[Rick Lee]

Oh, I wasn't planning to do this just for buying guns at wholesale for myself. I really do want to wheel and deal and do transfers. The secure storage form looks pretty thin and only requires some kind of lockable safe. Does BATF get bent out of shape if you don't have real serious safe?

Paul, the local FFL's don't want to give out any help on the gun BBS. I emailed my (home-based) FFL in VA, since I would not be competing with him. He's a very cool guy and I've given him a lot of business in the last few years. I'll see what he says. Still, I'm thinking of going ahead with the local licensing stuff and then trying for the FFL.

I think it's a very recent thing about having a gunsmith cert. to be an FFL.