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Educational Updates for FFLs
Zero Tolerance Protection: How Leadership & Training Can Prevent ATF Violations
“Practice does not make perfect. Only perfect practice makes perfect.” – Vince Lombardi Seeing how it’s currently football season, it’s fitting to quote one of the sport’s all-time greats. A legendary NFL...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Compliance Is Only As Good As Your Data
In the previous Zero Tolerance Protection article, we discussed some of the benefits of digital compliance technology over paper recordkeeping. However, while electronic bound books and ERP integrations can...
Zero Tolerance Protection: How Technology Can Prevent FFL Revocation
Maintaining firearms compliance is no easy task. Between federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations dictating detailed processes for everything from firearm serialization to sales transactions,...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Revocation Liability & Limitations
As we’ve covered throughout our Zero Tolerance Protection series, revocations are typically issued for willful violations. However, a combination of violations, large number of violations, or history of...
ATF Compliance Inspection Update: Q3 2022
Where has the year gone? It seems like just yesterday we were enjoying the warmth of summer. Now, the leaves turn color a little bit more each day as cooler temperatures prevail, all the while ATF inspections...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Appealing a Lost Revocation Hearing
Under the Biden administration’s zero tolerance policy, FFLs are having licenses revoked at the highest rate in the last decade. This year alone is on pace for four-times as many revocations as 2021. And with...
Zero Tolerance Protection: What Happens During Revocation Hearings?
Within 15 days of receiving a revocation notice, you have the right to request a hearing with ATF Director of Industry (DIO) and present the case for your FFL. Once your request is made, it’s important you...
ATF eForm 4 Wait Times Continue to Rise
When the updated ATF eForms platform relaunched in January 2022, expectations among FFLs and gun owners were high. However, what was supposed to ‘reduce the effort and time required to review and process...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Post-Revocation Notice Action Items
So, you’ve received a revocation notice. Unfortunately, ATF’s compliance inspection of your facility revealed your FFL willfully violated one, or multiple, provisions of the Gun Control Act and/or state and...