



Here is a video by Mark Smith.



Here is the ATF letter:



2026 - October - All FFLs and the Public - National Firearms Act Making and Transfer Requirements for Certain Firearms and Devices



Here is the Q&A on the new NFA transfer guidance:



https://www.atf.gov/firearms/update-to-nfa-transfer-guidance



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Doesn’t matter in Virginia you still need a form 1 or form 4 for SBR’s, SBS’s and AOW’s