A request from a K9 officer

alanint · 11-29-2012, 09:27 AM

I only mentioned this because from your first post I assumed it was a personal request from the officer, not a department issued gun.

As you mentioned, departments may own registered NFA stuff, which is transfered and registered to the department. These department issue guns do not have to have any special property plates or markings. They simply have to have come into the department's possesion through the NFA registry and be duly logged into department property books.
My concern arises from previous cases I am aware of, where individual officers believed they could create and keep their own NFA weapons, simply because they were sworn officers and the weapons would be used "on the job". Sadly, more than one officer attempting this received a rude wake up from ATF.

Now, officers can create or purchase registered NFA stuff with department approval, but everything must still go through the registry.

11-29-2012, 09:27 AM	#11
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I only mentioned this because from your first post I assumed it was a personal request from the officer, not a department issued gun. As you mentioned, departments may own registered NFA stuff, which is transfered and registered to the department. These department issue guns do not have to have any special property plates or markings. They simply have to have come into the department's possesion through the NFA registry and be duly logged into department property books. My concern arises from previous cases I am aware of, where individual officers believed they could create and keep their own NFA weapons, simply because they were sworn officers and the weapons would be used "on the job". Sadly, more than one officer attempting this received a rude wake up from ATF. Now, officers can create or purchase registered NFA stuff with department approval, but everything must still go through the registry.