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SUPPRESSOR UPDATES & RESOURCES
Latest Ready Gunner information, customer communications, court documents and prior suppressor updates.
AUG 29 — EMAIL SENT TO CUSTOMERS LATEST
Ryan here – this is a little more info on the suppressor changes and why Ready Gunner is transferring on 4473’s to folks who qualify under the injunction and request it.
We’ve had lots of questions and comments in store and countless online. Regardless of what side of the fence you are on, please keep spouting off either way as it helps surface conversation and awareness. Folks are passionate and opinionated about these latest developments.
I want to address some of the facts that caused me to decide to make this move without the published written ATF guidance.
It’s worth to note that we have phoned and spoken to multiple agents from the ATF, we’ve also had an in-person meeting with them. Per the agent level communication, they have been instructed to be tight lipped and the only guidance they have stated they can offer is to seek out your own legal advice on the matter. In an industry event held in early Aug., many other FFLs asked and probed about all kinds of scenarios, and no guidance was offered other than the “get your own legal advice” statement.
You will see below the GOA recently published an email to its members regarding the audits of multiple FFL’s who have been transferring suppressors on a 4473 and none of them received citations regarding the transfers. I also saw one store who was in the middle of an audit and transferred suppressors to customers on 4473s while the agent was in the building and was not cited. This is fantastic re-assuring news, but not the reason why we decided to implement the court’s ruling.
Love or hate the ATF, in my experience, these people are normal, pleasant folks that are just doing a job that is outlined by people way above them, congress being the first and foremost, and the courts interpreting the laws congress passed. Those two things provide the basis the ATF creates written protocols, systems and processes for FFLs to abide by, to be regulated by and audited for compliance of such.
The facts and circumstances around this ruling are completely new to the ATF, they are not in any way new to the judicial system. When a court enters an injunction, that is the law at that time and takes complete control over the governing law in the case. There is a lot of noise around the 7 days appeal the DOJ could have filed and request an emergency stay the injunction during the appeal, this filing would have likely guaranteed the injunction would have been stayed, and no transfers could legally take place.
The DOJ still has a window to appeal for an additional 60 days from the courts order (effectively Oct 5) one main difference is the DOJ would have to request for the court to enter a stay, and the judge could decide to grant the stay during the appeal. Given they DOJ did not request emergency relief, the likelihood of the judge entering the stay is somewhat lower because if this was such an emergent issue, the DOJ should have filed within the 7 days and would have prohibited tens of thousands of suppressors from being transfer void of a form 4 registration.
From the moment the court ruled, we began talking with lawyers about how Ready Gunner would legally proceed. RG is a small store, (large compared to many others, but in the grand scheme of things, we are a single store operation in a below average sized market) we eek by on small margins reselling other folks products, we don’t have the luxury of hiring a team of $1,000 an hour lawyers to be on retainer, I am also responsible for keeping the business viable while my partners family members continue to navigate the probate process they’ve been going through for nearly 4 years now. For my own sake of not opening myself up for a felony charge, along with risking the immediate shut down of the store, we didn’t jump at the same moment many others started transferring on 4473’s on the 13th of august.
We wanted to get the lay of the land and take the time to get a comprehensive legal review of the matter to ensure we protect our customers, employees and the store. We’ve received this now in comprehensive writing and while there is a risk of the ATF taking some form of retaliatory action against RG or others who decide to operate with the rights of the injunction, I believe RG is doing the responsible thing in following the ATF’s advice and securing legal advice and acting accordingly.
One of the reasons we are asking people to sign an acknowledgement of risk document if Ready Gunner transfers a suppressor on a 4473 and not a form 4 is simply some people are not aware of anything related to the matter, and others are neck deep in it, it’s a good practice to make sure people are informed, and we don’t want folks thinking that because RG has legal counsel it translates to them, everyone should evaluate their own risks and decide on their own how to proceed.
The form 4 process is still in place and due to the far fewer submissions into the system, we have had many customers use it and have quick turn times getting approved.
Many folks who travel with suppressors to other states will still require a form 4, currently the manufactures do not have a way to transfer a warranty item from you to them if there is not a form 4 in place, the injunction does not address these and other issues, so there are a number of things that make sense for the ATF to have a formal statement or get your own advice, because even they don’t know how those things will be handled.
