Get your NFA purchases sooner
Now that the floodgates have opened and new NFA buyers are turning out like never before, the NFA branch waiting game is getting longer and longer. As mentioned before, NFA Tracker tells the tale: the expected wait time for a Form 1 or Form 4 went from about six months for December 2012 submissions to […]
Notice and comment period continues for proposed ATF regulations
After several years of proposing changes to their NFA regulations, ATF has finally moved forward in the rulemaking process. ATF was expected to eliminate the chief law enforcement official (CLEO) sign-off and make a few other tweaks. Instead, they are merely changing the substance of what the CLEO is signing off on, applying the CLEO […]
NYT reporter discovers gun trusts, cries “loophole”
In an article in today’s New York Times, Erica Goode characterizes gun trusts as exploiting a loophole in the federal firearms law. Goode’s article does, however, reference Florida attorney David Goldman, who is cited extensively in the article, and to good effect. Goldman notes the importance of gun trusts as an estate planning tool for assets that are extensively […]