This is 100% false. The only paperwork you sign is an ATF Form 4, an ATF Form 5330.20, standard fingerprint cards, and once all of the paperwork is approved by the ATF you fill out a standard Form 4473(as you would for a pistol/rifle) before taking the suppressors home. On none of the forms do you EVER sign over any kind of permission for ANYONE to randomly search your home without reason/warrant. You never give up any of your rights.

Also, there are no "permits," or "licenses." You pay a transfer tax. It will varry from dealer to dealer, but at mine it went like the following(my dealer does a lot of the work for the buyer as to cut out the time and BS):

1. Find Class III dealer.
2. Pick suppressor you want.
3. Pay for it.
4. Dealer fills out Form 4 & 5330.20 with your info, and suppressor's info(serial #, manufacturer, caliber, size, etc.)
5. Fill out fingerprint card with info, sign, and take prints
6. Take two passport sized photos
7. Sign form 4 & 5330.20
8. Pay dealer $200 for the transfer tax(they make out a check in your name), or write a check yourself
9. Have CLEO(Chief Law Enforcement Officer) sign off your Form 4
10. Submit to ATF and wait for approval(if you can buy a handgun, and your CLEO signed off... you'll get approved)
11. Wait for ATF to send approved Form 4 back to dealer with the $200Tax Stampaffixed, and pick up your new toy after you've filled out the standard 4473 form.
12. Enjoy



Buying/using suppressors is a very easy process. The way I listed it makes it look long and painful, but it's VERY simple. THe hardest part is waiting for itto get approved. I'm 22, and I've already had 2 suppressor's approved, and a SBR.Not much harder than purchasing a handgun, or rifle. A few more "hoops" to jump through, but at the end of the day when you're shooting suppressed it's more than worth it. Right now I only have suppressed .22's, and .223/5.56. The 5.56 is still pretty loud(about like your average unsuppressed .22lr rifle) due to the sonic crack, but the suppressed .22lr's are extremely quiet. Scary quiet especially on a bolt action .22.

If you have any specific questions please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] I'd be more than happy to talk to you about anything/everything concerning suppressors. Advantages, disadvantages(besides their addictiveness, there are NONE), costs, dealers, brands, companies that make/thread barrels, how to "pass them down to your children," paperwork processes, etc. I can also try and find you some folks local to you to let you demo their suppressors - we love letting people new to them try them out!

Here's two pics of my SBR AR-15 w/Tac-16 suppressor:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/JoshSC/025-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v128/JoshSC/024-3.jpg