|
|
|
NOTE!
This is a real-time comments system. As such, it's also a
free speech zone within guidelines set forth on the Post
Comments page. Opinions expressed here may or may not
reflect those of KeepAndBearArms staff, members, or
any other living person besides the one who posted them.
Please keep that in mind. We ask that all who post
comments assure that they adhere to our Inclusion
Policy, but there's a bad apple in every
bunch, and we have no control over bigots and
other small-minded people. Thank you. --KeepAndBearArms.com
|
The
Below Comments Relate to this Newslink:
Eliminating the Gun Dealer
Submitted by:
Jennifer Freeman
Website: http://www.libertybelles.org
|
There
is 1 comment
on this story
Post Comments | Read Comments
|
"A recent article in the Fresno Bee bragged that FFL licenses have dropped 79% since 1994. Nationwide, 245,628 U.S. residents had the so-called Type 1 federal firearms licenses in 1994, compared with 50,630 now. It is widely believed that the majority of people no longer obtaining licenses are home based businesses."
"Prior to the Brady Bill, home based firearm businesses provided an avenue for people to legally purchase guns at little more than cost while simultaneously boosting the household income of the dealer. Since home based businesses don't have the overhead of a gun or sporting goods store, they are able to pass their savings on to their customers. ..." ... |
| Comment by:
Harbinger
(8/23/2007)
|
The government has declared war on all small business through micromanaging regulations that are costly to obey, and the cost has to be passed on to the customer, so this is a two-fer for them. I've seen it up close and personal: a two-person business has to hire an employee just to comply with federal paperwork.
I guess then the government can brag about "creating jobs."
Treading water in a sewer is not "a job." |
|
|
| QUOTES
TO REMEMBER |
| These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of men and women. — Thomas Paine, The Crisis, Intro. (Dec. 1776). |
|
|
