Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
Trust Your Guns: A firearms, business, and ITAR knowledgeable law practice
General information on the NFA.
Clients commonly ask, “what are the chief benefits of a Gun Trust today.” With recent changes in NFA law requiring all purchasers to submit fingerprints and other documentation for a background check, the benefits are not as immediate as they used to be. However the longterm and most important benefits have remained the same. In a Read More …
Representative Jeff Duncan (R, SC) made news in the gun community early January when he introduced H.R.367 – The Hearing Protection Act. The bill is a reintroduction of the original “Hearing Protection Act” introduced in October of 2015. The Legal Effect So what would the bill do if it becomes law? In short, it would Read More …
Without fail, every client wants to know how long they can expect to wait for their NFA Firearm transfer to be approved. While we all want to take our SBR and suppressor (silencer for some of y’all) home as soon as possible, we know we must wait for the ATF to approve. Wait Times from Read More …
Many clients and potential clients are asking if they should still want a trust after the ATF 41F rule changes. While the 41F rule changes did increase the difficulty for trusts to purchase firearms, most buyers will still get several important benefits from trusts that make them worthwhile. It is these benefits that lead most Read More …
Now that ATF 41F has taken affect, clients are asking if there is anyway to purchase additional NFA firearms without having everybody and their brother get fingerprints and photographs. The answer is yes, but with a bit more work. The process is simplest to understand with the new client, and therefore I lay it out Read More …