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If you send the certificate of Trust your application will be denied.  You must send the full Firearms Trust with the Form 4 

There are no yearly state or federal filing fees associated with a NFA trust.  We recommend opening a bank account at a bank that has no fees to keep the costs lower.  If the Trustee and the Beneficiary are different people the trusts require an annual Accounting. – A listing…

You may use your NFA Firearms/Gun Trust to purchase items in the future.  Assuming you are in a state that allows the purchase of the items you desire, you may use your firearms trust to purchase additional items without creating a new trust. You can purchase items this year, next…

Only the ATF and those you choose to tell will know about your NFA Gun Trust.  Like most revocable trusts they are not kept on file in most states so there is publicly available information on who created, manages, benefits from or what is contained in the trust.

When you fill out your form 4, a check for the fee, a copy of the full declaration of trust, and an assignment of the weapon should be sent in with the application. 

What should I do if I am in possession of an Akins Accelerator? You should immediately remove the spring from the Akins Accelerator. This spring should be mailed (with the certification described below) to the Chief, Firearms Technology Branch, 244 Needy Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405. You should be sure to…

I got a question from someone to day about what to do if their Class 3 registration papers are lost.  I found the answer on the ATF website under the NFA Handbook in Chapter 3. Section 3.5 Lost or stolen registration documents. A person possessing a firearm registered as required…

Some NFA firearms collectors, who are not engaged in any firearms business, have been known to acquire a GCA license to deal in firearms and pay the NFA special tax to acquire NFA firearms for their personal firearms collections. This is not a wise thing to do and violates the…

Constructive possession is a legal fiction to describe a situation where an individual has actual control over property without actually having physical control of the same assets. At law, a person with constructive possession stands in the same legal position as a person with actual possession. When an individual purchases…

Alabama: “That every citizen has a right to bear arms in defense of himself and the state.” Ala. Const. art. I, § 26. Alaska: “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”…