On October 11, circuit attorney Brian Kramer advised chiefs and sheriffs across Union, Levy, Gilchrist, Bradford, Baker and Alachua counties that missing federal stamps or registry papers no longer make short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns or suppressors automatically unlawful. A court ended National Firearms Act registration, the Justice Department skipped an appeal, and ATF now allows 4473-only transfers, so Florida statutes must be read against that shift. The relevant state ban excepts items legally held under federal rules and never itself required those forms; suppressors lack any independent state prohibition. Officers therefore cannot treat configuration or missing paperwork alone as suspicion, probable cause or a basis to detain, search, arrest or seize. The memo binds only those six counties unless statewide officials or lawmakers act.