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With the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), FFLs will, after acquiring an individual’s written consent, have the authority to perform a voluntary National Instant Criminal...
HARTFORD, CT (September 20, 2022) – The shooting sports industry leader in FFL technology, payment processing, and compliance services, Orchid is proud to have been recognized as a Top Retail POS...
Orchid is proud to announce a new customer, Civilian Marksmanship Program. First created by Congress as part of the 1903 War Department Appropriations Act, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is...
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...
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...
As someone who recently got married, my wife and I are still riding the high of our wedding day. The weather was great, the venue was beautiful, the food was delicious, the drinks were endless, and...
In addition to celebrating our 10th anniversary serving the firearms industry this month, Orchid is featured on the September cover of Retail Tech Insights magazine. The annual 'Retail POS Edition,'...
Orchid is proud to announce a new customer, Recoil Gunworks. Based an hour north of Louisville across the Kentucky border in Salem, Ind., Recoil Gunworks is a family-owned and operated Type 07...
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,...
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