Yes, but only if the ATF is actually trying to be competent. That would entail actually interviewing everyone in a trust or corp to determine who is responsible.Thank you for the detailed explanations. So, to boil this down, is it fair to say that a proposal to have all the persons in the trust get CLEO sign offs in order to prevent prohibited persons from acquiring title II items would require investigations by ATF whose cost would far exceed the estimated $1.8 million?
If, on the other hand, the ATF simply promulgates a brain-dead definition of "responsible person", then all bets are off. They could do as little or as much work as they wanted to make such determinations.
I could answer the question better if you could quote me the precise definition of "responsible person" and tell me where in the process that determination must be made. AFAIK, those specifics are still up in the air, right?