Suppressors
SUPPRESSOR UPDATE: 2026.08.21
We phoned the ATF again on Aug 20, 2026 requesting more guidance. They stated their guidance is to “seek your own legal counsel”. A little different from the messaging we received on august 18 at an in person industry gathering with the ATF.
We’ve engaged legal counsel to give guidance and believe we will have some clarity shortly.
We wish we had more details to offer, we will update the you as we get more information.
Rp
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SUPPRESSOR UPDATE 2026.08.19
To say we are disappointed as I’m sure everyone else is - is an understatement!
On August 13 we posted a message about holding tight on the 4473 transfers for suppressors for the time being.
We were told by the ATF they would be meeting Monday April 17 and be making an official statement about their guidance for the FFL’s and customer transfers.
We received word from the local office which is……
and
Our official statement is, we have no official statement, and don’t have a time frame of when we will get it and give it”
Per the ATF’s own rule making and guidance process, they have until October 5, 2026, to issue official written guidance.
The local ATF office agent has told us they will cite the company with a NFA violation if a transfer occurs without a form 4.
Some nitty gritty to explain this, some of the problem exists because the court order allows the plaintiffs in the lawsuit to transfer directly to its customers but requires them to transfer on a form 3 (a dealer-to-dealer transfer) if they want a dealer like Ready Gunner to transfer the suppressor to the end customer.
Once any of the plaintiffs/manufactures/distributors enter a suppressor into the NFA’s system using a form 3, we receive it on a form 3 and the only way to get it out of our E-forms account is to move it to a Form 4.
If we release a suppressor using a 4473, the NFA / ATF does not have a way for us to remove the item from the E-forms account and our inventory will not match items in the store verses items released and any mis’ matched items are a violation that allow the ATF to immediately revoke the FFL’s license.
Due to the courts order, theoretically the ATF would not legally be able to enforce this violation, but they have told us the risk to the company exists and there is no word weather or not they will pursue this course of action for the violation. The issue comes down to whether they act on the violation and revoke Ready Gunners license which would then lead to prolonged litigation and the store would go out of business during the legal fight.
At a meeting we had this morning with an ATF representative, we expressed the frustration and infuriation of the archaic system, and lack of clarity for guidance creating litigation on both sides of this coin, civil litigation from customer with a court order in hand demanding their suppressors be released, and the ATF’s statement of violations that would put the Ready Gunner out of business.
We have hired legal counsel to contact the ATF with a demand to issue a written policy covering the Company from its risk from the ATF for abiding by the courts order. Unfortunately, we are not likely to receive any quick resolution to the matter.
While we wait, what we know is the DOJ had a 7 day window to appeal the decision that would have stayed the injunction, that deadline was Aug 13, they did not file an appeal, furthermore they have 60 days from the courts order to file and that would / could stay the final order and prolong the litigation further. That deadline to appeal is October 5th, 2026.
We apologize for the inconvenience this has created for so many of you that have suppressor in the queue, waiting and or hoping they can be released with a 4473.
The form 4 process is still active and live and may be a solution you wish to proceed with, if you have a form 4 in the queue, there is no way for us to remove those already started in the form 4 process, so please continue with that process as that is the only way for us to release those already started.
The complexities with traveling across state lines into any of the 17 states that require their own state law adherence with the form 4 regulation that do not provide relief from the Texas ruling.
We understand the frustration about this situation, in the event you want to proceed with a form 4, you can still do so with the normal process. Based on recent turn times with E-forms, processing these has been approx. one week, this remains a path forward to have your suppressor released upon approval.
We have received a host of other legal opinions from companies that are plaintiffs in the Texas ruling, and for those companies their individual circumstances vary from Ready Gunners situation, the risk of transferring suppressors directly to customer is different for them, then it is for us, along with they have not been given the direction from the ATF to NOT release on a 4473 only.
This is the phone number and address to the local ATF office, 4246 S. Riverboat Rd., Suite 210, Salt Lake City, UT 84123, their phone number is (801) 524-7000. if you go to visit or have a conversation with them and they convey any info different than this, please keep us in the loop.
Until we gather and obtain sufficient legal cover to transfer with a 4473 and background check only, we can’t take the chance of gambling with the risk of the company’s license being revoked. I’m terribly sorry to write this, I appreciate the efforts of the associations and companies leading the effort to do away with these ridiculous laws and regulation surrounding suppressors. I wish we had better news and a clear path forward on the operations. Stay tuned as we will push out an update as we get clarity. Hopefully we will have a this sorted out shortly, again our apologies for the delays and mixed and unclear messages.
Ready Gunner
