suppressors may become easier to get!!

[sdmc530]

this would be great...would love to own one myself.

[7.62Kolectr]

This will be like lowering the price on Ferraris by $100,000.
I won't be so cool if everyone has one!



It would be nice to be able to cash and carry a can just like a gun.
The wait SUCKS!

[7.62Kolectr]

Originally Posted by sdmc530

this would be great...would love to own one myself.

In the short time I've been here I think I figured that you're a police officer no?
So I'm wondering why if you want one you don't already own one? Are you not allowed to own them where you live or something?

[sdmc530]

Originally Posted by Blanca Busa

In the short time I've been here I think I figured that you're a police officer no?
So I'm wondering why if you want one you don't already own one? Are you not allowed to own them where you live or something?

Yep, I work for the South Dakota Highway Patrol. Been on watch for almost 12 years now.

In SD to have a suppressor, you have to buy a tax stamp, that is what we call it. Its about $200. Then the one tax stamp allows you to buy one suppressor that you have to declare the caliber. So if you want a .22 you pay the stamp then but the suppressor. If you want another caliber you do the process again. Didn't say it made any sense but that is how SD does it...so you will pay 1K for a suppressor...give or take. OH yea and this process can take as little as 8 months and as long as 2 years. Up to the SD DCI's discretion. This is after you pass the ATF stuff. I know one guy who has one, took him 13 months and he said about 1100 bucks......

[BlackKnight]

At least you can still get them. Here in dirty jersey they are completely banned.

[edgehill]

Originally Posted by sdmc530

Yep, I work for the South Dakota Highway Patrol. Been on watch for almost 12 years now.



In SD to have a suppressor, you have to buy a tax stamp, that is what we call it. Its about $200. Then the one tax stamp allows you to buy one suppressor that you have to declare the caliber. So if you want a .22 you pay the stamp then but the suppressor. If you want another caliber you do the process again. Didn't say it made any sense but that is how SD does it...so you will pay 1K for a suppressor...give or take. OH yea and this process can take as little as 8 months and as long as 2 years. Up to the SD DCI's discretion. This is after you pass the ATF stuff. I know one guy who has one, took him 13 months and he said about 1100 bucks......

So if you bought a suppressor that could handle multiple caliber so, you couldn't swap it from gun to gun legally?

[Caleb]

Originally Posted by edgehill

So if you bought a suppressor that could handle multiple caliber so, you couldn't swap it from gun to gun legally?

Good question.

[sdmc530]

Originally Posted by edgehill

So if you bought a suppressor that could handle multiple caliber so, you couldn't swap it from gun to gun legally?

I have never thought of that. I don't know a lot about this because I have never gone to far in the process. Its my understanding that each Suppressor is a different deal so yes, you could swap...but would have to ask somebody. You register the suppressor not the gun its attached to so don't know why it would matter.

[7.62Kolectr]

Originally Posted by sdmc530

Yep, I work for the South Dakota Highway Patrol. Been on watch for almost 12 years now.

In SD to have a suppressor, you have to buy a tax stamp, that is what we call it. Its about $200. Then the one tax stamp allows you to buy one suppressor that you have to declare the caliber. So if you want a .22 you pay the stamp then but the suppressor. If you want another caliber you do the process again. Didn't say it made any sense but that is how SD does it...so you will pay 1K for a suppressor...give or take. OH yea and this process can take as little as 8 months and as long as 2 years. Up to the SD DCI's discretion. This is after you pass the ATF stuff. I know one guy who has one, took him 13 months and he said about 1100 bucks......

I cannot find anything specific related to SD that differentiates the process from the normal Federal one. If I am wrong I apologize. But I believe the one time $200 tax you refer to is the federal one not one for SD specifically? And you are correct as on the Form 4 you file the caliber of the can is required. But they does not mean you can't swap it from one host rifle to the next. The suppressor is an accessory and should be no different there than here in the sense you can change it between many hosts. Buy a .30 caliber can and use it on any .308 or 5.56 you wish. The process is now down to almost four months wait. I'm three months into my latest one and last time I called to check they told me late January.

But the bolded part above I'll ask you to clarify. Are you saying that after you pay the $200 federal tax stamp, file paperwork, get back your approval stamp that you then have to go thru some sort of addtl scrutiny? That would be contrary to how the federal system has it set up?

I'm guessing you're in same mental state as I was before I did my first one? All the reading and advice confused the heck out of me. It was quite mentally intimidating. But in the end you realize it's a very straightforward process that just takes a while.

Well worth the wait once it's over though
That's me in the grey shirt white hat.

AAC MPW SBR W/9 inch barrel in .300blk with AAC SDN-6



Now how you decide to register it is whole nuther thing. Some people like me had to formulate an NFA trust and put them in the name of it as there are no CLEOs here who would sign off on it. Going the trust route also eliminates need for pictures and fingerprints requirements.

[sdmc530]

Your right about the suppressor you can attach it to anything you want. The $200 goes to the feds....didn't really know where that went so thanks for clearing that up. I asked the LGS today about it.

the wait I can not speak of, a guy on the force got one about two years ago and took him a long time BUT all the crazy crap was happening then too so that might of had something to do with it.

from what my LGS says if you apply the SD DCI gets the application first for approval. Not sure how that works on the legal side. they said it was a mental check or something. I will have to ask next time I talk to a guy at the Capital at DCI. Not sure if that is correct at all.

So I think I got this right:

You pay the $200 tax "stamp"
fill out the form or forms
if/when approved you are allowed to buy a suppressor of whatever caliber declared.

Not that bad really.....but still the process could be a lot easier like buying a gun. Not sure why this is such a big deal really.

Originally Posted by Blanca Busa

I cannot find anything specific related to SD that differentiates the process from the normal Federal one. If I am wrong I apologize. But I believe the one time $200 tax you refer to is the federal one not one for SD specifically? And you are correct as on the Form 4 you file the caliber of the can is required. But they does not mean you can't swap it from one host rifle to the next. The suppressor is an accessory and should be no different there than here in the sense you can change it between many hosts. Buy a .30 caliber can and use it on any .308 or 5.56 you wish. The process is now down to almost four months wait. I'm three months into my latest one and last time I called to check they told me late January.

But the bolded part above I'll ask you to clarify. Are you saying that after you pay the $200 federal tax stamp, file paperwork, get back your approval stamp that you then have to go thru some sort of addtl scrutiny? That would be contrary to how the federal system has it set up?

I'm guessing you're in same mental state as I was before I did my first one? All the reading and advice confused the heck out of me. It was quite mentally intimidating. But in the end you realize it's a very straightforward process that just takes a while.

Well worth the wait once it's over though
That's me in the grey shirt white hat.

AAC MPW SBR W/9 inch barrel in .300blk with AAC SDN-6



Now how you decide to register it is whole nuther thing. Some people like me had to formulate an NFA trust and put them in the name of it as there are no CLEOs here who would sign off on it. Going the trust route also eliminates need for pictures and fingerprints requirements.