One aspect of the counsel given to us, is that we need to closely monitor the DOJ’s potential appeal, if the DOJ appeals and the court enters a stay, all parties would be required to cease transferring per the courts Aug 5 ruling. Many have asked how things would be handled for those who have had transfers take place during the injunction, I don’t suppose to know how this court or the ATF would handle these, but in all other legal actions, those who participated in activities during the injunction would remain as covered per the courts then covered time frame. I personally do not think the DOJ or ATF has a mechanism to reach back into that covered period without some form of congressional or executive action that would all out ban suppressors or force a retroactive registration.
Real lawyers, keyboard warriors, and commentators, please join the convo here, there are dozens of posts on RG social pages you are welcome and encouraged to interact with, and tens of thousands from others online. The cat is out of the bag on this issue, hundreds of stores are transferring on 4473’s, an industry rep told me silencer shop was selling 400 units an hour on Aug. 13th.
As a further back drop to all of this as it relates to suppressors, the law around a suppressor device on the front of a gun is outrageous, I am all about controlling guns is law abiding, mentally stable folks’ hands and keeping them from dangerous people. We demonstrate this on a regular basis when we elect to not sell a gun or even allow people on the range to shoot on their own when something is off with the interaction or they don’t answer the questions on the form adequately.
It’s been argued for years of why an oil filter, or baffled filled cylinder on the front of a barrel is a regulated item, yet a trigger you can drop in a gun is not. Praise the lord the extremist who pushed the pendulum so for to the other side, that we settled at something closer to common sense.
One thing is for sure; all 2A supporters should be supporting these advocacy groups fighting the legal fight in support of the second amendment rights. Check out the message below from GOA.
Without the help of these organizations, we would all be left to fight in the courts at our own individual expense, and against a government who prints money to pay for their own fight. I saw a comment someone made online saying “this sounds like a pitch for GOA” it not, they (and their members) happen to be a named party in the case and as such are what the judge described as a covered party.
Time will tell if we are the right side of the issues here but given the sound legal framework that now thousands of folks are operating under, we are willing to take the risk in taking advantage of the timing of the courts favorable ruling protecting folks who don’t want to go through the form 4 process.
I’m not much of an online yapper, we leave that to the team in the store, but I feel it important to inform customers about what’s happening at the store. Since inception, our approach has always been to provide the best experience possible and win the customer through exceptional service and experience. Hopefully we are delivering on this for you all. We appreciate your support of the business. I’m confident Neal would not have done the same thing here…… he would have been the one to transferring at 12.01am on the 13th. ;)
If you are in the market for some new equipment on the end of your barrel, get over to the site, we’ve spent a crazy amount of time trying to make the site work well to help expand our reach while delivering on the same exception customer experience. All the inventory is linked directly to the instore items so if you place an order, you can select instore pick up and drive right over and we will have it set aside for you.
As a side note, we had a legal fight of our own with Facebook the last 6 months, Facebook just reinstated our old account and we now have our 107,000 friends back. If you haven’t interacted with us there, please shoot over there and smash the thumbs up on a post or two to help their algorithm wake up and start showing our posts to all the friends.
Rp
GOA — EMAIL BELOW
Since the judge's injunction in our NFA case took effect, gun shops around the country have been transferring suppressors on a 4473 and nothing else. No Form 4. No registry entry. A lot of those dealers have been holding their breath waiting to find out what ATF would do about it.
Now we have an early answer. ATF inspectors went into four of those shops, looked at the 4473-only suppressor transfers, and wrote up zero violations.
Look at what AmmoLand is reporting:
What AmmoLand News has determined, after speaking to multiple sources on condition of anonymity, is that at least four inspections in four states have occurred at shops that have transferred suppressors on 4473s. These were routine inspections conducted every few years.
All four shops have been transferring suppressors on 4473s, and all four shops passed with 0 violations. The industry operations inspectors (IOIs) did not consider the suppressor transfers a violation because of the injunction issued by Texas. All four shops were corporate members of the organizations in the lawsuits [like GOA], or the suppressors were transferred to members of one of the organizations [like GOA].
