Anyone ever set up a gun trust? Forum

[180asBreath]

I was wondering if anyone has ever done one. I have a family member in Texas who needs help setting one up, and I wanted to hear others' experiences.

[Nebby]

Christopher J. Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer who embarked on a weeklong assault on law enforcement officers this month that ended with his death on Feb. 12, said in a rambling 11,000-word manifesto that he had used a gun trust to buy silencers and a short-barreled rifle from a gun store in Nevada without a background check.

Referring to a computer program available from the personal finance software company Quicken, Mr. Dorner wrote, “I was able to use a trust account that I created on quicken will maker and a $10 notary charge at a mailbox etc. to obtain them legally.”

Here's more info on setting one up.

[BVest]

Christopher J. Dorner, the former Los Angeles police officer who embarked on a weeklong assault on law enforcement officers this month that ended with his death on Feb. 12, said in a rambling 11,000-word manifesto that he had used a gun trust to buy silencers and a short-barreled rifle from a gun store in Nevada without a background check.

Referring to a computer program available from the personal finance software company Quicken, Mr. Dorner wrote, “I was able to use a trust account that I created on quicken will maker and a $10 notary charge at a mailbox etc. to obtain them legally.”

Here's more info on setting one up.

Way to be a complete asshat.

Texas Bar has had a number of CLEs on gun trusts in recent years. They tend to occur about once a year. http://www.texasbarcle.com/

[ScottRiqui]

If you do Google around, the term you probably want is "NFA trust". Be aware that the rules are changing in the next year or so, and a signature from a Chief Law Enforcement Officer (CLEO) will be required to set up an NFA trust. So if you're in a county where the CLEO isn't NFA-friendly, there may be no good options for purchasing NFA weapons, either individually on a Form 1 or Form 4, or via a trust.