FFL (Federal Firearms License) come in several different categories.
In short it means your a reseller or a manufacturer.
A Class 3 weapon (Destructive Device) means that you have applied and received the federal tax stamp that allows you to own one of these weapons after having jumped through a series of "hoops".
A suppressor is a good example.
Many stores here in Idaho Falls stock and sell a wide range of suppressors for rifles and handguns.
You go into the store, purchase the suppressor, then fill out the paperwork for the "Tax Stamp" submit it and WAIT for approval. Once approved you return to the store and pick up your new suppressor.
But your ability to acquire that tax stamp varies WILDLY bases on WHERE YOU LIVE in the USA.
here in Idaho its a piece of cake. In many places it utterly impossible to get it though!
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Federal Firearms License (FFL) is a
license that enables an individual or a company to engage in a business pertaining to the manufacture of
firearms and
ammunition or the interstate and intrastate sale of firearms. Holding an FFL to engage in certain such activities has been a legal requirement within the
United States of America since the enactment of the
Gun Control Act of 1968.
<table class="wikitable"><tbody><tr> <th style="width:10%">Type</th> <th style="width:90%">Usage</th> </tr> <tr> <td>
Type 1</td> <td>Title 1 dealer or gunsmith other than destructive devices. Can also deal in Title II
NFA firearms with class 3 tax stamp.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Type 2</td> <td>Title 1 dealer doing business as a pawnbroker.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Type 3</td> <td>Licensed collector of Curio & Relic (C&R) firearms.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Type 6</td> <td>Licensed manufacturer of ammunition and reloading components other than ammunition for destructive devices and
armor piercing ammunition. Must also register with the Department Of State under the
ITAR Current registration costs start at $2,250 per year.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference">
[1]</sup>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Type 7</td> <td>Title 1 manufacturer of firearms and ammunition, who may also act as dealer; may not manufacture or deal in destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices, or armor piercing ammunition. Must also register with the Department Of State under the
ITAR Current registration costs start at $2,250 per year. Can also manufacture & deal in Title II
NFA firearms with class 2 tax stamp.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Type 8</td> <td>Importer of Title 1 firearms and ammunition. Must also register with the Department Of State under the
ITAR Current registration costs start at $2,250 per year Can also import Title II
NFA firearms with class 1 tax stamp.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Type 9</td> <td>Dealer in firearms, including destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices, and armor piercing ammunition. Requires payment as an
SOT Class 1 (can act as an NFA Dealer). To deal/broker any DD with an explosives content (e.g. flash-bangs) requires an additional Federal Explosives License<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">
[2]</sup> as a Dealer of High Explosives.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Type 10</td> <td>Manufacturer of firearms, ammunition and ammunition components, manufacturer of destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices, and armor piercing ammunition; may also deal in all of the aforementioned items. Requires payment as an SOT Class 2 (can act as an NFA Dealer). To manufacture any DD with an explosives content (e.g. flash-bangs) requires an additional FEL<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">
[3]</sup> as a Type 20 Manufacturer of High Explosives. Must also register with the Department Of State under the
ITAR Current registration costs start at $2,250 per year.
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Type 11</td> <td>Importer of firearms, ammunition, destructive devices, ammunition for destructive devices, and armor piercing ammunition; may also deal in all the aforementioned items. Requires payment as an SOT Class 1 and registration with the U.S. Department of State as a Broker under ITAR/D-TRADE. To import any DD with an explosives content (e.g. flash-bangs), requires an additional FEL<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference">
[4]</sup> as an Importer of High Explosives.</td></tr></tbody></table>
