Can I get an FFL and do gun transfers from my house?

It's real — the "kitchen-table FFL" for transfers and special orders is a legitimate, licensed business model. It's also the least casual thing on our whole list: a real federal firearms license from the ATF means an application measured in months, fingerprints, an in-person interview, and a zoning check on your address.

Nobody serious should promise you speed here. What makes the difference is doing every form completely and honestly the first time, keeping a bound book right from day one, and treating the compliance as the product — because for an FFL, it is.

When we raise an FFL barn we walk every form with you and build the business around the license — the site, the transfer booking, the records discipline. The ATF's word is the only word that counts; plan on the process, not around it.