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How many of us here have them?

4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
Not those, Im talkin about an FFL. How many of you guys have your federal firearms license?

When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • budmottbudmott Member Posts: 155 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Are you counting C&R FFLs?
    If so...(1)
    bud

    "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Democracy is the worst form of government, aside from all the other forms of government."
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    Have FFL (03) C&R

    I Refuse to be a VictimGrumpy old man

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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    c/r license here
    barto

    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Used to, but turned in my stuff when they started hassling the small guys, bumped up the fees, and started informing to the state governments about fishing for "use tax" for guns not sold to customers. I considered it a nice exercise of my American freedom to have an FFL, and it still burns me that BATF purposely squeezed people purely as part of a campaign to reduce the numbers. You can bet they burned a lot more good American citizens than criminal sellers, and they didn't care.

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    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Like offeror, had it, gave it up. For much the same reasons. When the 4473's were just kept with the dealer, and I was not helping "create an instant list of gun owners" by calling in every purchase. (a list that "of course" they will not keep). Sure they had access to the 4473's anytime, but then myself ,as well as other dealers I knew, had been in buisness for years and had never had a visit from the alphabet boys, unless there was a specific purchase in question. I don't need the hassle and I will not help them to build that list anymore. I don't think the background check is totally a bad thing because some people should not be allowed to own firearms. I do not agree with how it is being handled, but I also do not have a solution for this dilemma. I just decided not to participate.

    If I knew then, what I know now.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    Type 01, FFL. Since 1976.

    I do VERY LITTLE over the counter work, and that mostly as a transfer dealer for a customer who found his gun on the Internet.

    I used to to gun shows a lot until I finally figured out it was costing me money and wasting a weekend to attend. 99% of my sales now involve www.gunbroker.com VIVA GUNBROKER!

    Mostly I buy from one FFL and sell to another. But I need the license to be the middleman, since I buy interstate and sell interstate. I won't be giving it up any time soon.

    SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Moderator of General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Visit www.gunbroker.com, the best gun auction site on the Net! Email davidnunn@texoma.net
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  • ATFATF Member Posts: 11,683 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Got mine in 1992.



    ATF
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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Got mine in 99, (dealers)
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  • sfettysfetty Member Posts: 349 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Got mine in 1999. FFL for my local gun range. Maybe after I retire will open up a regular gun shop.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think a gun business might be a great, fun business for a retiree -- a good reason to get up in the morning. You'd have to take precautions these days against robberies or burglaries, and until the laws are firmed up regarding liability, I'd have to be insured up the wazoo, but I think I could run such a business a lot better than some of the folks in our town with the personality problems. Trouble is, it isn't going to make you rich, even though I have the advantage of some computer literacy and online sales familiarity. But I still expect a small business like that to be a $10,000 a year business in a boutique sized shop. We did have a shop owner shot and killed here a few years ago, but the circumstances are unknown to me.

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    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • sfettysfetty Member Posts: 349 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is true that a lot of the gun shop owners have personality traits better suited for being a guard at a prison. I don't know why that is, but would like to think that if I ever do have a gun shop after I retire, that I would enjoy it to the point that my customers would leave my shop with a positive attitude towards guns, shooting sports, hunting and generally all gun related issues. There is enough negative press in the media about guns without gunowners and gun shop owners turning prospective new gun owners off with their sour dispositions and sometimes arrogant attitudes. Most of the gun shops that I have been in are ran by employees carrying their guns openly. I don't have a problem with that. But when you couple that with a sour disposition, it can be a very negative experience to a new shooter. I have noticed that several of the gunsmiths that I have met have a similar type of disposition.

    I have worked all of my life and after I retire, if I ever open a gun shop and I begin being arrogant or start having a sour disposition, I'll get out of the business. Besides, if I started being a grouch, my wife would probably shoot me with one of my own guns. Maybe I better rethink this gun shop business after all.
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  • MrNathanLeeMrNathanLee Member Posts: 68 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    well i have a few theories and thoughts on the subject of gun shop owners being grumpy old men and lemme start by just saying imho they are not at all like that, they are some of the nicest ppl in the world and have actualy talk with me about random firearm stuff knowing from when i walked in that i wasnt going to spend a cent in there (they might have been trying to make it so i would in the future) because of the simple fact that i was only 17 (im 19 now) now my biggies theory is that ppl just think there grumpy cause when they try to talk the price down the shop owner cant go as low as the customer wanted them too cause as a small shop owner he/she has too make x amount off every gun or they would go out of business so the customer thinks that cause the owner isnt giving the deal he wants then he must be a grumpy old man.

    well thats just my 2 cents and there not even worth the copper there made with :P

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  • Ronald J. SnowRonald J. Snow Member Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have had a FFL (01) since 1981 and have had a full time shop since 1985.
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  • 101AIRBORNE101AIRBORNE Member Posts: 1,252 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    FFL (01) since 1992.
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