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can you have a FFL business out of your home or not?
6/22/2011 11:35:27 AM
as long as it is properly zoned (home) I should be okay right?
6/22/2011 11:37:13 AM
If you are zoned for it then yes.
I was going to get my FFL but found that where I live isn't zoned for small business out if homes...
I was going to get my FFL but found that where I live isn't zoned for small business out if homes...
6/22/2011 11:40:16 AM
Yes and don't take their word for it if they tell you that you cannot. Have them show you in writing.
6/22/2011 12:11:03 PM
My father does in FL.
6/22/2011 12:18:54 PM
Originally Posted By infantryman:
as long as it is properly zoned (home) I should be okay right?
as long as it is properly zoned (home) I should be okay right?
Of course.
6/22/2011 12:35:13 PM
We do. It's nice living in a county with no zoning. 
6/22/2011 1:35:07 PM
You need to at least have the intention (appearance) of making a profit selling guns. Obtaining an FFL for the sole purpose of doing gun shows or filling your safe with guns will not fly with BATF. 
6/22/2011 2:09:14 PM
I just took a run at it myself. In addition to the other posters comments the ATF agent I spoke with stressed a secure location for your inventory - preferably separate from your personal firearms. City zoning killed me. Few hundred yards west and I would have been in the county.
Good luck to ya!
Good luck to ya!
6/22/2011 6:53:20 PM
I am zoned single family residental. so is it a no-go?
6/22/2011 6:59:51 PM
Originally Posted By infantryman:
I am zoned single family residental. so is it a no-go?
I am zoned single family residental. so is it a no-go?
Not necessarily. You may be able to get a variance. You need to call/go down to the zoning office and find out what's involved. Usually involves sending certified letters to your neighbors and going to a zoning meeting to make your case. It's difficult, but not impossible.
6/22/2011 7:07:25 PM
Originally Posted By infantryman:
I am zoned single family residental. so is it a no-go?
I am zoned single family residental. so is it a no-go?
So am I, but my city alllows certain home based businesses.
Gun dealer is okay....... hair salon, car repair, day care not okay.
6/22/2011 7:12:34 PM
I am zoned residential as well but home-based businesses are allowed with certain strict provisions. Since I am able to meet those requirements and there is a history of other home-based FFLs in the area, our FFL was no problem.
I have already had my interview and now am just waiting on the paper FFL so that I can go down and get my county business license. The county won't issue a business license until I have all necessary permits, etc. and that includes the FFL.
I have already had my interview and now am just waiting on the paper FFL so that I can go down and get my county business license. The county won't issue a business license until I have all necessary permits, etc. and that includes the FFL.
7/3/2011 12:44:49 PM
I am allowed and am filling out the paperwork.
7/4/2011 9:51:33 AM
Originally Posted By ryknoll3:
Not necessarily. You may be able to get a variance. You need to call/go down to the zoning office and find out what's involved. Usually involves sending certified letters to your neighbors and going to a zoning meeting to make your case. It's difficult, but not impossible.
Originally Posted By infantryman:
I am zoned single family residental. so is it a no-go?
I am zoned single family residental. so is it a no-go?
Not necessarily. You may be able to get a variance. You need to call/go down to the zoning office and find out what's involved. Usually involves sending certified letters to your neighbors and going to a zoning meeting to make your case. It's difficult, but not impossible.
This is how I got my FFL. I went down to the County Building & Codes office and picked up all the paper workfor a "Use Permit" (Zoning Variance). When I went in for the meeting the board was going to turn me down because I live in a sub-division and some of the members are anti-gun. They changed their minds when I explained to them that I lived in the county and that although I lived in a sub-division it's 100% legal for me to pull out my M1919A4 and get rid of all 15,000rds of ammo I have for it in the front yard. So my variance states that I can have a home based FFL but no signage and no discharge of firearms on the property.
7/4/2011 10:30:12 AM
Originally Posted By TnMike:
This is how I got my FFL. I went down to the County Building & Codes office and picked up all the paper workfor a "Use Permit" (Zoning Variance). When I went in for the meeting the board was going to turn me down because I live in a sub-division and some of the members are anti-gun. They changed their minds when I explained to them that I lived in the county and that although I lived in a sub-division it's 100% legal for me to pull out my M1919A4 and get rid of all 15,000rds of ammo I have for it in the front yard. So my variance states that I can have a home based FFL but no signage and no discharge of firearms on the property.
Originally Posted By ryknoll3:
Not necessarily. You may be able to get a variance. You need to call/go down to the zoning office and find out what's involved. Usually involves sending certified letters to your neighbors and going to a zoning meeting to make your case. It's difficult, but not impossible.
Originally Posted By infantryman:
I am zoned single family residental. so is it a no-go?
I am zoned single family residental. so is it a no-go?
Not necessarily. You may be able to get a variance. You need to call/go down to the zoning office and find out what's involved. Usually involves sending certified letters to your neighbors and going to a zoning meeting to make your case. It's difficult, but not impossible.
This is how I got my FFL. I went down to the County Building & Codes office and picked up all the paper workfor a "Use Permit" (Zoning Variance). When I went in for the meeting the board was going to turn me down because I live in a sub-division and some of the members are anti-gun. They changed their minds when I explained to them that I lived in the county and that although I lived in a sub-division it's 100% legal for me to pull out my M1919A4 and get rid of all 15,000rds of ammo I have for it in the front yard. So my variance states that I can have a home based FFL but no signage and no discharge of firearms on the property.
Same here, zoned residential but allowed a home based business. So far no problem. City still wants their 1% B&O tax. Received my FFL 3 weeks ago without any hassle from the city.
7/6/2011 9:16:28 PM
good for you. can't wait to get mine.
7/8/2011 9:59:55 PM
This thread was relevant to my interest.
I checked with my township, county, and sheriff. No regs against a home FFL, so application sent.
I checked with my township, county, and sheriff. No regs against a home FFL, so application sent.
7/10/2011 7:00:50 PM
Originally Posted By UtahShotgunner:
This thread was relevant to my interest.
I checked with my township, county, and sheriff. No regs against a home FFL, so application sent.
This thread was relevant to my interest.
I checked with my township, county, and sheriff. No regs against a home FFL, so application sent.
You WILL need something in writing that states that you can have a in home buisness when you get interviewed. My guy needed to see it and made a copy of it.
7/10/2011 7:36:22 PM
Originally Posted By TnMike:
You WILL need something in writing that states that you can have a in home buisness when you get interviewed. My guy needed to see it and made a copy of it.
Originally Posted By UtahShotgunner:
This thread was relevant to my interest.
I checked with my township, county, and sheriff. No regs against a home FFL, so application sent.
This thread was relevant to my interest.
I checked with my township, county, and sheriff. No regs against a home FFL, so application sent.
You WILL need something in writing that states that you can have a in home buisness when you get interviewed. My guy needed to see it and made a copy of it.
Nope. It's up to ATF to show that you cannot have a home based business. Laws restrict, not allow.
