gk1040

My Savage M1A1 has two stamps as well.

Thanks for the history on gun regulations from someone who actually went through it. I have never heard of William Thoreson before. I can only imagine what the press put out once the government confiscated that large collection he had put together. I think the book that you were thinking about is titled: "It Gave Everybody Something to Do." I agree that we as a MG community owe a debt of gratitude for uninformed and lazy politicians.

I've been on a Thompson roll this year. Not sure why. I've been looking at other guns, but couldn't get any deals done. I'm still relatively new to machine gun buying so I'm still learning and only stepping my toe into guns I think know the market on.

To bring this post full circle. I did receive my law letter today from my local chief. I did get a generic one this time (thanks for the advice). So hopefully I can use this letter going forward. What is interesting about this whole process is that I have had a few MG purchases this year (all Thompsons). I did not send in the law letter on any of them. One is already approved. One got kicked back but never requested the law letter (hence why I posted this), and others have been purchased not too long ago so I'm still in waiting mode. Maybe the rules are changing? Maybe the luck of the draw on the agent processing the forms. I have the letter now and I'm good to go, so I have no stress about the issue now. As far as advocacy, I can see everyone's points. I've considered contacting my local representative to discuss this, but both my state representatives (house and senate) are anti-gun. I'm afraid if I bring up anything about MG's that they will freak and things will go sideways for us. I've been very hesitant to bring up any MG legislation because people tend to get very leery if uneducated about the guns. It would be the best case scenario if the AG could clarify the Wisconsin law to stipulate that if the ATF approves you, then you are good to go. This would involve no politicians maybe...

Interesting... I would be very interested in hearing about any response that you hopefully receive.

In my past transfers, I always got the law letter mostly because I needed to go get it anyways to do the transfer pre-41-F. When I saw your post this morning, my stomach just about dropped out of me. I did not get the law letter yet. I called a lawyer today to get some advice. He said the ATF should have kicked back the transfer for that reason alone. He suggested I get the law letter and keep it on file as it's a state issue anyways. I feel very dumb that I missed this, but also glad I posted this as I would have probably not thought about it until my next machinegun transfer. Thank-you.

Thanks guys. It appears that my prior transfers slipped through with the old wording. I will do as the agents say and move forward.

I've really enjoyed this forum as a newer member. I have learned so much. I ran into an interesting to me Form 4 issue today. My Form 4 for a Colt Thompson I purchased came back today with some errors. The ATF agent wants me to correct box 13 on the second page where it asks for the necessity of possession. I had originally entered "ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE." The agent wants me to cross that out and replace it with "IN ACCORDANCE WITH WI941.26." WI941.26 is a Wisconsin state statute having to do with Machine Guns (I'm located in WI). I've completed another machine gun transfer this past year using the "ANY LAWFUL PURPOSE" and the agents did not reject the forms. Additionally, I have completed a couple transfers through Silencershop for various suppressors and they state on their stock forms "INVESTMENT AND ALL OTHER LAWFUL PUPOSES." None of them came back with errors. Should I be filling out my Form 4's differently going forward or is this just odd? Thanks gk1040

Stampcollector... Hopefully, they get you approved quickly. That seems out of the norm for a Form 4 individual. I received word from my dealer today. Thunder Beast suppressor Form 4 Trust, Mailed December 15, 2016, stamp received by the dealer today. 11 months.

These times are really encouraging for individual transfers considering the last year or so. Thanks for posting this.

Thanks for posting this. I'm a newer member of the board and I really enjoy reading the posts. I fairly recently purchased one on the list. This helps fill in some of the history on the gun.