Many people refer to Title II firearms (Silencers, SBR, SBS, and Machine Guns) as Class 3 weapons) as Class 3 firearms or weapons. The Class 3 terminology is generally used with a dealer license and not a type of weapon but a license. SOT means special occupational tax and refers…
Recently my wife was in New York visiting some family when they attempted to convince her that I, her husband, was helping criminals avoid background checks and arming them with machine guns, assault weapons, and other “illegal” firearms. Additionally, the opined that my NFA Gun Trust Lawyer® website was a radical Gun…
Under the NFA, there are no specifics on what type of storage device should be used to safeguard the NFA firearms. Most people tend to use gun safes that have key or combination lock. If necessary one can even use a separate lock inside of a safe to limit access…
With the recent discussions about the potential federal ban on assault weapons being reinstated, I thought it would be interesting to see which states already have bans on Assault Weapons California bans “assault weapons”, .50BMG caliber firearms, some .50 caliber ammunition and “unsafe handguns.” Connecticut Bans “assault weapons” as well…
Section 479.11 of the National Firearms Act defines a Transfer as: This term and the various derivatives thereof shall include selling, assigning, pledging, leasing, loaning, giving away, or otherwise disposing of. There seems to be much confusion over the violations of the National Firearms Act over this term because the…
Section 479.11 of the NFA defines a Machine gun as. Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of…
Section 479.11 of the National Firearms Act defines a Person as: A Partnership, company, association, trust, estate, or corporation , as well as a natural person.
We have had several clients ask us for an inventory sheet for to keep with the firearms assets in their trust. The following excel template will allow you to track all of your firearms and note which are registered and which are subject to the ATF. You can modify the…
We have created a reference page for questions related to Form 20 and transportation. Please visit https://www.guntrustlawyer.com/form20.html for more information and to download a pdf version of the ATF Form 20 – f532020-20.
Often I am asked What is the difference between an NFA Specific Trust and a normal estate planning trust. While both if properly created can facilitate the purchase of NFA related firearms and weapons, the NFA trust deals with the unique issues surrounding NFA Firearms ownership, transfer, and possession. No…