This is an important time to submit applications to BATFE for NFA firearms, such as silencers, short barreled rifles and shotguns, and full auto. We can only predict these applications will become more difficult in light of ongoing efforts by the Obama administration.

Class 3 firearms dealers have already experienced as much as a 100% increase in their sales of silencers. It's possible supplies will reduce and prices will increase, particularly as gun dealers become either too cautious or unable to replenish their inventories during a time of growing political uncertainty. 

The transfer of NFA firearms requires submission of ATF Form 5320.4. A gun dealer would require payment of the full purchase price up front prior to submitting your 'Form 4' to ATF. For those people interested in NFA firearms, but are not ready to incur the costs of full retail purchases, ATF Form 5320.1 could be an option. The 'Form 1' is used to request pre-approval to build one's own NFA firearm. This most often arises when someone wishes to build a short-barreled rifle or even retrofit a rifle with a short barrel. The up front cost is the $200 tax payment for a Form 1. Unless an existing rifles is used in a retrofitting, a person might only need to purchase a stripped lower receiver for one tenth the cost of purchasing a complete SBR in a retail purchase. By using this approach, a person could obtain permission to build their SBR at a later date at relatively low up front cost. 

Applications for NFA firearms are made easier by using the Arsenal Gun Trust. In addition to simplifying this BATFE paperwork, the Arsenal Gun Trust also allows legal possession of NFA firearms by others, and it serves as an estate plan to avoid the court system.

Contact Arsenal Attorneys to set up your Arsenal Gun Trust today.

In most states, we encourage clients to use their Arsenal Gun Trust for their entire gun collection, including magazines and ammunition. The Trust could provide privacy and security during inheritance, and the Trust might allow legal possession of restricted firearms-related items by people properly named in the Trust.

These concerns could apply to high capacity magazines. Some states have already banned large magazines. Arsenal Attorneys helps clients document ownership of magazines to help them avoid the legal problems a ban could create. In the event of a ban on the transfer of magazines, it would become important to document ownership of magazines and the date they were accquired them. Because magazines are generic, you could identify them in your records by creating a unique serial number to use in marking each magazine. 

Practically speaking, we've marked magazines using a hand engraver, and we've often asked our local gunsmith to laser engrave magazines for the sake of legibility and aesthetics. We're posting a video demonstration of Jeff May of US Tactical in Oakton, Virginia using his laser engraver to mark a polymer magazine with a serial number we created. 

In conclusion, we provide clients individual guidance in these matters because not all states' laws are the same, and we believe only a specially designed trust like the Arsenal Gun Trust should be used in the manner described above. Other trusts lack important protections for you privacy and security. Contact Arsenal Attorneys to learn more.