As one of those small-time home-based FFL dealers in the early 1990s, let me say: Allah forbid that I should have been allowed to run a business out of my home -- like Hewlett-Packard or Apple Computer did in the early days. What next, kids selling lemonade without a license?

The Leftists bemoan the fact that 80-something percent of counties don't have abortion providers, and that this is an intolerable restriction on a woman's "right to choose" (whether or not to have an abortion).

But the engineered decline in the number of gun dealers, which added to the cost and hassle of obtaining a gun, does not infringe on the right to own firearms?! Yeah, right. If Clinton had worked to make gun ownership "safe, legal, and rare," the NRA would have endorsed him.

A large number of small-time dealers was a perfect compromise to the desire for gun tracing. Instead of one large single database, which gun owners rightfully fear, records were decentralized by nearly 300,000 FFL licensees. The small time dealers who sold to their friends -- which is what Brady and VPC complain about -- knew their customers. The ability for law enforcement to trace a gun used in a crime existed. I may not be a criminal justice genius, but once a gun has been traced from the factory, to the distributor, to the dealer, which would make the investigation easier? A large retailer who sells hundreds or thousands of guns a year to strangers? Or a small-time dealer who sells a few guns a year, mostly to friends and friends-of-friends?

Hobbyists with FFLs willfully accepted both the regulatory and financial costs of having an FFL, in exchange for the benefits.

But that wasn't good enough for Clinton, Brady, and the VPC.

Now that we no longer have to, nor am able to, conduct background checks on anyone we may sell a gun to, the gun-control lobby seeks to impose the costs of having an FFL, without any of the benefits (and have partially succeeded).

Now, instead of being able to start a gun-dealer business with a few hundred dollars, startup costs are probably in the $100,000 range. Why the Republicans and the NRA have not done anything to reverse the 1993 rules on gun dealer licensing is beyond me.

On the January ,1 , 1987 ( there were 287000 Type-01a?01b :F.F.L.s Holders Firearms Gun Dealers: is the , total Count in U.S. Too! There were not 300000 F.F.,L.s Gun Dealers is incorrect Count Too! They Over Counted by (13000) F.F.L.s Gun Dealers don't exists at all :is over Count too! True!

On Janurary,05, 1993 The total U.S. Count is ,Correct F.F.L.s Holders :on Record is over 280000 F.F.L.s Holders is Recorded today Too!! The Total U.S.A. Numbers Of F.F.L.s Holders is ( 287000) Firearms Dealers is Most Number Of Gun Dealers is Recorded ;By Record by : Licence Dept. Division Of the (A.T.F.E.A. Division Of Licences Dept Division of Latest Reports on Press Released Today's Reports are Facts to be True Statements are Fact's is True!!! On (12-31-2005 Date There is now is Correct Number Of F.F.L.s Holders Stills :Remains Fact is over ( 54000) F.F.L.s Holders in the U.S.A. Today's Count The Number of Firearms Gun Retailer Business : Still is left today count too! Truth is Here Today's Latest News Reports is True facts true too!!!

There are to Many F.F.L.s Firearms Dealers of (type-01 0.66%Too! &01b is Junk Shop Store Business are disonest Gun Retailers: Business Dealers ;are is0.33% in it's population too true! Solution is: We Need to work with Justice Dept. With our State Police & Federal Laweforcement Fed Agents Too. To catch them in the act of Strew Gun Sales Which is Violation Of (Crinimal act) Federal & State Laws don't allow it is a Federal Feloniey of a Crinimals act is high Fines over $100000 (an 40 years in Federal Pen for life too!(plus your F.F.L.s Licences will be Revoked in the Raid of the Feds of Laweforcement Officers in the Raid in a Any Gun Store That sells Firearms too!! Rifles/ Shotguns/ Revolvers/ Semipistals / Too!! And N.F.A. Firearms including Fullauto's Firearm Dealers of ( Type-09 & Import&Export Dealer is type-011 an Regular Import & Export Dealers To is ,included in Case or Situtation of this type does occur agaim all over as a repeat crime is simliner ,case too! Agree By Terms Too!

