Reply #10: No such thing as a Class 3 license

[JoeyMac1]

In the NFA world there are Dealers and Private Citizens. To be a "dealer" you must have an SOT status and FFL. The type of SOT/FFL you have determines whether you are a manufacturer, dealer, importer, etc...

To be a Private Citizen and own NFA stuff you only need to have an approved Form 4. A Form 4 is, more or less, a tax reciept simply stating you've paid the $200 excise tax for an item. It is not a permit. It is a tax document (the ATF is a division of the Treasury Dept.) and as such you are not required by law to show it to anybody requesting to see it unless they are an Agent of the Treasury Dept. (BATFE). If a cop wants to see "your papers" for your machinegun at the range you have every right to tell him to go **** himself. Although be prepared to eat dirt and get thrown into the backseat of a cruiser. It's best to just be curteous and comply.