Who We Serve
Are you a gun owner concerned about obeying gun laws and protecting your gun collection for the next generation?
Do you wish to obtain silencers, short barrel rifles and shotguns, and machine guns?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, Arsenal Attorneys™ team of in-house attorneys offers the Arsenal Gun Trust™ in most states to help you and your loved ones with these goals.
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THE BENEFITS OF AN ARSENAL GUN TRUST™
- A LIVING TRUST (ALSO KNOWN AS A 'REVOCABLE' TRUST).
- CUSTOMIZED AND DRAFTED BY OUR ATTORNEYS IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR GOALS.
- ENABLES INHERITANCE WITHOUT A PUBLIC COURT PROCEEDING.
- MAY BE USED FOR YOUR ENTIRE GUN COLLECTION IN MOST STATES.
- AVOIDS THE NEED FOR POLICE SIGNATURES, FINGERPRINTS, OR MUG SHOTS FOR NFA PAPERWORK.
- ALLOWS LEGAL POSSESSION OF NFA FIREARMS BY OTHERS.
- QUALIFIES FOR E-FILE TO OBTAIN NFA TAX STAMPS IN AS LITTLE AS 30 DAYS.
- EASILY MODIFIED TO ADD OR REMOVE PEOPLE OR PROPERTY.
- ENJOY A FULL ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH ARSENAL ATTORNEYS™.
- PERSONAL CONSULTATIONS INCLUDE A BRIEFING ON CURRENT EVENTS.
- INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE USER'S GUIDE TO HELP YOU AND YOUR SUCCESSORS STAY SAFE AND LEGAL.
Arsenal Gun Trust™ Add-On Services
By becoming a client of Arsenal Attorneys™, you will learn the best practices for handling your gun collection and using your Arsenal Gun Trust™. We'll provide you with tips and support based on our experience serving thousands of clients. Over time we've developed best practices as well as optional services for our clients, such as:
- Your trust documents printed on heavy duty, acid-free paper with flags marking every signature and date line.
- Customized, mil-spec document containers to protect the necessary legal documents you would keep in gun cases or range bags.
- Our comprehensive document organizer for your trust document as well as the other documents related to your life as a gun owner.
- Cloud storage of your signed documents and other important documents.
- Review of your NFA forms prior to submission to BATFE.
The Tutorial: The Arsenal Gun Trust™ is
- A Legal Compliance System- protecting your right to own guns
- A Risk Management Tool- protecting those handling your guns
- An Estate Plan- protecting those who inherit your guns
Introduction
Depending on your own state's law, the Arsenal Gun Trust™ helps you obey gun control regulations, reduces the legal risks of handling restricted firearms, and helps your loved ones inherit your firearms safely, lawfully, and privately. The Arsenal Gun Trust™ is particularly important for firearms regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA). NFA firearms are sometimes called Class 3 or Title II firearms. They include silencers (also known as suppressors), short barrel rifles (SBR), short barrel shotguns (SBS), and machine guns (fully automatic).
It is important to note that some political leaders have called for an expansion of the NFA rules to nearly all firearms. Thus, now and in the future, gun owners need to address the issues we present in this tutorial: compliance, risk, and inheritance. We'll begin by focusing on firearms currently regulated by the NFA.
Comply with Gun Laws
The NFA regulates the ownership of SBRs, SBSs, machine guns, and silencers, in those states where they are permitted. Frustratingly, the possibility to own NFA-regulated firearms can vary within different cities and counties within the same state, because the local Chief Law Enforcement Officer (CLEO) may personally decide whether to sign the forms required by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) to own NFA firearms.
Fortunately, the law and well-established BATFE policies offer you an alternative. Rather than applying through your local CLEO to own NFA firearms as an individual, you may instead apply directly to BATFE by using a legal entity (such as a gun trust), avoiding the need for a CLEO's signature, fingerprints, or mug shots.
The Arsenal Gun Trust ™ is the legal entity of choice for NFA firearm ownership. Arsenal Attorneys™ designed this solution to meet state law requirements for a revocable trust and gun ownership, as well as federal requirements for NFA firearm ownership. Moreover, it protects others who may handle or inherit your guns.
Manage Risk of Handling NFA firearms
As it is written and interpreted, you can find yourself in violation of the NFA if another person simply has the potential for or knowledge of how to access or control of your NFA firearms outside your presence. Consider these examples:
- Your spouse knows where the key to your gun cabinet is hidden.
- During lunch after target shooting with a friend, you leave your NFA firearms in his car.
- While hunting you leave your NFA firearms in your parents' cabin.
- A cousin stores your NFA firearms during your military deployment.
