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You know, it used to be that just about anyone whom wanted an FFL and wasn't a felon, could easily get one. Many people got them just for the sake of being able to easily buy guns without having to involve a third party in the transaction. One of the first guns I ever bought was from a guy whom had his entire "gun business" in a briefcase.
At one time (quite a while ago, actually) I got a Collector's License, thinking it would basically be an FFL, but not as a dealer, just someone whom wanted to be a collector and able to buy guns via mail order (as pre-1968). When I got the license and found out what it really entitled to me, I just laughed and put it in the drawer and let it lapse.
So how did all of the present restrictions on getting an FFL come about? Zoning regulations and the like? Is this something the BATF made up on their own, or did laws actually pass through Congress making it so?
I have often toyed with the idea of getting an FFL anyway, but not sure how my property being zoned agricultural would be reflected in the application. I could make the address as my regular street address and add a "-A" to it, which would actually be the building I raise rodents in. Do you actually HAVE to engage in buying and selling when a FFL holder? Can you be an FFL without a storefront, simply selling via Internet sales and occasional gunshows?
Just curious about it. Probably more hassle than I would want to deal with, but darn it, some things just gripe my butt.
At one time (quite a while ago, actually) I got a Collector's License, thinking it would basically be an FFL, but not as a dealer, just someone whom wanted to be a collector and able to buy guns via mail order (as pre-1968). When I got the license and found out what it really entitled to me, I just laughed and put it in the drawer and let it lapse.
So how did all of the present restrictions on getting an FFL come about? Zoning regulations and the like? Is this something the BATF made up on their own, or did laws actually pass through Congress making it so?
I have often toyed with the idea of getting an FFL anyway, but not sure how my property being zoned agricultural would be reflected in the application. I could make the address as my regular street address and add a "-A" to it, which would actually be the building I raise rodents in. Do you actually HAVE to engage in buying and selling when a FFL holder? Can you be an FFL without a storefront, simply selling via Internet sales and occasional gunshows?
Just curious about it. Probably more hassle than I would want to deal with, but darn it, some things just gripe my butt.