To operate a firearms sales business in Pennsylvania, gun shop owners must get both a Federal Firearms License (FFL) and a Pennsylvania license to sell firearms.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) inspects FFL holders to ensure they are in compliance with the laws surrounding firearms sales. But now, the 92 gun shops in Montgomery County near Philadelphia must submit to local inspections from the office of Montgomery County Sheriff Sean Kilkenny, a Democrat who is currently campaigning for reelection.
Kilkenny recently sent letters to gun store owners and managers informing them that in the coming weeks, the sheriff’s office would be conducting store inspections….