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Videos for FFL123.com Guides – New FFL Video Guides

New FFL video guides Offering from FFL123.com. People learn in different ways. If you’re more of a visual learner than a textual learner, then you’ll want to check out the video offerings for our FFL License Guide, our Class 3 License Guide, and our “Making Cash at Gun Shows” tutorial.

Some people just don’t like to read. We get it. That’s why we are excited to offer videos to complement each of the forty-four chapters in our FFL License Guide and each of the fifteen chapters in the Class 3 License Guide …

Selling guns to members of the Armed Forces isn’t as complicated as it might seem. In fact, a number of military personnel also have their own FFL side businesses

FFL Dealer Sales To Military Personnel

• Do you live close to a military base with active duty military personnel present?
• Have you wondered about being able to serve those men and women as customers?

Or perhaps you’re a member of the Armed Forces and you want to put the firearms knowledge you’ve learned to work in a side business that would require a Federal Firearms License. If either of these sound like you, then read …

Summary: With the firearms industry under attack now more than ever, including efforts aimed at holding manufacturers responsible for crimes committed with their products, it’s no stretch of the imagination to expect FFLs who sell guns legally that are later used in a crime to be targeted in the future. This bill would prevent such unfair treatment. 

A new bill to help further protect federal firearms licensees is beginning to make its way through the House and the Senate.

On May 14, 2021, HR 3252 was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA). As of late July, there …

How many FFL dealers are in your area? It may be easy to name all, or at least most, of the gun stores in your area, but there are probably some you don’t know about – hiding in plain sight.

However, you may not know about all of the home-based dealers in your city. FFL123.com has compiled data to create a list of FFL dealers per capita in all of the states! Is your per capita rate high? Great! It means demand is likely high in your area and you can tap into it! Is per capita low? Then get your …

We all know that cash is king, but plastic is most prevalent. It doesn’t matter if you’re only doing a handful of internet sale gun transfers on a table in your garage or if you’ve got a full-blow, brick-and-mortar store doing a brisk business. These days, if you don’t accept credit cards, you’re literally leaving money on the table. This is where gun friendly merchant credit card processing comes into picture.

We polled our FFL123 members, and they reported back that they saw an average of a 30% increase in sales when they started taking credit cards, especially when set up at …

Did you know you can have a home based FFL that never has to invest in inventory, or have much capital outlay that is a reliable source of income? In fact, did you know these kinds of small FFL’s are an important part of the gun market, and fill a valuable niche? Did you know how to make money with FFL? Can you make money with a FFL? Let’s show you how it works!

There is a lot of confusion about buying guns on the internet. Some anti-gun politicians make it sound like you can just order a gun online and …

Constitutional Carry Dealt a Blow in Louisiana

Currently, there are 21 states where Constitutional (or Permitless) Carry is the law of the land.

It could have been 22 if Louisiana had passed it this week, but there were a lot of historic events that led to its ultimate failure in the legislature.

Louisiana’s lawmakers passed the constitutional carry bill June 1 with a very positive final vote of 27 yeas and 9 nays. Governor John Bel Edwards (D) received the permitless carry bill from the Senate on June 6, and as was expected, he vetoed it on June 24.

This was a setback, but …

FFL Dealer – NICS background check (NICS Check)

The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, also known as the Brady Law or Brady Act, completely changed how firearms businesses operate when it comes to the sale of firearms. This was the ruling which put into place the required NICS background checks (NICS Check) for the sale of firearms by a FFL dealer. The Brady Law was signed into effect by President Bill Clinton on November 30, 1993. Almost 30 years later, it still plays a huge role in how the gun businesses operate.

What is NICS?

The government loves acronyms. NICS (pronounced “nicks”) stands …

So, you’re finally considering getting your FFL after reading about all of the awesome benefits. Now you’ve got an image in your head of you sitting at your kitchen table, quietly doing your FFL activities, when suddenly the ATF bursts in, guns blazing, demanding to see every inch of your home! They tell you that they’re seizing all of your inventory because you’ve been keeping your books wrong, and they need to investigate you thoroughly and shoot your dog. (Because … ATF.)

You wouldn’t be the only one to have this fear, which …