b1ack5mith
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If you have a County Sheriff with a little intestinal fortitude, you would have no problem. The 10th Circuit Court (which includes Utah) recently affirmed that the County Sheriff is the ultimate law enforcement authority and has the power to prohibit any federal or state law enforcement from operating in his county. Following on that ruling, the Big Horn County (Wyoming) Sheriff has prohibited both IRS and ATF from operating in the county.I'm certainly no legal expert or authority, so take this for what's it worth. I am however both an FFL (type 7-manufacture) and an SOT (can manufacture suppressors / machine guns, etc.) When this law got signed by the governor I specifically asked the ATF about manufacturing both guns and suppressors. The response from the agent was a verbal one and doesn't really carry much weight but he said: "Anyone trying to make Utah only guns or suppressors will have ATF agents all over them and a lawsuit to deal with." He said this was especially true of NFA items.
In a way, everyone has always been able to make suppressors. It's not that hard. You could even use them without consequence (albeit illegally) as long as the ATF never found out (of course I'm not advocating this)... The only difference now, is that the court case will be more interesting if you are caught at this point.
This wasn't recent. The court case was in the late 90s, and the court didn't issue any ruling, it just affirmed a settlement between Bighorn County and the federal government as a result of a major screwup by the INS. The feds did agree in the settlement to let the County Sheriff oversee their operations, but that agreement isn't binding anywhere else.If you have a County Sheriff with a little intestinal fortitude, you would have no problem. The 10th Circuit Court (which includes Utah) recently affirmed that the County Sheriff is the ultimate law enforcement authority and has the power to prohibit any federal or state law enforcement from operating in his county. Following on that ruling, the Big Horn County (Wyoming) Sheriff has prohibited both IRS and ATF from operating in the county.
http://earthhopenetwork.net/forum/showthread.php?tid=527
ATF knock on your door and push you around or something?? :shock:Please remove this post.