Our New Hampshire NFA Gun Trust Attorney has send in some information on HB 160 and some potential problems. 1) The language (a) Retreat from the encounter, except that he or she is not required to retreat if he or she is within his or her dwelling, its curtilage, or…
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…
An Assault Weapons Trust is a new form of revocable trust that is used to own Assault Weapons as defined in your state. It allows legally purchasable firearms that your state classifies as Assault Weapons to be owned by the trust and used by the Co-trustees. As your children or…
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.
Despite a weak economy and slumping retail sales, firearm sales continued to increase in January, continuing an upswing that began after November’s election. Data from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show background checks on the sale of firearms jumped 28.8 percent in January when compared to…
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…