During our ongoing Zero Tolerance Protection series, we’ve reviewed various willful violations, the inspection process, and the importance of proactive compliance. Throughout, we’ve mentioned the growing...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Refuse Inspection, Lose Your License
In a highly regulated industry such as ours, FFLs must comply with a long list of federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations. Even worse, laws and regulations are often complicated, allow for gray...
Zero Tolerance Protection: ATF Inspections & How to Prepare
As the firearm industry’s regulatory agency, the ATF is responsible for ensuring firearms businesses maintain compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations, educating licensees on the...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Reporting Firearm Theft/Loss
Every day, tens of thousands of firearms are manufactured, shipped, acquired, sold, transferred, and taken in for gunsmith work, but occasionally, some are lost or stolen. Though careful recordkeeping can...
Zero Tolerance Protection: ATF Trace Requests & FFL Responsibility
In 2021, nearly 550,000 firearm trace requests were processed by the ATF’s National Tracing Center (NTC). As the only crime gun tracing facility in the U.S., the NTC is responsible for tracing firearms to...
Zero Tolerance Protection: How to Make Corrections (Correctly)
Let’s face it – we all make mistakes. But let’s also admit some mistakes have worse consequences than others. For FFLs, those mistakes could cost firearm dealers and manufacturers their licenses, especially...
Zero Tolerance Protection: The Cost of Falsifying Records
“The truth doesn't cost you anything, but a lie could cost you everything.” While some lies can genuinely be harmless, lying as a federal firearms licensee is always a bad idea. As an FFL, lying to the ATF...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Exemptions to NICS Background Checks
Last month, more than 2.4 million NICS background checks were conducted by FFLs across the U.S. However, when adjusted for permit checks and rechecks, July’s total was closer to 1.23 million – according to...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Don’t Forget a Background Check
Once a firearm buyer or transferee has completed their ATF Form 4473, the dealer will review the paper or electronic document for both accuracy and completeness. So long as the individual is not a prohibited...