Interesting Choice Of A.O.W.
I know this isn't specifically OC related but I am considering getting one of these
http://www.serbu.com/top/superShorty.php and naming it Noble.
I need to get a sign off from the local chief law enforcement officer (shouldn't be a problem). I guess the question is this. Let's assume I fill out the ATF paperwork in my name and purchase it. I leave Noble at home and my wife needs to use it because the zombie apocalypse occurs while I'm not there. Did she break the law? Do we have to have the ATF form for each person that will touch the gun?
If there is some place else that I can find out these answers in a relatively easy to read format?
Thanks!
If the Z.A. happens it won't matter ... but to answer your question I am certain it would be illegal for anyone but you to possess it unless you were within a reasonable distance of the NFA weapon. I am looking for the actual verbage now and will post it when I find it. The best thing to do is NOT get any NFA weapon as an individual but instead get an NFA weapon as a Corporation. In the Corporation you and anyone else listed on it could then handle the NFA weapon that the Corporation owns. It gets confusing and it has been a few years since I delved into the NFA world but I do remember at my last machine gun shoot in Ohio that the actual registered owner had to accompany the machine gun(s) when they were mounted in the helicopter. The helicopter company had mounts for various machine guns and the guys with the big guns (like the .50 BMGs and M60's) mounted their machine gun in the helicopter. Then people would pay to ride in the helicopter and blow away targets on the ground. The person who had legal registration of that machine gun had to accompany those shooting his weapon otherwise they would have violated the NFA.
It's been awhile and I am looking through my BATFE books from my FFL days.
Link to National Firearms Act:
http://www.atf.gov/publications/download/p/atf-p-5300-4.pdf
Added: (M25) Does the owner of a registered
NFA firearm have to have any
evidence to show it is registered
lawfully to him or her?
Yes. The approved application received
from ATF serves as evidence
of registration of the NFA firearm in
the owner's name. This document
must be kept available for inspection
by ATF officers. It is suggested that a
photocopy of the approved application
be carried by the owner when the
weapon is being transported.
Added: (M8) What can happen to someone
who has an NFA firearm which is
not registered to him?
Violators may be fined not more
than $250,000, and imprisoned not
more than 10 years, or both. In addition,
any vessel, vehicle or aircraft
used to transport, conceal or possess
an unregistered NFA firearm is subject
to seizure and forfeiture, as is the
weapon itself.
[49 U.S.C. 781-788, 26 U.S.C. 5861 and
5872]