Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 1031 Federal Firearms License
After a slightly noisy Christmas, 1992 arrived as scheduled.

On the first day of the new year, January 1992, [-], Don Tzu, Bill Clinton and Al Gore officially announced their candidacy for the presidency.The donkeys' party election kicks off!

After just glancing at the report on TV, Carter no longer cared about this matter.Carter doesn't think much about this year.

After mentally preparing for Lao Bu's imminent resignation, what can be done is to take advantage of him as much as possible to do things that are convenient to do now, but not necessarily easy to do later, first!

Like, that FFL No. 10 license!
According to the regulations of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the federal firearms license is divided into FFL 01 to 11, a total of 11 levels.There is also a SOT, special occupation taxpayer certification. SOT is divided into three levels, first-level importers, second-level manufacturers, and third-level distributors.These two qualifications are used in combination, classified and collocated, and there will be many variations.

For example, in the federal firearms license, the FFL 01 license is a firearms dealer. Those who hold this license can participate in the sale of firearms after they have certified the SOT 03 weapons dealer professional tax qualification.However, there is no right to modify and manufacture guns or ammunition!
And the FFL No. 10 license that Rick mentioned refers to the manufacture/distributor of destructive devices and device ammunition under the permission of the federal law!Those who need to complete the certification at the same time also have the SOT 02 tax payment qualification.

Once you complete both certifications, get a proof of license.Then you have, for example, the right to convert semi-automatic weapons into fully automatic weapons. As long as you don't sell them to ordinary customers, but only use them in your own shop's shooting range, this modification will be regarded as a manufacturing act and is completely legal!

Another example is the production of armor-piercing ammunition for sale to government departments; another example is the right to repair or reproduce certain tanks, cannons and their supporting ammunition during World War II.

Although it is not possible to directly trial-produce advanced weapons, for Carter, whose initial goal was just tinkering with ammunition, this license qualification is completely sufficient!
Moreover, as a business idea of ​​combining production and sales, it is better to say that it is an arms company than a chain of gun stores and shooting ranges.With a higher authorization, there are more tricks to play for the distribution business itself!
What battlefield simulation, what tank test drive, what tank gun firing experience, etc., including providing paid teaching and training on the use of fully automatic weapons to customers in the shooting range of its own stores, etc., can be done.

Compared with simply selling and selling guns, there is no future in this America where guns are rampant!The market is very saturated, but what if services are added?

After Rick left, Carter thought about it alone, and even moved his store closer to the service industry.Don't simply position it as a gun shop selling guns, but a new-age outdoor sports complex integrating outdoor experience, live ammunition shooting, tank and military vehicle riding and driving experience.

Nothing to do, make an appointment with friends, right?Just make a phone call to our store, what is the same model as the American soldiers, and now the latest Humvee, which has not yet been popularized, will directly drive to the door to pick up people.Then, go to the empty, but quiet suburbs, wantonly vent the pressure of work and life in the smoke!
If you have money and leisure, you can even shoot rockets?Or feel the shock of some Vulcan cannon fire
And in some relatively desolate Gobi states, Carter can also charter some mountain tops, clear out people directly, and set up a ring of warning nets at the foot of the mountain.Then put a target on the tree on the top of the mountain, and when the time comes, I will order a helicopter or something, and take the guests to the sky to play casually.
As long as you have money!With the FFL 10 license, almost everything he wants to experience related to the military, such as firearms and artillery, can be arranged!

Of course, specific business ideas, cost accounting, and market size forecasts are all things to do later.At the beginning of 92, what Carter had to do was to first settle the license issue, that is, legality!
"FFL 10 license, I don't seem to see any import qualifications, which means, for example, I want to purchase some, um, SIG Sauer guns. Then I can only purchase them from SIG Sauer North America, not Order from the head office, is that right?"

"Ordering is possible, but the distribution is still delivered by the US branch. This is no problem, the FFL 10 license prohibits, but you cannot complete the purchase of guns from abroad by yourself, and then complete the customs clearance process by yourself. This has nothing to do with where you order ,not related!"

"But what if I want to import some guys from abroad? Can I apply for FFL No. 11 and No. 10 licenses at the same time? A wide range of product types is something we must consider when doing business!"

"Unfortunately, no! But, you can set up a separate company, apply for the No. 11 license, and then go to complete the SOT 01 certification. After the import is completed with that company, it will be resold to the company you are applying for now, Armed Nation? Good name! It sounds very imposing!"

"OK, then pay the money! This is the application form for the No. 10 license. This is the SOT 02 certification issued by the IRS. After two days, the new company is registered, and I will apply for the No. 11 license."

After paying the $3000 application fee, Carter turned around and left the NFL.It has to be said that the United States sometimes outrageously exceeds Carter's imagination in this regard.

When registering a company, every additional business category in the United States costs dozens of dollars. Applying for a license that can make guns and bombs, and even the previous generation of artillery and ammunition, is so cheap that it is beyond imagination!
The renewal fee for this license, which is paid every three years, is also $3000.Taken together, the annual expenditure on legality, or the protection fee paid to the federal government, is only 1000!

For only one thousand dollars a year, you can legally make guns and cannons in the United States without having to worry about being checked for water meters!

After leaving the NFL feeling a little speechless, Carter first returned to the unit to paddle for fish.By the way, he made a call to the Family Office and asked the legal staff of the Family Office to register an import and export trading company. After get off work, Carter called the New York Consulate again.
Compared with the embassy in Washington, New York made Carter feel more familiar and cordial.And when he heard that there was an export order, the other party would naturally not refuse it.

Let's not talk about the good relationship between China and the United States today, let's talk about those weapons and equipment that are not even needed by China now, so what if they are sold to the United States?It will not threaten the national interest at all, okay!On the contrary, you can also earn foreign exchange!

After hearing Carter's confirmation that he has the qualifications to import these special commodities, Counselor Lin directly stated that they made a list of the commodities that can be sold overnight and faxed them to Carter tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)