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How do you apply to get a FFL? is it possible for non business? I seen local FFL dealers like out of home. do you have to pay taxes? fee's? a year??
How do you apply to get a FFL? is it possible for non business? I seen local FFL dealers like out of home. do you have to pay taxes? fee's? a year??
Didn't you just get your first gun two weeks ago??? And now you want to know how to get a FFL?
xbox360 is a troll. Check his other posts- about half are closed and the other half are about the exact same thing.
Either that or he is 11 years old.
Every year about this time kids who are out of school and bored sign up.
If you can legally operate a home business you will be approved. ATF regs make no mention of "appropriate facilities". They require the licensed premises to meet all local/county/state laws & regulations for operating a business from that licensed premises.TexasRifleman: You have to prove to the inspecting ATF agent that you have "facilities" appropriate for doing business. That can be your home, but it can be more difficult to prove it.
An 01FFL has ALWAYS been a license for a dealer in firearms. Bill Clinton didn't change the law. What DID occur during his term in office was ATF began enforcing regulations already on the books. Primarily the requirement that the licensed premises be compliant with local/county/state laws and including HOA covenents and zoning restrictions. If business licenses or sales tax permits were required to operate a business, then the FFL had to follow that as well.TexasRifleman:...So no, it's not possible for a "non business" any more. Bill Clinton effectively killed that.
There is no requirement that you turn a profit (it's very easy to lose money in the gun business for your first several years). It IS required that you operate as a business (not a hobby). ATF does not look at you profit & loss, bank account or invoices. What they will look at is the FFL "bound book" and 4473's to see if incoming guns = outgoing guns. ATF has no legal authority to ask what i charge or how much money I earned off my firearms business. They ARE allowed to check if I'm conducting business according to ATF regulations and can account for all firearms I've acquired & disbursed.kingpin008 Yup. It's not something you can do for the fun of it - you must be able to show that you're turning a profit, or else they'll revoke your license. While you don't necessarily have to have a storefront, it is essentially a business license, with fees and taxes that must be paid.
A word of advice.....Don't look at cruffler.com for current ATF regulations. That site hasn't been updated since February 2002. The ATF Licensing Center is no longer in Atlanta, but Martinsburg, West Virginia.bartp40 ...Look at www.cruffler.com...
Outdated link as of this week. ATF redesigned their website and lotsa links are dead ends. New link to order a Form 7 is here: http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-5310-12-notice.htmlTexasRifleman Here is a link to the forms, you have to order them from ATF. http://www.atf.gov/forms/5300instructions.htm#5310
Absolutely true.mgkdrgn ...your biggest hurdle is likely to be your state/local restrictions on running a firearms business (or any business for that matter) out of your home, not the ATF.
Uh, no. $200 for the first THREE years, $90 renewal fee for the next three year period.SaxonPig: ...8. Now apply to ATF for FFL. Pay $200 per year
Agents (guns) are the armed law enforcement officers. You would only see them when you are being arrested. Compliance inspections, as well as FFL application processing are done by the Industry Operations Investigators (no guns). By Federal law, compliance inspections are limited to ONE PER YEAR. Of course if they find that the FFL has serious recordkeeping issues they are allowed followup compliance inspections more frequently. "Any time they feel like it" is an internet myth. One compliance inspection per year period. At a compliance inspection they review your bound book, 4473's and your business firearm inventory. If you have guns in inventory that are not recorded in your bound book-bad. Gun in bound book, not in inventory, no 4473-real bad.SaxonPig:...Expect to be inspected by an ATF agent at least every 24 months and maybe more often or at any time they feel like it.
Only as far as compliance inspections. ATF can't go and look through your sock drawer without a warrant. An FFL has the same constitutional right as any other American.SaxonPig:...You surrender much of your privacy when you have an FFL.
Yep. Although NOT REQUIRED, it is wise to have a large gun safe, alarm system, insurance and several attack poodles at the very least.SaxonPig:...9. Now you have strangers knowing you have guns and where you live. In fact, it likely becomes a matter of public record.
SaxonPig ...Having an FFL and local business license makes your name and address a matter of public record. Absolutely you give up privacy.
Anyone searching for a good burglary target might be interested in homes with... oh, I don't know... maybe an FFL operating there?