So, after much thought and some serious discussions with my wife and some friends, I have decided to pursue getting my FFL.
I will be located in northern Bergen County. This will be a side hustle so hours will be on a by appointment basis and I will try and accommodate clients as best I can. I will be doing transfers, compliance, consignment, and hopefully will transition into some full build/custom work. I will also offer shipping for those that sell and need to ship to a buyer FFL to FFL and will try and keep that as reasonable as possible as it can get extremely pricey.
I am planning and hoping to chronicle my journey thru the paper work and red tape that NJ and federal agencies require for such an undertaking. I will try and update weekly, more often if necessary.
My first order of business was finding space. As I'm sure most are aware, finding a landlord that is "firearms friendly" can be a challenge in this state. Given I'm in Bergen County, finding someone willing to allow a small firearms business to come in with reasonable rent is even harder. Well, thankfully, I believe I have found such a place. It's a small office with just enough room for a desk, a safe, and a few chairs. Easy to secure as there are no windows, cameras on the outside already. Really, just a nice spot. I contacted the owner and he is comfortable with my usage and had me call the town to be sure it would work with them. It does. I took my wife there and we looked at the space and it is a very well maintained building. Clean community restroom and most importantly... no bugs. So, as soon as I hear back from the owner I will be signing a lease and getting things moving along.
I have filed for my LLC and that should be finished up within a week or so.
Thanks to all that stop by and please, wish me luck.