The offical Date was on 08/15/2005 The total number is 0.66% to of Firearms Dealers: was 54902 was the offical count too! Total of Gun shop Dealers by trade. And Sporting Gun Dealers Business is(36,235.32!Is Type-01 F.F.L.s Holders Total Count too. The Total Count)0.33% of F.F.L.s holders is Junk Shop&Gun shop Firearms Dealers is (18117.66 Firearms holders to; is Junk Shop &Gun Business Dealers Retailers Are ,type-01a to only Licence they are issued only too! ,They other F.F.L.s Licences not be issed to Junk Dealer&Gun shop Business is Restricted too! Only To A Type-01a F.F.L.s Licence only and No other F.F.L.s Licences , not be issued period agree by Federal Law Regulations Too!

There is About near count in the 50 States: to is now , is ; 902 F.F.L.s Lesser Firearms Retailer Business Gun Dealers, now on 06/01/2006 A.D. too. There is around near count of ( 54000) F.F.L.s in the 50 States to in the (U.S.A.)too.!!!!

Note:1. There is total of 37 mfg. of Semiauto's Pistals Products. This is total count of all Semiauto's Handguns Semiauto's Smaller Gun Mfg's Companies to is total count too. Most of them are smaller companies mfg's too. The Big ones are about, 13 total count is true is larger Semiauto's Mfg's only too. There are over 24 mfg's are very Small Gun, Companies too. They Should Be out of Business or Quit is they are mfg 1on or two Guns only to agreed! Solution let's Cut the Semiauto's Pistal handgun Mfg's down to 10 Companies to only too. If we do it this way it will be better cintrolled what Guns items are mfg , the U.S.A. too. Plus the A.T.F. Agents Can do there jobs better in doing right at the beginning of the Assignment of inspections is twice a year to check there past Sales record"s. Or there present Gun sales records to see the Gun sales for, Longguns first. And Guns Sales Records is for , Handguns Firearms is conceal weapons ; is Semiauto'Pistals too. And all revolvers handguns, for hunting purpouses during hunting Season too. Agreed !!!P.S. Lets Check For Straw Gun sales is done by out of State Driver's Licence's is N.Y.S. & N.J. Michigan state Illonis state Missouri State,Out of State Driver's and few other States too. They Houses Here to Buy Handgun's with out State Drivers Licences To Purchuse and Handgun a Conceal weapons Semiauto'Pistal & revolver Too. It'sillegal Purchuse is breaking federal Law & State Law of Pennsylvania State Rules don"t allowed is a Criminal affence by Federal Folonies of breaking the Federal Law & State Law of Pennsylvania Law don"t Permit it is Breaking the laws we stand by Regulations laws of Rules we abide by all means too> agree!!

Note: 1. There are to many Semiauto's Pistals & 8 to,10 Shoot Clips is about Rifles &ShotGuns Product's too. Is Total Count of (223,oooooo too.True! Three is about 157,000,000 Rifles & Shot guns ! Total of Shotguns is about 5,233,333,33,new,used , is (o.33%) total count to; Relic Guns items too. Number of Rifles": new, used, relic Guns is ( 10.466,666.66 ) is ( 0.66%)total count is mfg too.True!!! Theses are all Longgun's Firesrms only Used for Hunting Reasons for Black Bear & Buck Season in last week of November of Hunting Season to True !!! Note: the Total of Conceal Weapons are handguns only is,Semiauto"Pistals & 8 to 10 Rounds Clips Too. And Revolver's for Hunter's to used for , Bear Season too.True!! There is about in the U.S.A is (22000,000) Revolvers: are, New ,used, relic Guns for collecting old Guns items is (0.33%) is mfg too. P.S. The total of Semiauto's Pistals & * to 10 rounds Clips to; is New, used, Relics Old Semiauto's Pistals & clips too. The Total Count is ( 44,000,000 Semiauto's Pistals is (0.66%) all mfg too. is facts are here today in ( 06/25/2006 A.D. true!

