Geeez, thanks for your tempered response. I don't believe I'll consider any advise from you.
Well, you better consider advise from someone........by your own admission you've been in violation of ATF regs/Federal law for quite some time.
I don't give a rats hiney if you ignore me, but please seek advise from someone.
By your own admission you don't know ATF regs.
Please dont take my comments as belittling you, I'm more ticked off at ATF for failing to ensure you were operating according to the regs.
Been doing just fine all these 52 years.
"Doing just fine"?
Dude, you've been manufacturing firearms for 52 years without an 07FFL. You didn't submit a single Form 2 in 52 years. You likely didn't engrave the required markings for 52 years.
In your case, yes, you did just fine because ATF didn't catch you until recently.
This is Wisconsin, NOT Texas, and maybe some folks NEED to have more frequent compliance checks, apparently I'm doing well enough in their eyes that I've only needed three.
Uh, Wisconsin FFL's have to follow the same ATF regs and federal law as any other state or US territory.
Compliance inspections are based on multiple factors, among them the number of transfers (acquisitions and dispositions) by the licensee. I had 2,200+ in 2020. Others are a high number of short "time to crime" guns, denied transfers and firearm traces. Many large gun stores will have a yearly compliance inspection. (ATF is limited to conducting one per year)
That you have only had three compliance inspections in 52 years has to be a record. I'll bet a hamburger that if ATF reads of three inspections in 52 years someone's gonna lose their job in Wisconsin. Not to mention ignoring your manufacturing activities during that time.
In FY 2020, there were 5,827 compliance inspections for 80,000 FFLs (not including collectors). Being that there are less than 800 IOI's at ATF, the chances of getting a compliance inspection every 3-5 years is normal. But three in 52 years? Unheard of.
"An 07FFL (Manufacturer) can do everything an 01FFL (Dealer) can do PLUS manufacturing."
Well, sparky, you sure do if you are going to offer "short barreled shotguns" to be used as door breachers.
Is that your plan? From your post above it reads as you do not currently hold an 07FFL.
Wow.