Robert K. Merting - Attorney at Law
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If you are digging into this article, I am assuming you have already read about ‘Privately Made Firearms’ and have a handle on what that term means. The question here, succinctly stated, is: Can a Privately Made Firearm be made from an existing serialized frame or receiver? I’m sure the instinctual answer is NO: “PMFs Read More …
Can you define a firearm “frame or receiver”? Do you think it is the “part of a firearm which provides housing for the hammer, bolt or breechblock, and firing mechanism, and which is usually threaded at its forward portion to receive the barrel”? 27 CFR § 478.11. If you answered yes, then a strict construction. . . Read More …
If you read the subject line and thought: “Duh, the lower, we’ve known that since the 60s.” you want to read on. Yes, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has held for years that the lower ‘receiver’ is just that, the receiver of the AR-15 rifle. However, in a recent criminal defense, Read More …
If you have not looked at your will in a while, or if you have never quite gotten around to writing one in the first place, then now is a good time. With the Holidays just around the corner, you have a chance to evaluate your financial position, personal values, and the people you may Read More …
That is the question of many clients. You have taken the time and gone through the trouble to set up a gun trust. Said trust will take care of the firearms owned in it, and will pass those down according to your instructions. With that taken care of, should you consider adding a Last Will Read More …