How to avoid ATF’s homemade silencer entanglements

Summary

A former ATF official warns that the electronic ATF Form 1 for homemade silencers requests photos of parts, which could be legally interpreted as possession of an unregistered silencer under 18 USC 921(a)(24), potentially leading to entrapment. ATF Director Robert Cekada clarifies that the intent is to prevent registration of illegally imported "solvent traps" and that no one will be arrested for submitting photos while he is director, adding that Form 1 is being modernized.