Orchid Blog
Educational Updates for FFLs
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...
FFL Compliance & Technology: A Perfect Marriage
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 we were...
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: Transferring Firearms Before & After 30 Days
In an ideal world, firearm transactions would be completed in the minimum number of days legally permitted. However, that’s not always the case. After all, life happens. Sometimes customers start a...
Zero Tolerance Protection: How to Respond to NICS Responses
If a firearm buyer or transferee is not a prohibited person under ATF regulations and does not have a qualifying NICS exemption, FFLs may proceed with a background check. Dealers may either call in or submit...