AlexanderA
Member
Suppose you file an ATF Form 1 -- and pay the $200 tax -- to "make" a Short Barrel Rifle (SBR) out of an AR-15 that you already have. Then, once the form is approved, you do nothing about actually converting the weapon. Is there a time limit within which you have to do this?
The recently passed Boulder, Colorado, AWB included a carve-out for weapons registered under the NFA. Whether or not this ban passes judicial scrutiny, it could be a model for other local, state, or federal AWB's. Registering guns as (potential) SBR's could be a form of insurance.
Remember that the Form 1 must be filed -- and approved -- before the actual work of conversion is started. So by necessity there's a time lag during which the gun is "on paper" -- registered -- while not meeting the legal definition of an SBR.
The recently passed Boulder, Colorado, AWB included a carve-out for weapons registered under the NFA. Whether or not this ban passes judicial scrutiny, it could be a model for other local, state, or federal AWB's. Registering guns as (potential) SBR's could be a form of insurance.
Remember that the Form 1 must be filed -- and approved -- before the actual work of conversion is started. So by necessity there's a time lag during which the gun is "on paper" -- registered -- while not meeting the legal definition of an SBR.