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-7 ( _ zo8 M.J. Fredrich Department of the Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Date: February 5, 1996 1000 North Water Street, Suite 1710 FFL # : 39-09033 Milwaukee, Wi. 53202 RE: MW:M 5340 Dear Ms. Fedrich, In response to your letter of 02/02/96 (copy enclosed). The home occupation permit I received does not prohibit retail sales from my home. 1 explained to the zoning department that I buy guns that need repair, maintainence or some cosmetic work, such as replacing sights, stocks, clips or other parts. I further explained that much of my business is sold to other dealers, at a profit, which means RETAIL SALES. Any time I sell a product for more than I paid for it, it is considered a retail sales. I further explained that I sell four or five guns from my home each year, and the zoning people assured me that this was permittable. The certificate of compliance prohibits me from building a retail outlet in my home. The Zoning permit does not allow signs advertising a business, a walk-in trade or a fully stocked business to operate. The Zoning prohibits an activity that has signs in the yard and prohibits me from converting part of the house into a store that may sell guns, scopes, fishing tackle, bows, arrows and other items that may make my property look like a K-Mart. I am a small business that retails four or five guns a year from the property, which is acceptable with the zoning department. I advertise in national publications, and sell guns to other dealers. The guns I ship to other dealers, I take to United parcel Service for shipment, which also is within zoning laws. The Certificate of Compliance is issued for small, part-time occupations that will not detract from the neighborhood and do not require a zoning change to commercial. The license I wish to renew Dealer (01) includes, but is not limited to GUNSMITH ACTIVITIES. In my business activities, I am a gunsmith who requires a license to buy and sell with other dealers, to purchase replacement parts at wholesale and sometimes sell a firearm. I do not sell stock or commodities on the premises on a regular basis. I do not operate a retail sporting goods store on the premises. The hours of operation listed on my application, reflect the hours I am usually home to receive a firearm from someone who wishes repair or maintainence on their firearms. Their firearms are dropped off and returned as soon as they are completed. Some may require repair parts which are ordered with a copy of my FFL, which allows wholesale purchase of parts. The repairs provide a profit, which must be reported to the state as retail sales and sales taxes must be paid