Gun Trust USA™ Blog
A gun owner typically creates an NFA gun trust for short term goals, such as transferring or making NFA firearms, including silencers/suppressors, short barrel rifles (SBRs), short barrel shotguns, AOWs, or machine guns. A good medium term goal for creating an NFA gun trust is often the desire to...
Recently there has been confusion about requirements for engraving firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA). A person, including a trust, may submit ATF Form 5320.1 to register an NFA firearm to be built by the applicant. Typically these so-called Form 1’s are submitted to make a short...
As part of its formal statement on 41F published in the Federal Register, ATF confirmed trusts and their tax stamps may continue beyond the life of the trust maker if the trust is designed to do so. Therefore, ATF confirmed that successors and beneficiaries in a trust could be grandfathered...
Starting July 13 ATF will require additional paperwork for applications to register NFA firearms, such as silencers and short barrel rifles (SBR). Gun Trust USA offers a cutting edge design so you can minimize the effects of these so-called 41F rules. Additionally our solution will provide you and your...
In almost every trust used for NFA firearms, such as silencers/suppressors and short barrel rifles (SBRs), there are ‘co-trustees’ or ‘joint trustees’ to allow them to have legal possession of the NFA firearms in the trust. Unfortunately these people typically have the same power as the ‘trustee’ who manages the...
Gun Trust USA uniquely enables you to create your own high quality NFA trust with a lifeline. That lifeline is our ‘Ask a Lawyer’ program in which you may request a discounted consultation with an attorney at any time. Before or after creating your trust, you may ‘Ask a Lawyer’...
On March 31st Iowa became the 42nd state to legalize possession of silencers and the 39th state to legal silencers for game hunting. Iowa residents should determine whether their local gun dealer (FFL) will become a Class 3 FFL to sell firearms like silencers that are regulated under the National...
For a limited time only, each Gun Trust USA™ customer will receive a free one-year membership in the American Suppressor Association with the purchase of Gun Trust USA™ documents. The American Suppressor Association (ASA) is the unified voice of the suppressor industry. Their mission is to unite and advocate...
In January 2016, ATF announced a new form would be required at the time applications are made for NFA firearms. This rule was previously known as ‘41P’ and is now known as ‘41F’. What difference does it make? Starting July 13, 2016 any person defined as a ‘responsible person’...
Members of the Gun Trust USA™ team will attend SHOT show in Las Vegas to meet industry partners and investigate trends in the industry. We particularly look forward to meeting ATF personnel to discuss developments in NFA regulations and the introduction of new ATF documentation, including ATF Form 5320.23...
