how to get ffl license and the pluses of haveing one.

[ny_vin18]

iam 19 years old and i know if u get an ffl license u can get alot of goodies on ar15 style rifles preban postan ban compliant and so on, but what id like to know is how old do u have to be to try and get an FFL lisence for new york iam 19 am i to young get to try and get an FFL yet and what exactly is the pluses of owning an FFL what are u allowed to get and not get and all the kinda of stuff if anyone can help me out with any of this info thanks it would be really great and hight appreciated.

vinnie

 

[deej]

Provided without comment:

ATF will approve the application if the applicant:
Is 21 years or more of age;
Is not prohibited from shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing firearms or ammunition;

Has not willfully violated the GCA or its regulations;
Has not willfully failed to disclose material information or willfully made false statements concerning material facts in connection with his
application;
Has premises for conducting business or collecting; and,
The applicant certifies that--

(1) the business to be conducted under the license is not prohibited by state or local law in the place where the licensed premises is located;
(2) within 30 days after the application is approved the business will comply with the requirements of state and local law applicable to the conduct of the business;
(3) the business will not be conducted under the license until the requirements of state and local law applicable to the business have been met;
(4) the applicant has sent or delivered a form to the chief law enforcement officer where the premises is located notifying the officer that the applicant intends to apply for a license; and
(5) secure gun storage or safety devices will be available at any place in which firearms are sold under the license to persons who are not licensees (" secure gun storage or safety device" is defined in 18 U. S. C. 921( a)( 34)).

Editor's Note
The requirement to certify to the availability of gun storage or safety devices was enacted on October 22, 1998, by Public Law 105-277. The
requirement is codified in section 923( d)( 1)( G) of the GCA and becomes effective 180 days after the date of enactment.


[18 U. S. C. 923( d)( 1), 27 CFR 178.47( b)]

 

[whm1974]

If you just want a FFL to collect guns you can get a C&R. With a FFL I think you have to sell or do so many tranfers a year to keep it.

One peice of advice: Move out of New York.

-Bill

 

[Aguila Blanca]

If you just want a FFL to collect guns you can get a C&R. With a FFL I think you have to sell or do so many tranfers a year to keep it.

And a C&R is for weapons more than 50 years old. You can't buy an AR-15 on a C&R if you are otherwise prohibited from buying one as a private citizen.

 

[oswulf]

Not to be a bastard, but spelling, punctuation, and grammar would go a long way here.

Aside from that, you must be 21 to have an FFL of any type.

Oswulf

 

[Standing Wolf]

You can't have one until you prove you can spell and punctuate like an adult. The nation already has a surplus of illiterate firearms dealers.

 

[Flatfender]

Man - you guys are a little harsh!

Vinnie - Age and writing styles aside, if you want to be a FFL someday, more power to you.

You will most likely be required buy your city to have a store front, have a business license, approval from the city/county and be zoned correctly. You must be in the business of buying and selling firearms to others. Background checks on you will be thorough. It's not to just aquire goodies for yourself. You can do that too but the ATF frowns upon only being a collector for yourself unless its a Curio & Relics license. ATF will also require a way for you to secure your firearms when you're closed.

If you have the fortitude and the money to be a FFL it can and is being done by alot of people. I'm in my 40s and own and run a construction business and have thought about starting a gun shop too, but it takes alot more time and money than I wish to put out right now.

If you just want to have the "goodies", it's much easier and simplier to just buy them from an established FFL. In New York you have alot of restrictions on what you can buy but you're young and can move to a different state and get what you want.

 

[Psacake]

One step further..

Just to take this one step further.. let's say for sake of discussion you work part time at a local gun shop (or heck, would like to). Obviously the owner has an FFL, any merit to getting one yourself?

Curious more than anything else I suppose.