This article aims to help you decide whether or not you need a gun trust. Short answer: Yes! But not for the reasons many assume.
Let’s start with the most basic definition: A gun trust is a trust specifically designed to hold guns. While any trust can hold guns, it may be dangerous to hold guns in a trust not tailored for that purpose.
Trusts vary widely in purpose and complexity. With just a few basic required elements, a valid trust can easily be created within the four corners of a napkin. And so can a gun trust. You could even engrave it on a gun stock. Of course, planning is the important thing and that’s why we like to use paper, lots of paper.
There’s no shortage of internet-based, high-volume trust mills offering low-priced piles of paper they call gun trusts from online document preparers, paralegals, and even some attorneys who should know better. These vendors are
