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Educational Updates for FFLs
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...
Ranking the Best States for Gun Owners in 2022
For the last decade, consumer firearms publication Guns & Ammo has published an annual ranking of the ‘Best States for Gun Owners’ based on gun-related politics. This year’s rankings, again written by...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Who Not to Sell Firearms To
As a firearms dealer, you never know who may walk through your doors. After all, guns are purchased by people of all ages, genders, races, ethnicities, and political backgrounds. However, that doesn’t mean...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Firearm Transfers to Prohibited Persons
When President Joe Biden announced a comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence last year, the administration identified the flow of firearms used to commit crime as the root cause. To reduce such crime,...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Most Frequently Cited ATF Violations
Each year, the ATF publishes a list of the top 10 most frequently cited inspection violations. Like a compliance cheat sheet, the list serves as a reminder to FFLs what not to do. However, while you might...
Zero Tolerance Protection: What Are Willful Violations?
The target of the Biden administration’s new zero tolerance policy, “willful” violations put public safety as risk and are grounds for FFL revocation, but “willful” has never carried a clear definition in the...
How to Report Firearm Theft/Loss as an FFL
Operating a firearms business means handling and keeping track of serialized inventory. Every day, tens of thousands of firearms are manufactured, shipped, acquired, sold, transferred, and taken in for...
Zero Tolerance Protection: What Does Biden’s Policy Mean for FFLs?
Zero tolerance is defined as a policy giving the most severe punishment possible to every person who commits a crime or breaks a rule or law. Under the Biden administration’s policy targeting “rogue gun...