[Rick Lee]

It would be as easy as a minor Power Point presentation with graphs of property values before and since an FFL was issued. I think the slope on that graph would look like 45 deg or more. But they could throw totally different issues at me in the appeal hearing - number of for vs. against letters and emails from neighbors, in which case I'd lose instantly.

ATF started enforcing the local zoning stuff 20+ yrs ago when gun-friendly states started passing state pre-emption laws to make it impossible for cities and counties to pass more stringent gun laws than what the state had at the state level.

I vividly remember my FFL in NoVA losing his FFL over this. The man was a home builder, so he knew a thing or two about zoning and probably had some connections in Fairfax Co. The County couldn't shut him down, but they could tighten up on zoning to restrict business activity that generated traffic. And I remember a few times going to his house and waiting in a line in front of his front door, he was that busy sometimes. ATF used the county zoning to not renew his FFL.

It's pretty well established now that ATF enforces local zoning code, which chaps my ass. But the real problem is how selective, arbitrary or capricious zoning permits or variances are, according to emotions on the product being sold or transferred.