Pawn Shops That Buy, But Don't Sell

FlSwampRat said:

We have several stores in our small chain. I manage one of the gun buying/pawning/selling gun shops. We have other stores that for reasons of space don't sell guns but funnel all their out of pawn or sold guns to one of we gun selling stores in the chain that do sell them.

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That sounds like it could be a very gray area.....the company is the same but the locations are different.

I worked at a LARGE....think REAL LARGE....and kinda fishy.....Outifitter to use a word they like. And each location is its own "business" as far as the feds go.....springfield and KC are different.....and all have the paperwork for their specific location on file at their sight.

What you describe would not fly there.

fpgt72 said:

That sounds like it could be a very gray area.....the company is the same but the locations are different.

I worked at a LARGE....think REAL LARGE....and kinda fishy.....Outifitter to use a word they like. And each location is its own "business" as far as the feds go.....springfield and KC are different.....and all have the paperwork for their specific location on file at their sight.

What you describe would not fly there.

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Each of our stores has a separate ffl. We just simply transfer firearms from one license to the other as we would an incoming transfer for a customer. Nothing fishy about it.

I know there's one here that does that all their sales for firearms are done online

FlSwampRat said:

Each of our stores has a separate ffl. We just simply transfer firearms from one license to the other as we would an incoming transfer for a customer. Nothing fishy about it.

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Ahhhh...each store is an FFL.....they just don't sell at all stores.....I missed that part.

I knew a pawn shop owner that bought for his personal collection only.

C5rider said:

sota said:

... wouldn't a (pawn) shop that buys guns, have the same license as any shop that SELLS guns?

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Maybe?

In our state (FL), face-to-face is still an option. Does that mean they don't need FFL to buy (If they don't sell them?)

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Pawn brokers are required to have a Class 2 FFL if they deal in firearms. A Class 2 is the same as a Class 1, but also allows receiving and returning firearms to out of state customers, but only as collateral for loans, and possible addition to inventory if the loan is defaulted.

For example, a person from out-of-state can go into a pawn shop and pawn a gun. Then after paying off the loan, can have the gun returned even if they are now physically out of the state the pawn broker is in without going through another FFL. If the loan is not paid off the gun then becomes a "resident" of the state of the pawn shop.