Gun Dealer In the District of Columbia

Gun Dealer In the District of Columbia

Dave Hardy reports that he has found a federally licensed gun dealer in the District of Columbia...Josh Sugarmann, who runs the Violence Policy Center, one of the primary supporters of gun bans. The business address is listed as VPC's offices on Rhode Island Avenue.

Now, there are reasons why Sugarmann does this, other than to sell guns. It gives him access to gun trade shows, for example. But back during the 1990s, the Clinton Administration cracked down hard on people who had the FFL and were what groups like the VPC characterized as "kitchen table dealers." If you were doing this out of your home, and the zoning wasn't right for a home business--nope! That's part of why I could not get my FFL renewed.

Federal law has always required you to actually be in the business of selling guns--they don't want people to be using the FFL just to buy guns for themselves. I don't see how Sugarmann can qualify unless he is actually selling guns.

UPDATE: Red's Trading Post did a little digging--and it does indeed appear that Sugarmann's FFL doesn't conform to zoning requirements.