[Rick Lee]

Had my interview today. It was three hours long and had some hiccups. But in the end, he said I should have my FFL in 3-4 weeks. I'm a little concerned about the level knowledge some of these guys have about things that are very common knowledge with gun folks. For example, the guy nextdoor to my commercial space was a full-on manufacturer, had a machine shop, huge CNC machines, had an SOT and was shut down because the space wasn't zoned for manufacturing. I'm in the same bldg and have an email from the City zoning dept. that says it's zoned for "assembly" and "fabricating." If that's not the same as manufacturing, what the hell is?

And my guy today said he didn't think FFLs were allowed to ship USPS. I know for a fact they are and I even got a letter from the local USPS inspector general threatening me with charges for shipping a gun barrel without an FFL. They were both wrong, but FFLs can very much use the USPS. Non-FFLs cannot.

Worse yet, he told me I can't buy guns in person while out of state and take them home with me or ship them to myself; I have to have the seller ship them to me. Uh no, not correct. If I flash my FFL, they log the gun out to me, it's cash and carry. I can ship to myself or check it in my luggage for the flight home, then log into my book.

Anyway, we're on the home stretch and I'll upgrade to an 07 manufacturing license after I get settled, so I can legally build up an AR lower, attach it to an uppper and sell it. I can do that without an FFL, but not with an 01 FFL. Crazy. I want to be on the right side of the law and stay in compliance. But I am concerned that some of this stuff is a "moving target."