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Whether you are manufacturing, importing, exporting dealing, gunsmithing, or collecting firearms and ammunition, chances are that you are required to register with th eATF to become a "Federal Firearms...

Download or Read Below In this issue: - Article: Now You See It – Now You Still See It…For Now - Orchid Alert: Fraud Alert Issued by the ATF - Download: Three best-practice whitepapers - Advisories: Our Most...

A blog is a perfect place for tossing out a very specific question: how much regulation will it take to impact demand for the purchase and continued ownership of firearms?  Will there be a point when...

The ATF issued an Advisory Letter (dated March 7, 2014) about an online scam using fraudulent Federal Firearms Licenses. The scam lures purchasers using an online firearm advertisement. When the purchaser...

Download or Read Below In this issue: - Article: Holistic Employee Governance for FFLs - Article: Facebook and Instagram step in with age limits on firearms ads, new rules for sellers - Download: Three...

This article discusses some of the changes two social networks will have in regards to firearms advertisements as well as firearms sellers.To read the article, click here

We say the acronym "NICS" with such frequency, we have to think when someones asks, "What does that stand for?" The “National Instant Criminal Background Check System,” referred to simply as “NICS,” was...

Download or Read Below In this issue: - Article: Just How Smart Can We Make a Thing? - Advisories: Our Most Recent Advisories - Download: Three best-practice whitepapers Just How Smart Can We Make a Thing?...

More than 100 million firearms have been manufactured in the U.S. since 1986.  Surprise.  Didn’t know?  You didn’t miss headlines or fireworks.  Very quietly in the way that is the way of...