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Educational Updates for FFLs
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...
Zero Tolerance Protection: Receiving a Revocation Notice
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...
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...