- All of these situations run the risk of violating the NFA. The maximum penalties for such violations include:
- $250,000 in fines
- 10 years in jail
- Confiscation of your guns
The Arsenal Gun Trust™ is your risk management solution for these situations. Others properly named in your trust may lawfully handle, store, and possess your NFA firearms, whether in an emergency or for your convenience.
Estate Planning for Firearms
The most over-looked aspect of gun safety is estate planning.
When a gun owner becomes incapacitated or dies, his loved ones often mishandle his guns. They send his guns to the wrong person, in the wrong place, and in the wrong way. The "wrong person" can be the cousin who couldn't be trusted to handle a broom safely, or it can be the favorite nephew convicted of a felony many years ago. "Wrong place" can mean a state that bans possession of your firearms. The "wrong way" can mean transferring them across state lines without following the proper procedures. The result is that your guns won't be safe and your loved ones won't be safe handling them. Instead of inheriting a gun, they could inherit a felony.
The estate planning contained in the Arsenal Gun Trust™ not only records your wishes concerning who should inherit your guns, but it also helps ensure your guns are safe until they've been placed in safe hands. The Arsenal Gun Trust™ may be used for an entire gun collection in most states, including non-NFA firearms, ammo, magazines, gear, etc. We believe this makes the Arsenal Gun Trust™ a tremendous value. For a low, one-time fee, you can enjoy both a life-long benefit and the peace of mind to know that those who inherit your gun collection are protected.
How We Prepare Your Arsenal Gun Trust™
The Arsenal Attorneys™ will prepare your Arsenal Gun Trust™ based on your individual needs and circumstances. To begin the process, contact us to request our questionnaire. After we receive your completed questionnaire, you'll have the opportunity for a briefing by one of the Arsenal Attorneys™ concerning the NFA and the use of your Trust in light of BATFE regulations. We are often able to schedule consultations at your convenience. We've handled clients worldwide while they were aboard a warship, on a tugboat, and in a tent in Afghanistan. Because we cover so many states and locales, the majority of our work is completed over telephone and email to accommodate different time zones and schedules.
During our consultation, you'll learn how the Arsenal Gun Trust™ operates and how to use it to own firearms, including NFA firearms. We'll discuss your goals and concerns so we can determine whether others should be included in your trust. Our consultation includes a Q&A session to discuss any questions you may have. At the conclusion of our discussion, we'll propose a design for your estate plan. If you accept our proposal, we'll confirm the payment details and begin drafting your trust documents.
In as little as a week, we'll deliver your completed documents. Once you sign them with witnesses and a notary, you'll immediately be ready to use them for BATFE applications. Based on your location, you may immediately place the rest of your non-NFA firearm collection, including ammunition and magazines, into the trust so that property is covered by your firearms estate plan.
We do not use a middle man, so your relationship with our firm will include an attorney licensed in your state, covered by our professional liability insurance, and using a solution tailored for your specific state.
Getting your own Arsenal Gun Trust™
Contact the Arsenal Attorneys™ to learn more about the benefits of the Arsenal Gun Trust™. We'll provide you with details of our services and fees. Once you've completed our brief questionnaire, we'll schedule a personal consultation by phone. In that discussion, we'll confirm your needs and goals. We'll teach you how to use the Arsenal Gun Trust™ for gun ownership and we'll help you decide how to tailor the estate plan for your personal circumstances. Once all these Details are confirmed, we'll prepare your Arsenal Gun Trust™. Our standard delivery is electronic secured .pdf files; however, we offer Add-On Services for paper delivery of your documents for convenience and organization.
Your complete package of documents will also include the Arsenal Gun Trust™ User's Guide. The User's Guide will be valuable for you and your loved ones for years to come.
Managing Attorney, Matthew Bergstrom, leads our team of in-house attorneys to serve clients from nearly 40 states. The firm includes lawyers who are NRA-certified in firearms safety to help guide clients and their loved ones in the proper and safe handling of gun collections. We also advise firearms-related businesses, including FFLs, to help them reduce risk and succeed. Our solutions prioritize firearms safety, privacy, and risk management. For clients interested in our Arsenal Gun Trust™, we are ready to serve you at your convenience by phone and email.
of Arsenal Attorneys are personall committed to the Second Amendment, and we are active in the Second Amendment community, as advocates, firearms instructors, Federal Fireearms Licensees, recreational shooters, and hunters. Attorney George L. Lyon was one of the original plaintiffs in the Supreme Court's landmark Heller decision which recognized the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home. Later Mr. Lyon was a plaintiff in the DC District Court's Palmer decision which compelled the District of Columbia to issues permits to residents and nonresidents for the concealed carry of firearms. 
