Then why do dealers stay in business?.....
Many don't.
Seriously.....have you totally ignored what has happened in the gun business over the last six years?
The retail side hasn't exactly been thriving and the manufacturing side has seen massive layoffs.
And you think dealers can stay in business by doing UBC's?
In every business there's going to be some regulation that requires you to do something in the course of doing business. You may not be able to charge a customer for doing that particular requirement but you will have to find a way to cover that overhead and still make a profit. It's that way in every business. If dealers in CA can't figure out a way to run a business with the required regulations then they probably should find some other business to be in.
Says the guy who has never been in the firearms business. "Do something" is the same "do something" uttered by the antigun crowd.....its an admission that they have absolutely no idea of what the issues are, much less how to fix the problem.
In this state a dealer has to collect the state sales tax on a private transfer. Basically they're tax collectors for the state. Can the dealer charge me an adm fee for that? No. He sets his fee accordingly to cover that.
Wait, what? If his fee does "cover that" "admin fee".....then he's charging you for that...…"admin fee".
And in your state there is no state mandated MAXIMUM transfer/background check fee. It's not that way in every state.
Most of the dealers I know don't have a storefront. They do business from home and have no inventory. For some of them it's nothing more than a sideline or part time business.
The overwhelming majority of licensed dealers are home based businesses, but they have the same regulatory requirements as a dealer with a retail storefront. While they may not have the expense of maintaining a separate retail building, they have expenses as well.
Personally I would like congress to put the ATF out of business. They're nothing more than puppets of whatever adm happens to be in the WH.
Dream on.
And sadly, ATF has been more of a puppet for our current administration than it was during the eight years of the Obama administration.
The fed doesn't license drug dealers (pharmacists) so what are they doing licensing firearm dealers.
Good grief. Why do you think gun dealers are required to have an FFL? Do you think ATF dreamed that up by themselves on a Saturday afternoon?
And as regards pharmacists, while there isn't a Federal Pharmacists License (because no federal law requires one), quite a few federal laws require pharmacists to hold a state license in order to perform certain activities (like compounding).
They don't enforce the felony clause on the 4473
Well, wrong. While ATF is the federal agency responsible for law enforcement regarding violations of federal firearms laws (and the Form 4473)......they don't prosecute the offenders. That's the role of the US Attorneys Office. For example, if a felon on parole commits a robbery at a liquor store with a handgun he stole from a dealers table at a gun show....here's what possible charges might be filed:
State- Robbery or Aggravated Robbery
State- Felon in possession of a handgun
State- Theft of handgun
Federal- Felon in possession of firearm.
Federal- Theft of firearm from a licensed dealer
Typically, the federal charges won't be filed unless the defendant gets off on state charges. If he pleads out to the state charges, federal may not choose to prosecute. If he is convicted of the state charges he serves time in a state facility, not federal. As the USAO decides what cases it will pursue in court, the ATF doesn't.
, nor does NICS work as advertised.
No, the misconception is that a NICS background check is foolproof. Anyone at the FBI will tell you otherwise. The information contained in the databases used for a NICS check come from a number of sources: State and county criminal courts, Immigration, etc. If a state fails to submit timely or accurate information to the FBI as required by law, then obviously the value and accuracy of the background check system is compromised. It's a little difficult for me to blame the FBI NICS for Dylan Roof when it was his state that incorrectly submitted his arrest information as a misdemeanor.
Basically an FFL license is a joke.
Huh? Please explain.
States are going to tell dealers how they will operate and enforcement falls on local LE anyway.
Only in a handful of states. If your state has laws that "tell dealers how they will operate" and "enforcement falls on local LE"...…..THATS the fault of YOUR state, not the dealer. In the majority of states, licensed dealers do not face additional restriction that any other business. In Texas, there are no laws that tell me how to operate, nor does local LE have any authority to enforce federal firearms law.
A dealer friend of mine told me the ATF comes around about once every 5 years to look at his books.
In eleven years I've had two compliance inspections. While you might think ATF is looking for criminal evidence by buyers, the purpose of a compliance inspection is....wait for it...…….compliance by the FFL. Meaning his bound book must match his current inventory, 4473's, multiple sale forms, etc.
