We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all trusts are NOT created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ALIENABLE rights, that among these are powers to defer, avoid or shift taxation, to shelter assets from creditors - That to secure these rights, trusts are created by … ME.

Concealed carry insurance may be a good idea, but there are gaps, limits, exclusions from coverage. If you carry a gun to protect yourself and your family, consider asset protection planning. In addition to barring future creditors, comprehensive estate planning can make you a better fighter by reducing deadly hesitation.

Sign up at guntrust.org for our free training, including Tactical Reload and Emergency Reload drills, mainly with handguns, but also with trusts. We train you to keep your trust loaded with regular funding checkups. We also train you to prepare for a possible Heggstad motion, which is an Emergency Reload for trusts, often necessary when a client fails to do Tactical Reloads.

Guns are dangerous. That’s a good thing if needed for defense. But your guns can also hurt your family after you are gone. Your guns can injure them, or put them in prison because of laws that most people do not understand. When a loved one dies without proper gun trust planning, contact me at CentralCoastProbate.com for assistance.

Life insurance is the lifeblood of estate planning. I don’t sell life insurance, but I can help you and your agent put it to good use in protecting your family: providing needed liquidity, business succession, or simply freeing your kids from the public school system. Drag your agent to the free training I offer at guntrust.org – and get up to speed on comprehensive planning.

Most gun owners have some sort of training. How not to shoot themselves, maybe how to hit a target. Defensive handgun training is different because of the need for speed. Very few gun owners have this training, even fewer practice it regularly. Sign up for our free training at guntrust.org and do drills in our office that you cannot do at the local range.

You can have peace of mind if you are unconsciously incompetent when it comes to guns and trusts. A little training, and you realize both can be a danger to your family. Our free training at guntrust.org takes you to conscious incompetence, then conscious competence, then unconscious competence where you regain peace of mind.

“From my cold dead hands!” Great motto. But what happens if you become incapacitated? There will be great pressure to get rid of your guns upon incapacity. They might even be surrendered to police for destruction. What if you regain capacity, but someone gave all your guns away? A gun trust trains your family while you are incapacitated, and after death.

No matter how bad things look, this is still a free country. The basis for wealth is the rule of law, which in turn is based on our right and duty to bear arms, not simply for balance of power but because the militia ethic builds the character of a free people. Make it your family mission, during life and after death, to incentivize the values that sustain a republic, and disinherit woke.

Knowledge is power. If you are an advisor helping families, my Estate Planning Strategies book can help you help them better. My colleagues and I contributed 77 articles to this leading resource on estate planning. Advisors attending my free training at guntrust.org, including the free handgun training, will receive this book free of charge.