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Erus
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Posted: Thu Jul 10th, 2008 06:33 am |
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I found out, while working on getting my FFL for a home based small time operation, that Nevada does not allow that particular home based buisness. In other words there has to be a store front other than your primary place of residence. What about Montana?
Can you operate a small gun sales business from your home, presuming you meet all the ATF FFL requirements?
Any hint would be very interesting to me and mine.
Thanks
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BobCav
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Posted: Thu Jul 10th, 2008 09:07 am |
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Not sure about Montana. There are some out there, but not as many as there used to be. Here's why:
Back in 93, during the Klinton era, the gun dealer industry was losing money to "Kitchen Table FFL's" like you want to be because they had no overhead costs so could sell substantially cheaper! The dealers pressured the ATF to do something to regulate them more.
What they basically did was say that as an FFL since you are making a substantial part of your income as a dealer from the sale of firearms, you are therefore running a business - subject to all the local restrictive business zoning laws, etc. Now you have to have proof that your home/business is in the proper zone.
If you can be zoned, you can do it.
Last edited on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 09:08 am by BobCav
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Erus
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Posted: Fri Jul 11th, 2008 12:48 am |
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Thanks Bob.
Here in NV (clark county anyway) they wont zone you for a firearms related business.. though next door in Nye county they will.
I guess it will take pinning down a county in MT and asking the clerk (reading the laws) about the zoning regarding in-home business's.
I never wanted to make a ton of $$ doing it.. but just enough to make paying for the FFL worth it and getting some ease/wholesale deals on my own stuff.
Ah well... we'll see.
(still love the idea that my 14 yo daughter can OC there if she chooses to)
Last edited on Fri Jul 11th, 2008 12:49 am by Erus
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MontanaCZ
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Posted: Fri Jul 11th, 2008 08:31 pm |
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Great Falls (Cascade County) has several that I know of, two of them I have used a bit. There are at least two that I know of in Helena/East Helena (Lewis and Clark County).
Usually in Montana, if you are outside the city limits, you can pretty much do what you want. The two in Great Falls are definitely in town though.
-MTCZ
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