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Gunshow Success – Making Extra Cash

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Gunshows are popular for gun owners and gun collectors to attend and purchase or trade new and used firearms.  Gunshows are local events and create a great opportunity for the local gun hobbyist to make some extra cash, while enjoying their firearms hobby!

The gunshow is normally a weekend event and requires low overhead and allows dealers and non-dealers to buy and sell firearms.  This trade show environment creates a great opportunity to start slow or grow rapidly in the firearms business.  Works if you have an FFL or even if you don’t have …

Home FFL & 4th Amendment

Becoming a home FFL is a great way to get started as a federal firearms licensee. It is a common misconception that being a home FFL means that the ATF has the unlimited authority to snoop around your house. This just isn’t true.

Fourth Amendment in a nutshell

There is much to complain about with regards to the U.S. federal government, but it is constrained by certain constitutional limitations. Everyone knows that the Second Amendment recognizes the right to keep and bear arms. Another constitutionally protected right is the individual’s Fourth Amendment …

FFL License – Responsible Persons Listed

Part of deciding to get your federal firearms license is also deciding who you’d like to have authority on your license. A responsible person on the FFL license, as defined by the ATF, means someone who has the power to direct the management and policies of the business entity for which the federal firearms license is being applied. The definition might sound fancy, but essentially a responsible person on the FFL is just someone one who has authority to change the license, receive information from the ATF regarding the license, and apply for renewal of …

FFL123.com Customer Map –  click here

Like most businesses, FFL123.com was created to solve a problem and fill a customer’s need.  We all know gun owners avoid dealing with the government like the plaque, no one wants to give the government more information than they require.  The other side of the coin is no one wants to mess up an ffl application process with the government either.  Interactions with a government agency can create anxiety with all of us… reason we hire tax advisors to do our taxes …

Home FFL’s per State

We estimate 95% of our customers at FFL123.com apply for an FFL from a home or residential location.  The home FFL has been the focus of our product from day one.  The FFL application and approval process is the same for a commercial location, although you can just skip a few sections within our guides if you have a commercial location.  To start from home makes the most sense from an economic standpoint: almost no startup costs and this gives the hobbyist time to explore all the options the …

Setting up a Shooting Range- Should you have a FFL License?

Opening up a shooting range can be quite the undertaking. However, the benefits can easily outweigh the costs, making it a good investment for you and your community. Before making any big forward movements, it’s advantageous to understand what opening a range entails and the kinds of options you have.

You do not technically need a federal firearms license to operate a gun range. Nevertheless, you should still bear in mind the advantages to having a FFL at your range. If you made the range your licensed location, you will be …

Internet FFL Firearms Sales

One of the hottest marketplaces for selling firearms is online. You have a numerous options if an online selling platform is the route you’d like to take for your FFL license.  Many store front FFL dealers will use both their brick and mortar store for local customers and then also put the same inventory online to significantly increase the exposure and ability to sell more.

The simplest way to sell online is to get an account going on GunBroker. Using GunBroker means you won’t have to worry about getting a website …

Once you get your FFL, sooner or later you’ll find yourself transporting firearms that are in your inventory. Maybe you are going to a gun show, maybe you’ve changed locations, or are simply putting some inventory into storage somewhere. Either way, you’ve got a car full of guns and want to make sure you are following the law – especially if you are crossing state lines.

The good news is it isn’t terribly difficult unless you are transporting certain NFA items. Then it is somewhat annoying. Also, some states simply don’t care about Federal laws that protect the lawful transport of …

Firearms Traveling on Airplanes

Obtaining your FFL license may prompt you to want to travel with your firearm- for whatever reason, maybe target shooting, or hunting, or a carbine course. It’s common knowledge that after 9/11, airline regulations became much stricter. It’s important to realize this when you decide to take firearms with you on your flight. Although each airline has its own particular method for checking baggage containing firearms, some rules are the same across the board.

First, and probably most well-known, is that firearms are absolutely prohibited on the airplane. This also includes any pieces and parts of a firearm …