On Monday, January 31, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) published the final Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces” rule for public inspection in the federal register. This rule subjects almost all firearms with a stabilizing brace to the registration and taxation requirements of the National Firearms Act. There is…
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Should I put AR-15 style and other firearms in my Gun Trust
A Gun Trust should be designed to hold all firearms including those restricted by the NFA including your AR-15s. All of our Gun Trusts are designed for all of your firearms. As an owner of many types of guns, I designed this trust to deal with issues from a revolver,…
Gun Trusts: Engraving Requirements and believing what you read on the Internet
This weekend, I was shocked to read an article on Facebook that was from a popular gun website that instructed people that they did not have to engrave a firearms that they “made” using a Form 1 unless they were going to sell the firearm. This author claims to have…
Suppressor Manufactures
SUPPRESSOR MANUFACTURES see list below Over the past few years the number of suppressor manufactures and options has really increased. There are several companies making suppressed barrels and it seems like every month or so there is a new manufacture of a suppressors. Here is a list of suppressor manufactures…
41F Published: Some Gun Trusts will have problems
41F was published today in the Federal Register. Here is a Link to 41F as filed which is similar to the draft that has been circulating. Our Gun Trusts are fully 41P compliant and ready. If you have a gun trust from a Gun Trust Lawyer® (with our copyright information…
Do I need to modify my gun trust?
Modify my gun trust? Given the pending 41P/F implementation in the next year, we have been getting a lot of questions. As with all legal answers, the answer is “IT DEPENDS“. Let me clarify how 41P/F will impact an existing Gun Trust. Should I modify my gun trust? The first…
Is a Form 20 Necessary for a Suppressor?
One of the great things about a well written gun trust is that it can be created to deal with multi state issues. Many people move and even include co-trustees or authorized users who move or are in other states. If your gun trust is only written to deal with…
ATF Claims Soda-launching “Can Cannon” is an SBS or AOW when used
Many of our Gun Trust Clients have purchased a Can Cannon. Previously the use of a Can Cannon was not regulated by the NFA, but recently the ATF determined that the use of the Can Cannon in conjunction with a receiver or a pistol creates an item regulated by the…
“EasyTrust” Problems Reported with Silencerco NFA Trust
EasyTrust: Problems reported David McCleary a Michigan Gun Trust Lawyer written about the problems he has seen with the so called EasyTrust Gun Trust by Silencerco. Today I received an email from him stating that in his opinion the trust is “horribly drafted” and “has many problems including improper legal…
Gun Trust and Foreiture of Weapons under Protest
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have recently decided to re-classify parachute flares and 40mm chalk rounds as explosives and begun the confiscation process. Those in the gun industry feel this ruling could soon be expanded to include all ammunition bigger than ½ inch in diameter. Many have…