re: Justice Department will not appeal a Texas ruling that guts key NFA restrictions

Honestly I didn't even ask LOL. I'll let you know next week though.

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So building a SBR is ok, if I use a Palmetto state armory lower and I'm a GOA member?

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I'm a GOA member in a free state and I converted my SA Saint.

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Just to clarify, I'm not dissing the GOA. They've done a lot of the heavy lifting and deserve credit for what's been done.

I'm waiting for the ATF to formally announce that suppressors and SBRs are now in the free and clear, to everyone who can pass a 4473. Ideally suppressors should be dropped to non-regulated muzzle devices, but I don't think that's coming. But it SHOULD be.

GOA membership can be a slippery slope. Do the folks who join after the ruling get the same legal benefits as those already paid up before the ruling? I mean, one could argue that you weren't party to that ruling otherwise. I've seen grandfather clauses before, we all have. And what about those who pay yearly, and let it lapse? Are you now a felon?
And if it's only about GOA members, can the government then demand a list of members (and current status) at some point? If that's the case, you're still "on the list".

Just seems like the way to cleanest legal response is to officially drop suppressors and SBRs from the NFA, and delete any distinction between an SBR and any other firearm (and I dont mean AOW, I mean "it's just a gun now").

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Honestly I didn't even ask LOL. I'll let you know next week though.

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PSA keeps advertising a CZ457 but it doesn't have a threaded barrel.

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kinda dumb to not offer, yea yea I know you can change the barrel.

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Some models are offered with the threaded barrel.

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CZ offers a threaded barrel on their 16' tacticool version.

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All of the SR and Varmint model 457’s come with threaded barrels. Here’s my Varmint AT-ONE.

ATF Says Suppressor and SBR Guidance Could Arrive Within Weeks

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The ATF will most likely not expand the injunction to a universal level.

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One issue the guidance will address is the transfer of SBRs and SBSs. Currently, although these items are protected under the Silencer Shop Foundation case, an ATF Form 4 is required to transfer them because of the Gun Control Act (GCA) attorney general notification requirement. The guidance will “fix” that carve-out, which seems to imply that SBRs and SBSs can be transferred on a Form 4473 alone.

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AmmoLand asked Director Cekada about guidance for industry operations inspectors (IOIs) on how to handle dealers they find transferring suppressors on a Form 4473 during an inspection. Cekada was adamant that a federal firearms licensee (FFL) found to be transferring suppressors on a Form 4473 will not be cited for violations. Former NFA Chief Albro later echoed this, saying the ATF’s policy is to presume all suppressors transferred via a Form 4473 were legally transferred.

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One interesting topic that was brought up was forced reset triggers (FRTs). Cekada said some FRTs are true FRTs, but some on the market are machine guns, and he declined to name the specific FRTs the ATF thinks might be machine guns. He said the ATF has to look at how the trigger mechanism works but will go by the statutory definition of a machine gun.

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Throughout the meeting, the ATF discussed changes to Form 4473. Those changes are still in progress. Things like the “County” box will be eliminated. According to Lieder, the ATF is making changes to the forms to comply with court rulings such as the Supreme Court’s Hemani case, which invalidated the firearms prohibition on marijuana users. The new Form 4473 will not be out until after the holiday season.

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I always thought the SBR law was the dumbest if all, I mean really?