A suppressor-transfer screening tool, free employee NICS checks from November 27, a Fifth Circuit appeal and California's recording mandate — four moves that all shift dealer risk from filing the right form to proving the right decision.
ATF stopped enforcing NFA approval and registration for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs on October 9, 2026. A five-part growth plan for dealers who want the released demand to walk into their store instead of someone else's.
ATF stopped enforcing NFA approval and registration for suppressors, SBRs, SBSs and AOWs on October 9. The 4473s, NICS checks, SOT, SBR delivery gap and state-law walls all stayed put — and that is where a dealer's risk now sits.
Palmetto State Armory's 17-state SBR rollout turns the NFA ruling into a shipping map. The counter math on transfer fees, attachment margin, the ITAR cost facing silencer makers, and the dealer-rule appeal still on the docket.
DOJ filed a notice of appeal sending the Texas judgment that vacated ATF’s ‘engaged in the business’ dealer rule to the Fifth Circuit. Read the original story: A Texas Judge Wiped Out ATF’s Dealer Rule in June. On October 9, the Justice Department Filed Two Pages to Bring It Back.
Retail background checks slipped 2.3% in September while NFA checks doubled. The week also brought a new federal suit against New Mexico's waiting period, a straw-purchase indictment, and another PTR sales reorganization.
As of October 20, 2026 Both of the open questions hanging over suppressor buyers this fall are now closed. The Justice Department will not appeal, and ATF has published its guidance. On October 1, Solicitor General D. John Sauer notified Congress in writing that the Department had determined not ...
Bank access and the licensing threshold are the two Q4 costs a dealer cannot control, and the two that decide which shops are still standing to take the transfer.
When the federal government in the form of the U.S. Department of Justice chose to not appeal a court ruling striking down the Biden Administration’s so-called “Engaged in the Business” rule, gun owners and gun-right groups cheered. After all, it was one of the most egregious anti-gun actio...
Editor’s note: All information presented here is for discussion purposes and is not legal advice. The author is not an attorney. Seek the advice of qualified legal counsel for any questions you have about the guidance issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Aft...