Who can witness the gun trust?
When notarizing the gun trust, you will also need to have a witness or witnesses present. The witnes can't be the notary or anybody named within the gun trust. This ensures that the witness is impartial to the gun trust and can provide an objective verification of the trust document alongside the notary.
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