Originally Posted by
Army Chief
Absolutely, and where this could get interesting in a technical/legal sense is when you invite your spouse or son to come out to the range with you to shoot your new RLT-registered suppressor which is attached to your individually-registered SBR. We're admittedly splitting some incredibly stupid hairs here, but under the law, your family members would only be half-legal.
Lest this sound completely farfetched, we would do well to remember that an NFA owner is really only one unfortunate malfunction or richochet away from scrutiny when he's out on the firing line, and even the best-intentioned interpretation of the law would still result in problems if the method of registration precluded use of the weapon by a family member or friend. An RLT allows you to designate who is/is not an authorized user under the law, which is something that no individual transfer can do.
To me, the other real advantage of the RLT approach is not that it allows you to avoid the up-front paperwork, fingerprints and signatures associated with an individual transfer, but rather that it involves less complication and expense over the long term when it comes time to pass the weapon(s) along to your progeny.
AC