Getting your ffl is a walk in the park. If you can get your hunting license you can get a ffl.I'm going to be applying for my FFL very soon and was just wondering if anyone had experience, suggestions or advice to help me through the process. Thanks!
Maybe because if you're in the business of buying and selling guns, it's illegal not to have an FFL.I surrendered mine and sell more guns in private sales now than I ever did when I had my ffl.
Now I am in Texas and with our Private Sales of Firearms laws here I do not have a clue why anybody here would have a ffl frankly.
Did I say you do not want the ATF in your house?
You are dead wrong. I can buy and sell as many guns as I please in private sales. I dont know what your state laws are but here in Texas there are no "limits" on how many guns you can buy or sale privately.Maybe because if you're in the business of buying and selling guns, it's illegal not to have an FFL.I surrendered mine and sell more guns in private sales now than I ever did when I had my ffl.
Now I am in Texas and with our Private Sales of Firearms laws here I do not have a clue why anybody here would have a ffl frankly.
Did I say you do not want the ATF in your house?
Yeah...but he is not alone...many just "assume" you need a FFL to buy and sell guns in any volume at all and it is just not true at all.it is the same here in Arizona...don't think Mike has read his laws very well. sell/buy as many as you want, no record of sales, even though i do keep a log just in case one is used in a crime. The ffl thing would allow discount pricing to buy from the major leagues, and would let you sell for a profit or order for people for a price. i thought long and hard about it, and i said no, due to the fact that the ATF can show up at anytime, i don't know if they are jerks or not, but i still don't want them in my house, they show up, walk in, see some shouldn't be illegal but is substance or parphanalia that didn't get put away and presto...don't collect $200. there are a myriad of things they could see in your crib that they don't like and then investigate further. no thanks, not in the house.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00000922----000-.html(a) It shall be unlawful-
(1) for any person-
(A) except a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms, or in the course of such business to ship, transport, or receive any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce; or
(B) except a licensed importer or licensed manufacturer, to engage in the business of importing or manufacturing ammunition, or in the course of such business, to ship, transport, or receive any ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce;
I don't think that is correct. I believe the meaning is that if you are engaging in business-like conduct, i.e. regularly buying firearms for the purpose of selling for profit.... In other words, not just your average collector, selling a few guns in his collection to maybe buy another gun, or just because he has a bill to pay, etc.I think what that means is if you have a registered business (lets say its called "Smith Gun Sales) and a store front and all that, you need to have a FFL. Otherwise, if you are selling weapons as private sales, you should be all set.
Across State Lines. That applies to interstate dealings. Not intrastate. 10th Amendment. Read it. My dealings are inside the State of Texas. Fed's have nothing to say about it. Somedays I sell 4 or 5 guns in a single day. Hardly a day goes by I don't sell at least one gun.Maybe I am wrong, but how doesn't Title 18 apply?
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00000922----000-.html(a) It shall be unlawful-
(1) for any person-
(A) except a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms, or in the course of such business to ship, transport, or receive any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce; or
(B) except a licensed importer or licensed manufacturer, to engage in the business of importing or manufacturing ammunition, or in the course of such business, to ship, transport, or receive any ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce;
Yes we can sell guns privately, but I thought once you start doing it as a business, you need a license. I would also assume that it would be the BATFE who would decide if you were operating a business or not.
I am as legal as they come. Highly decorated veteran. Successful business owner. Daughter is a FBI Agent.I think what that means is if you have a registered business (lets say its called "Smith Gun Sales) and a store front and all that, you need to have a FFL. Otherwise, if you are selling weapons as private sales, you should be all set.
And yeah I don't exactly want the ATF in my home, but I am a very "Legal" person, so that shouldn't be a big deal. Eventually I may transfer it to a retail shop anyway.