Note: total number of F.F.L.s Retailers Business Dealers is Taxas State is (4261)F.F.L.s holders is near Correct count too. P.S. The law says the truth is 100000 Residents per 1 F.F.L. Holder Retailer Gun Business Dealer is by trade to #1 first in line too!!: or Sporting Gun Dealer #2 is,sells Rifles 7 Shotguns is (longguns only too. For hunting season to agree!! note: The Population of taxas is 32000000 people too.The solution is there should be total number of (F.F.L.s holder's is a limit No# is (320 F.F.L.s Holder's in maxuam number limit of: F.F.L.s holder's for Taxas State to agreed too! They should Cut off of Gun Dealer's not making it too. I do agree too. It's makes sence to cut it out and reduced them out of the picture to agree!! they should cut out about (3941 Gun Dealers Business Too. There are to many robbies , shooting's too! Solution is to reduced the handgun shooting's to in taxas State too!! A easy Solution to do something is tell about 0.89 ;% of the the Smaller Gun Retailer Dealers Sales Stores owners to not to sell Handguns an ammo for conceal weapons too. agree. (But they can sell Longguns only and it's ammo for shotguns & Rifles to only too! Let's tell the mfgs to cut porduction of Handguns down smore and make them scare's: and very hard to get one to oeder too. agreed ! Let's worked on this problem and cut down the handgun violance of gun injuries to down by 0.98 % too. I agree to let's get to work on the domestic violance in our , towns townships,cities , counties too. And States open highways Business Stores shops Not to sell Handguns & it's ammo too. They can sell long guns only too. agree!!

Mr. Curcione should get a spell checker for his computer and a grammar checker also. Then he should get a total check-up by a shrink. He is so full of it, its pitiful

You want to hear a worse case and the NRA hasn't done jack for me. My wife (a Thai national) has been watching to much of the show "cops." One day we argued, she dissappeared(to a boyfriends house.) I feared for my safety and the safety of my son as in the past she has tried to kill both of us, so I put her belongings in her car (that she had just blown the engine out of!) She came home and called the cops, they came over, couldn't arrest me for anything. They asked to look in the house and I said yes (mistake) They asked what was in a locked room and I showed them my firearms colection which included the shell (only) with barrel of a 1919a4 non-operating machine gun. I told them it was just non-operating parts, but they backed out of there and left. Next day they called my house and talked to my wife. They got her a no contact order and did it in such a way that I would violate it and then held an m-16 and Glock on me (with fingers in the triggers!) I was hauled away and the corrupt Kitsap County (Washington State) Sheriff's gleefully confiscated my gun collection, but the big bad machine gun fell apart in their hands so they couldn't flog a machine gun bust to the media.I lost my son, home, truck, show car, gun collection and was thrown into the street with the clothes on my back!!!
A tax payer funded legal organization called the Northwest Justice Project started this and helping my wife (the sheriff's got her them) , for free and its costing me $20,000+ to defend myself against this injustice. No help from the NRA, no free legal help. My wife is an alien and I'm a US citizen but she gets free legal help, go figure! The Kitsap Sheriff's gave my wife my truck because she blew her car's engine up and won't let friends of mine take custody of my guns. They have probible taken them home and when I do go to get them (probibly next year), they will say they are lost or destroyed! Still no help from the NRA or anybody, while my wife gets tax payer funded help all over the place. What has this county come to. If you are a male and married or in a "dating situation" be afraid, be very afraid! And if you just happen to collect firearms you are screwed and have no rights also!!

1. On October, 10,2007 A.D. The total Number and,- Percent Decrease of Type 1 FFLS. Federal Firearms- Licences droped down to (50630) F.F.L.s!!! In the U.S.A. today National Count too!!!

Sir,I am an indian.And i have gun lisense.I want to know about how many type caliber pistals and rifels and rang of caliber.I want to know law of weapons in india.Thankyou