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That has never been a requirement.Heck ATF could probably revoke 1/2 the FFL dealers with ease just based on current. Laws/rules/regs
Is it still a requirement for a FFL dealer to have primary source of income from FFL ?
That has never been a requirement.
The requirement is that if someone engages in the business of selling firearms, then they must have the appropriate FFL.
Well you get the idea IF ATF wants to find something they probably will.That has never been a requirement.
The requirement is that if someone engages in the business of selling firearms, then they must have the appropriate FFL.
43 the last year of trump, 273 in Biden's first year.Annual run rate up 500%? From what baseline?
Actual number of revocations might help us understand if this is a nothing burger or a crisis of epic proportions.
I work a few days a week at a pretty busy local outdoors store around these parts. When a customer completes a 4473, it is checked a total of 5 times by 5 different employees before it is filed. If the AFT were to shut us down over a clerical error, the entire store would fold, and word is that the AFT is in fact suspending FFLs over clerical errors - incorrect ZIP codes, misspelled counties and the like. They are most certainly hostile to the business segment they are supposed to serve.
Well, a lot of folks retire the FFL for various reasons. They are probably counted as revocations. After 40 years in the biz I can tell you that 95% what you hear about ATF pulling licenses for minor stuff is bullshit. That was happening back in the Clinton days when he told ATF to cancel licenses FOR ANY REASON AT ALL. 270,000 FFLs were reduced to 90,000 for little things that don't matter much any more. ATF tells you to not get the FFL to enhance a personal collection. Fine. You get it to enhance your biz. inventory. As far making a profit, one transfer will take care of that. Jack.
I was dealing out of the house at that time. To renew the FFL I had to fax in a copy of my biz cert. Which was to tell fortunes. No problem since the "use" was on the back side. Jack.IIRC, the intent of the Clinton regime was to greatly reduce the over abundance of "kitchen table" FFL's.
I knew several guys at my gun club that surrendered their FFL's during that time period because they didn't meet the new rules about having a "storefront" to operate out of.
I think it was about regular business hours, run to generate income, etc. but no "primary source of income" requirement.Heck ATF could probably revoke 1/2 the FFL dealers with ease just based on current. Laws/rules/regs
Is it still a requirement for a FFL dealer to have primary source of income from FFL ?
That has never been a requirement.
The requirement is that if someone engages in the business of selling firearms, then they must have the appropriate FFL.
In Mass you need a place that's not a residence, properly zoned, where you "keep your records". A 2 ft X 2 ft closet with a 5 gallon bucket in it will do. I've rented spaces so small that the ATF interviews had to be done in the hall. ATF wants to keep the examiners busy. The more the merrier. You can get an 07 FFL faster than a Mass LTC. I've seen 4 weeks from mailing the Form 7 to FFL in hand. We are probably at over 70 FFLs in the Mill now. Plus, Littleton issues only unrestricted LTCs. You can apply there because you own a biz there if you live in a shitty town. Jack.Did the establishment of the Mill help create more FFLs or just give existing FFLs a central place to congregate?
It'd be great if we went back to the pre-GCA days and you could just buy most of this stuff mail-order. Or at your local Woolworth's.![]()