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Educational Updates for FFLs
NJ Bills Advancing to the Governor’s Desk
Two Bills passed the second chamber of the New Jersey legislature on June 27, 2013 that bear watching as one would modify ammunition reporting requirements and the other would modify the “destructive device”...
Microstamping in effect in CA, in passing in NAS Report
Download or read below Amidst the new laws and new lawsuits in CO, CT, MD, and NY, a topic near and dear to heated manufacturing debate quietly passed under the radar of most media outlets. California,...
Where the Constitution and Compliance Converge
Download full Advisory or read below It would be the rare person, indeed, who has routinely considered the United States Constitution as part of his manufacturing compliance program. We think of...
The New Vocabulary of Compliance
(Download or read below) In the past six months, manufacturers of firearms and ammunition have seen a highly volatile political environment give rise to the enactment of new laws. Out of hundreds of...
Riding on One Rail of Two Tracks
Even though there are very few judicial decisions relative to the manufacture of firearms and ammunition, you can get lost for hours in those pages. For the sake of argument, let’s define this universe as...
Wordsmithing for Gunsmiths
Recently, we brought you a two-part blog on the perils of federal definitions of “guns,” including that federal statutes and regulations can – and do – differ. Today, we want to continue to emphasize the...
But Does It Help Manufacturers
(Download Above or Read Below) But Does It Help Manufacturers? Delivered to the desk of the Governor on May 22, 2013 was a bill passed by the Missouri Legislature asserting state supremacy in matters of...
When is a “Gun” not a “Gun?” (Part 2)
In the first part of this blog, we looked at how to read definitions of various types of guns, as found in the Gun Control Act of 1968 and accompanying regulations. In this second part of the blog,...
When is a “Gun” not a “Gun?” (Part 1)
(It’s actually not a trick question.) The simple answer is: when you’re reading the laws, regulations, rulings, and guidance documents related to guns. The National Firearms Act of 1968 defines...