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The Silencer Shop Kiosk: One Central Spot for All Your Silencer and NFA Needs

March 6, 2025May 28, 2021 by Jeremy S.

As an NFA connoisseur, I’ve endured the process of applying for suppressors, SBRs, and SBSs many times over the years. Now that I’m a licensed firearm manufacturer, my process for receiving or making NFA items is simpler and faster, but I haven’t forgotten how Silencer Shop changed the game and created the easiest way to … Read more

National Firearms Act For Beginners: Using Form 1 to Manufacture an NFA Item

March 6, 2025March 1, 2021 by Jeremy S.

When an individual or a trust/corporation (read about the Silencer Shop Single Shot Trust HERE) purchases an existing NFA-regulated “firearm” (silencer, short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, “any other weapon,” destructive device, or machine gun), the application for transfer is done via ATF Form 4. When an individual or a trust/corporation wants to create an NFA item, whether … Read more

Silencer Shop’s Single Shot Trust Explained and Compared

March 6, 2025February 26, 2021 by Jeremy S.

Buying an NFA item — a silencer, short barreled rifle/shotgun, machine gun, “any other weapon,” or destructive device — involves jumping through a series of .gov hoops, including paying a special tax and submitting a registration form. Perhaps the most complicated part for first-time buyers is deciding whether to register as an individual, as a … Read more

An ATF Attorney on NFA Trusts

March 6, 2025February 15, 2021 by Johannes Paulsen

https://www.silencershop.com/gun-trust.html The surprise hit of the National Firearms Law Seminar (for me, anyway,) was the last presentation of the day by William J. Ryan, from the Office of the Chief Counsel of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE). Mr. Ryan’s speech came at the end of almost nine hours of lectures (including … Read more

Who is a ‘Responsible Person’ on an NFA Trust?

March 6, 2025February 15, 2021 by Robert Farago

This post is by Ryan Cleckner [above], an attorney who specializes in firearms law. It’s republished from ryancleckner.com with the author’s permission.

I recently posted an article exploring the new rules by the ATF concerning NFA trusts. One of the multiple changes discussed in the article, which include the removal of CLEO approval and new rules for handling firearms in an estate, is extra paperwork and approval requirements for “responsible persons.” These “responsible persons” on the trust will need to . . .

How to Buy a Suppressor: Tag Along As Robert Buys His First One

December 6, 2017 by Jeremy S.

Completing the paperwork for a suppressor purchase can have you running all around town for passport photos and fingerprinting. Then it’s off to a long, slow process filling out forms at your dealer. But not at Silencer Shop or a Powered by Silencer Shop dealer. Their process takes care of everything in-house and in right … Read more

The Truth About Gun Trusts…and How Attorneys Lie to Get your Money

January 30, 2025January 27, 2014 by FirearmConcierge

This is a sore subject that many people don’t see eye-to-eye on, but as someone who has regular interaction with customers who practice law on behalf of the public and private interest – this is an issue that seriously grinds my gears. Attorneys who claim to be qualified in writing gun trusts frequently extol their virtues in an attempt to separate you from your money. How right they are and how wrong they are after the jump . . .

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