{"id":1056,"date":"2017-05-01T14:43:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T18:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2017-05-01T14:43:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T18:43:17","slug":"what-is-a-gun-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/what-is-a-gun-trust","title":{"rendered":"What is a Gun Trust?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Gun Trust is a legal document created to allow the ownership of certain firearms or other item that are regulated by the NFA, the federal law that governs the manufacture, possession and use of certain guns and gun accessories. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A Gun Trust is created by a person referred to as the Grantor.<\/p>\n<p>Once created, the Trust files an application and pays a tax to the ATF to register the NFA regulated firearm. The Gun Trust cannot take ownership of the NFA regulated firearm (or transfer an NFA firearm) prior to the approval of the application by the ATF.<\/p>\n<p>A Gun Trust allows the Grantor of the Trust, as well as those individuals named as Trustees, to lawfully use and possess the NFA regulated firearm (which includes suppressors).  Anyone using or possessing an NFA regulated firearm or other item without proper registration with the ATF would be guilty upon conviction of a federal felony.<\/p>\n<p>To create a Gun Trust without an attorney, see <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.standardlegal.com\/product\/gun-trust-legal-forms-software\/\"><strong>Standard Legal&#8217;s Gun Trust legal forms software<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Gun Trust is a legal document created to allow the ownership of certain firearms or other item that are regulated by the NFA, the federal law that governs the manufacture, possession and use of certain guns and gun accessories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-trust-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is a Gun Trust? - Ask Standard Legal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/what-is-a-gun-trust\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is a Gun Trust? - Ask Standard Legal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Gun Trust is a legal document created to allow the ownership of certain firearms or other item that are regulated by the NFA, the federal law that governs the manufacture, possession and use of certain guns and gun accessories.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.standardlegal.com\/blog\/what-is-a-gun-trust\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ask Standard Legal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StandardLegalSoftware\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-01T18:43:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Standard Legal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@StandardLegal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Standard Legal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/what-is-a-gun-trust#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/what-is-a-gun-trust\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Standard Legal\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d43d72c05d7716823188aa03d9f96525\"},\"headline\":\"What is a Gun Trust?\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-01T18:43:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/what-is-a-gun-trust\"},\"wordCount\":176,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Gun Trust Questions\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/what-is-a-gun-trust\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/what-is-a-gun-trust\",\"name\":\"What is a Gun Trust? - Ask Standard Legal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-01T18:43:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/what-is-a-gun-trust#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/what-is-a-gun-trust\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/what-is-a-gun-trust#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is a Gun Trust?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.standardlegal.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ask Standard Legal\",\"description\":\"Ask a Legal Question for FREE! 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