tc617
USN Sub Vet
I had my 7.5" AR pistol out one day and was asked for my tax stamp by a RSO. When I showed him that it was an AR pistol and he went along his way.
An RSO?
Huh......
Yeah, I'm an RSO and I don't consider it part of the scope of my responsibilities to check paperwork. Might as well ask to see the numbers on every gun at that point, it's just as presumptuous.
Ditto. In fact, I'm not sure it's even legal for an RSO to demand to see your tax stamp.
Here ya go... (See waaaaay below.) Where it says "Secretary," read the Secretary or his Designee, (Agents.)
Just make a copy of your stamps and keep them with your NFA items at all times, just in case.
It just makes good sense.
(e) Proof of registration
A person possessing a firearm registered as required by this section shall retain proof of registration which shall be made available to the Secretary upon request.
Been asked by law enforcement twice.
Once was at a private machine gun shoot on a buddy's property. HCSD showed up and said that they had a report of people shooting machine guns. We told them that that report was true. They looked over the paperwork, drooled over the guns, ripped off a few mags and we're on their way.
Second time was by an off duty state trooper at Elk Neck some years ago. He saw my suppressor, identified himself and asked to see my paperwork. I showed him, and he was good with it.
Technically, neither of them have the right to demand to see my paperwork, but the 2 minutes it took kept them from screwing up my day or week or month with the headaches they can cause.
Anyone else that asks to see my private tax documents for any reason other than curiousity can quite frankly piss up a rope.
Not by any LEO but at On Target. Got a can at the end of January and it was too freakin' cold to go to AGC. Went through exactly one magazine and the guy comes on the range and asks. I told him it was none of his business.
Back and forth about I would have to leave or remove the can from the range/store if I wanted to continue shooting.
Spoke to the manager when I was done but it was like talking to a brick wall....
Totally weird. You could shoot hundreds of rounds with a handgun, the moment you screw on a sound suppressor the presumptuous over bearing worried people come out of the wood work.
Yeah, I get the logic, it's not normal to see and it takes more effort/money/time to get one, but seriously...
The only place that I've ever been asked is Continental. I've shot with cans at On Target but have never been asked to show my form 4s.