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IMO.. This is as grey as you can get. Could not buy on his own and Trust entity is providing access to someone otherwise Prohibited at the Federal level from acquisition and legal transfer that is the same person. You are knowingly subverting Federal Law.
Technically it should work if someone over 21 does the transfer but to me it is a clear violation of the intent of current law as the grantor of the Trust is underage for a legal transfer. you may run into an issue if the ATF happens to notice.
On the other hand ...
The dealer is only going to see an approved tax stamp and someone filling out a 4473 that is over 21. I would think it is a 50/50 that anyone at ATF catches the age of the person listed on the trust.
I do not personally give a rats backside but You don't have to worry about me though..?
Best wishes.
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I understand your point regarding the federal prohibition regarding age. Honestly, this is completely hypothetical based on some ideas that came to my mind a while back when the EO regarding a need for background checks for trust holders was announced. My son doesn't actually have an interest in building a suppressor, he doesn't even own a firearm it would be appropriate for, nor is he even listed on the corporate docs. But more to the point of the remainder of your post: because this is a Form 1 (manufacture), and no transfer would be performed, there would be no dealer involved, nor would there be a 4473. There's not even a listing of ages on the corporate documents.
It seems to me that there's a good chance this particular situation is not addressed in the law. I can't find reference to it anyway. However, since a silencer is legally a firearm, then there might be state law to contend with. Although state laws usually specify age requirements secondary to the firearm type. It's unlikely that a suppressor is listed in the state law with an age requirement.
I enjoy hypothetical scenarios like this. Researching my way through them teaches me a lot.