Let's dive into why this matters.
The inspectors did not treat the transfers as violations. It's one thing for a judge to say ATF cannot enforce registration, but it's another for ATF's own inspectors to walk into a shop, review the paperwork, and walk back out without a citation.
Here is the part every gun shop owner needs to read twice.
The injunction protects the plaintiffs, the members of the plaintiff organizations, and the customers of the plaintiff companies.
GOA is a plaintiff and our members are covered. That is the entire difference between a clean inspection and a very bad afternoon.
We also don't want to oversell this news:
This was reported by sources inside the industry, not announced by ATF. We cannot tell you it is official policy, because ATF has not said it is. We asked for written guidance for our members weeks ago and still have not received it.
If you are an FFL, we also cannot tell you how any of this applies to your shop or your situation in your particular state. If you are not covered by the injunction, none of this protects you, and an inspector in your district is under no obligation to reach the same conclusion. Moreover, the order does not touch state law.
If you have questions about your own exposure, ask a lawyer in your state before you change how you do business.
If you are not an FFL, forward this to yours. The shop you buy from is trying to figure this out right now with almost nothing to go on.
We will keep pressing ATF for real guidance, and you will hear it from us the day we get it.
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AUG 27 — CUSTOMER SUPPRESSOR TRANSFER UPDATE
Friday – Aug. 28
If you are purchasing a Suppressor from Ready Gunner, or having a Suppressor transferred to Ready Gunner for pick up, please take a min to read the details below to ensure you are considered a covered party.
Few details to help you navigate these transfers (this is not legal advice to you, the legal advice was given to ready gunner, you should seek out your own advice).
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The ATF explicitly stated multiple times Ready Gunner needs to get our own legal advice and have refused to provide any further verbal or written guidance.
- Ready Gunner lawyers have provided a detailed legal opinion with requirements for transfers.
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Injunctive relief details.
- The judge granted the plaintiffs relief and detailed out who are also benefiting parties under legal doctrines.
- Named Plaintiffs receive relief, their down stream customers receive relief, and associations members, current and future receive relief.
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For Ready Gunner to transfer a suppressor on a 4473 to you, you MUST meet the requirements and provide documentation of your membership.
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Customers must be an individual GOA member.
- You cannot sign up in the store, you cannot use any Ready Gunner equipment, i.e. computers or printer for this, Ready Gunner is not advising you to sign up for an association membership, but you must be one for Ready Gunner to transfer to you.
- You must bring a printed copy of their membership with you to the store, and we will COLLECT it from you.
- You must complete 4473.
- You must pass a background check – a CCW or Concealed permit is not allowed.
- You must pay for and pass the state background check.
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You must sign the Ready Gunner acknowledgement of risk document.
- RG has offered no legal advice
- Transfer at your own risk – given the ATF has not published guidance
- Warranty may be effected – as the ATF has no way to transfer a Non form 4 item
- Hold RG harmless
- Attestation of you being a covered party
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Customers must be an individual GOA member.
- To save time on the transfer, please come prepared with your documents, to speed it up even more, use the website to purchase and select “pick up in store” at check out.
Wild times here for the ATF, NFA and US citizens – the NFA rule has been in place for nearly 100 years without much of a change. In my personal opinion a suppressor should not even be a serialized item, let alone a regulated item.
Grateful for industry leaders who have been helping lead the legal battles in the courts that have created this common sense ruling.
AUG 21 — READY GUNNER UPDATE
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
AUG 20 — ATTORNEY EXPLANATION OF THE RULING
The link below provides some written explanation from the attorneys who represented the plaintiffs in the Jensen, Silencer Shop, GOA and others in the case, these folks posted a great read with a good explanation.
READ ATTORNEY EXPLANATION →AUG 19 — READY GUNNER UPDATE
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……
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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
AUG 13 — QUESTIONS SENT TO THE ATF
Questions attys sent to ATF
Attorneys representing the Plaintiffs also send the ATF the following for questions asking for clarity on the ruling.
VIEW LETTER →AUG 6 — COURT RULING
Below is the ruling from the court.
VIEW COURT RULING →
