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Originally Posted by legion
Sounds like a load of BS to me.
1) Who cares if you have a "kitchen-table" FFL? Plenty of people sell crap on eBay without a business license or the proper zoning, and they are not harassed.
2) Why does the ATF think it is in the business of enforcing state and local laws? I don't believe any federal agency has such authority.
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Dude, what have you been smoking? ATF does whatever the hell it wants. It has put FFL's out of business for having 4473's on which buyers abbreviated AZ instead of writing Arizona. They don't want more kitchen table FFL's out there and they don't want the blame. So they base it all on local zoning regs now. Very common.
The worst thing about is that ATF is seemingly the only gov't. agency that wants you to turn a profit. In fact, absent a profit motive, your application will also get denied. They don't want gun nuts getting FFL's just for the purpose of getting good deals for themselves and their friends. They want you to make a business out it. That way they have more power over you. If it's just a hobby, you can just say "eff it" anytime you get tired of their BS, tear of up FFL, mail in your records book and you're done. But once it's your livelihood and you have a business running, you'll do whatever it takes to keep them off your back.