ATF to stop issuing FFL to home based dealers
Apparently, the week before I would have spent about $500 to open a home FFL the ATF decides not to issue them anymore.
They now require an actual store front and the dealers are following behind the ATF's wonderful idea that this will solve any issues at all with people getting illegal guns. I'm quite sad... at the same time I realize that maybe, just maybe... I should buy an island and run my own country.... Got the information from thetruthaboutguns if anyone is interested in the source.
ATF to stop issuing FFL to home based dealers
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Originally Posted by
Geezer in NH
Buying and selling guns per them needs a license therefore why won't they issue one to you?
I'm not trying to acquire one. I'm not home enough to warrant getting one. And I would also be competing w/ a friend of mine. He has a FFL and works on Glocks and ARs. It's run out of his home but he does have normal business hours.....but you have to call ahead to make an appointment w/ him ;)
As far as smaller FFLs putting larger ones out of business goes. The larger stores in my area charge a ridiculous amount of money for a transfer. They treat it like a burden. So the small FFLs charge a small sum and pocket all the cash.
But it's not all roses for the small guys. I can tell my friend what I want and he will attempt to get it from a distributor. But he's not a high volume dealer and is at the back of the line. I've taken to using Gunbroker because he can't seem to get me anything. I'm not upset because the same thing happens in my trade w/ the small guys at the back of the line.
My Grandfather and Great Uncle were victims of the ATF yanking their FFLs because they didn't have a storefront. My Great Uncle actually sold a good bit of firearms but he didn't want to go through the hassle of getting a business license, zoning changes and a storefront. It was actually a good thing because he died shortly after and it would have been a burden on his wife. Wish I was old enough to purchase from them when they had their FFLs :)
ATF to stop issuing FFL to home based dealers
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Originally Posted by
AK Caster
No wonder they yanked it from your Uncle. He wanted the FFL, wanted to sell firearms, but didn't even want to get a business license.
You do realize that what he was doing was perfectly legal before they decided to change the rules. He wasn't doing it as a business. He was selling to friends and family. It would have cost him to much money to set up a store because it wasn't a business for him. I left out the main reason he had the FFL was because he was a collector. He had a very large collection. At the time the ATF was allowing his type to have FFLs. He did not get mad when they decided to take it away.