Home based FFL

[Otto1791]

I called ATF about what hours I should put down being as I would be more of a by appointment business, agent said just put some hours you aren't at work. He said the reason for listing the hours were for setting appointments for them to check books and inventory.

 

[dogtown tom]

Otto1791 .......... Many businesses go to customers homes, I plan on only going to referred customers for safety reasons. I guarantee you ATF is OK with how I plan on doing business.

And I guarantee that:
1. The person that answered the phone at ATF didn't fully understand your question.
2. Or you didn't fully explain your proposed business plan
3. Or that neither you or the person at ATF has read a shred of regulations.

§478.100 Conduct of business away from licensed premises.

(a)(1) A licensee may conduct business temporarily at a gun show or event as defined in paragraph (b) if the gun show or event is located in the same State specified on the license: Provided, That such business shall not be conducted from any motorized or towed vehicle. The premises of the gun show or event at which the licensee conducts business shall be considered part of the licensed premises. Accordingly, no separate fee or license is required for the gun show or event locations. However, licensees shall comply with the provisions of §478.91 relating to posting of licenses (or a copy thereof) while conducting business at the gun show or event.

(2) A licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer may engage in the business of dealing in curio or relic firearms with another licensee at any location.

(b) A gun show or an event is a function sponsored by any national, State, or local organization, devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sporting use of firearms, or an organization or association that sponsors functions devoted to the collection, competitive use, or other sporting use of firearms in the community.

(c) Licensees conducting business at locations other than the premises specified on their license under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section shall maintain firearms records in the form and manner prescribed by subpart H of this part. In addition, records of firearms transactions conducted at such locations shall include the location of the sale or other disposition, be entered in the acquisition and disposition records of the licensee, and retained on the premises specified on the license.

[T.D. ATF-270, 53 FR 10498, Mar. 31, 1988, as amended by T.D. ATF-401, 63 FR 35523, June 30, 1998]

Don't feel bad.......I asked my IOI if I could do deliveries too. He laughed.

243winxb ........ The ATF has listed that no FFL are allowed to work from you home. But an outbuilding that is not attached to the house, is ok. Problem is, the ATF laws are always changing.....

Nonsense....absolute 100%, complete and utter nonsense.
The majority of FFL's are home based. No ATF regulation has ever prohibited a home based dealer.......I'm a "kitchen table dealer".

There is no ATF requirement to have a "an outbuilding that is not attached to the house"....as a matter of fact, there is no requirement to have a door, a lock, a safe or even a permanent structure.

Otto1791 .... there is an interview conducted for the license on the premises by the ATF after filing, they said any or all issues would definitely ironed out by then.

Yeah, the issues will be ironed out by the IOI telling you that you can't do deliveries.........have you EVER heard of a gun dealer that does deliveries? Think about that one.

Otto1791 I called ATF about what hours I should put down being as I would be more of a by appointment business, agent said just put some hours you aren't at work. He said the reason for listing the hours were for setting appointments for them to check books and inventory.

On your application you are required to show your "business hours"...the hours you will devote to your firearms business. It is not necessarily the same as the hours you are open to the public for business. No ATF regulation requires you to have "public hours". You are free to make appointments as you wish.