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Educational Updates for FFLs
How Retail FFLs Can Limit NICS Violations During an ATF Inspection
In 2020, the ATF conducted more than 5,800 firearm compliance inspections of federal firearms licensees (FFL) with 43% recording violations. While down from 2019, fewer than two times as may FFLs were...
Credit Card Processing Devices for Retail FFLs Explained
For retail businesses selling products and services, payment is generally collected in one of four forms – cash, checks, prepaid/gift cards and debit/credit cards. Cash, of course, is the oldest form of...
How FFLs Can Celebrate National Shooting Sports Month
Started in 2017, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) established August as National Shooting Sports Month to celebrate recreational shooting and drive sales for local firearm businesses during the...
Retail FFLs Can Integrate In-Store and Online Sales
Understanding Omni-Channel Retail gun stores seeking to maximize sales have deployed a marketing strategy referred to as “omni-channel”. The term is now generically used to describe a seamlessly integrated...
How Retail FFLs Benefit from Digital Storage of ATF Form 4473
Owning and operating a Retail FFL can be a fantastic business, but like any other business, retail FFL ownership comes with its ups and downs and notable headaches. In addition to managing the ebb and flow of...
How to Integrate an FFL Electronic Bound Book to a Firearm Manufacturing ERP
Having served 75% of the top 40 firearms manufacturers, team Orchid has seen a significant increase in the deployment of ERP and eBound solutions amongst Type 07 and Type 10 FFLs. Regardless of size, requests...
How One ATF Violation Can Lead to Manufacturing FFL Revocation
Simply put, an FFL Revocation is the result of legal and regulatory proceedings that “take back” your FFL, potentially rendering you out of business forever. Sound scary? Well, it sure can be if you’re one of...
What Is Firearm Merchant Payment Processing?
Payment processing, merchant processing and credit card processing are interchangeable terms used to describe the method for accepting non-cash payments from customers....
Retail FFL Implications of ATF 2016 Rulings and the 2020 ATF Form 4473
Operating a retail FFL requires plenty of knowledge regarding merchandising, inventory management and consumer sales, but in the shooting sports industry, it also...