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If you are looking to purchase an NFA item, you might be wondering if you should register that item in your individual name or in a trust, and which type of trust is best for you. If the NFA item is registered in your individual name, you are the only person who can possess and …

Who Should I List in My Trust? Estate-planning documents such as wills are familiar to most people. The main actors in a will are the executor and the beneficiary. In a will, the executor handles disbursement of property and the beneficiaries inherit the property. In a firearms trust, however, there are other roles that need …

The National Firearms Act was enacted by Congress on June 26, 1934. It was largely seen as a response to the rise of organized crime during the Prohibition era, in which many high-profile incidents featured machine guns. One such incident was the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, when Al Capone’s Chicago Outfit murdered seven members …

Some of the most common questions we receive regarding NFA trusts are about how they functions to contain and manage weapons, during your lifetime and beyond. To answer this question requires a little background on what a trust is, and how it is drafted. A trust is its own legal entity. Who can own Trust …

Despite recent attempts by the Justice Department to reduce tax stamp processing times, the wait remains significant. Everyone likes the idea of getting through the process as quickly as possible, but can anything make the approval of a Form 1 or Form 4 faster? Both the ATF’s eForm system and regular paper filing require the …

What is the status of gun control legislation? This year has been marred by a number of high-profile mass shooting events in Uvalde, and Buffalo, and Sacramento. Although the definition of a mass shooting varies, the Gun Violence Archive has documented over 531 events from January of this year through the middle of October. The …