Sad to say, but the FFL is not your friend as a gun owner. He’s in business to make a profit, and I’ve not a thing wrong with that, BUT he is the person whom the state has deputized to stand between you and your inalienable right to self-defense. He is a willing accomplice to the ATF. He’s got all kinds of excuses, but the real reason he likes things the way they are, it that his government license keeps others out of the business of selling firearms. Economically, we’d call it a barrier to entry. I have another name for what the function of FFLs is. Kapo. Google it up if you don’t know the meaning.
I know a couple FFL holders. They sure aren’t getting rich on 10% gun markups. The retail shops stay in business on accessory markups. The kitchen table guys don’t make much of anything and do it for fun.
You couldn’t pay me enough to take a job with the ATF and state attorney general’s office sniffing around all the time for a paperwork error to put me out of business or better yet in jail.
The bad guys aren’t the license holders. The bad guys are in Washington.