Disposal of NFA items

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I currently live in Oregon, which is very NFA friendly. However, there's a small chance that I'll be moving to California soon, which is very NFA unfriendly. I'm looking at buying a suppressor but I'm worried about what to do with it if I need to move.

What's the procedure for disposal of a NFA item? I know that if I want to sell it to someone, we gotta pay the $200 transfer tax. But, what if I simply wish to destroy or otherwise dispose of it? Is there an ATF form for the destruction of NFA items?

any thoughts?
 
please dont destroy it. cause eventualy we all fear the NFA "registry" will close on all items like it did on machine guns.
 
Ummm... if you're just gonna throw it away, I'll take it.

A free supressor (free not including the $200)... I'll take it any day of the week! I don't even care what caliber!
 
Ummm... if you're just gonna throw it away, I'll take it.

A free supressor (free not including the $200)... I'll take it any day of the week! I don't even care what caliber!
 
(M22) If an individual is changing his or her State of residence and the individual’s application to transport the NFA firearm cannot be approved because of a prohibition in the new State, what options does a lawful possessor have? [Back]

NFA firearms may be left in a safe deposit box in his or her former State of residence. Also, the firearm could be left or stored in the former State of residence at the house of a friend or relative in a locked room or container to which only the registered owner has a key. The friend or relative should be supplied with a copy of the registration forms and a letter from the owner authorizing storage of the firearm at that location.

The firearms may also be transferred under the procedures referred to in Question M15 or abandoned to ATF.

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/faq2.htm#m22
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thanks!

wdlsguy, thanks, that's what I was looking for. I appreciate your help.
 
What I can't understand is WHY California? My college closed it's doors, making it VERY hard for me to find a place to transfer to, but there are still campuses in California. Because of the gun laws alone I would rather forfeit all the money I've had to takeout on loans to get as far as I have in my education and abandon my degree then to move to California even temporarily. I Too live in Oregon. Not all of Oregon is NFA Friendly. I live in Portland, and it's a fat chance unless the Sheriff is a good buddy of mine that I will EVER Get an NFA item of any kind as long as I live in Portland. Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties, and some other counties down in south Oregon like Marion County and whatever county Eugene is in and some others are the same way. Deschutes county though is a complete other story. When visiting the Inlaws, I took my brother in law to a small gun show in La-Pine, man LOTS of NFA items there for sale(most were outrageously priced though in my humble opinion). Of course I may move there for awhile, get some NFA Items and then move back up here where they are not prohibited, but the Sheriff's just won't let you obtain any you don't already have(unless yer a buddy of course, gotta have them contacts).

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fantacmet, the standard workaround in your situation is to form a living trust or an LLC, and have the trust or the LLC own the weapons. No CLEO signature is required that way.
 
Many NFA friendly gun ranges will have a storage service, where they will lock your weapon in a locker inside a vault.

We do that for soldiers who are deploying. It gives them a place to securely store their guns while they are overseas.
 
fantacmet, the standard workaround in your situation is to form a living trust or an LLC, and have the trust or the LLC own the weapons. No CLEO signature is required that way.
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If, say, 5 people formed an LLC, and the LLC owned the NFA item, would the 5 contractual members have full access to the item?
 
If, say, 5 people formed an LLC, and the LLC owned the NFA item, would the 5 contractual members have full access to the item?
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That's my understanding, as long as none of them were prohibited from owning firearms.
 
Correct - that's the only exemption. Any officer of the LLC that is prohibited can't access the firearms.
 
how would ownership of the item work if one member left
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The remaining members could continue to use the NFA item.

or the LLC was dissolved?
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You would need to transfer the NFA item to another individual or legal entity before dissolving the LLC.
 
It doesn't matter how many people are involved. You can form a LLC as an individual and be the sole owner. Limited Liability Corp. Basically all it does is set up a separate entity so that your assets can't be combined with those of the corp. (like if you went bankrupt you wouldn't want creditors taking your house, which they could if you were just a sole proprietor). In Oregon I think it's only like $35 a year for an LLC and you can get the forms free online and mail them in.
 
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