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Educational Updates for FFLs
Credit Card Industry Pushes Back Against Gun Store Merchant Code
According to documents recently obtained by CBS News, employees from major domestic and international credit card companies, including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and JCB Co., pushed back...
Grow Firearm Retail Sales with Integrated POS & Ecommerce
According to recent data published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, first quarter 2022 ecommerce sales grew 6.7% from the first quarter of 2021, continuing the upward trend that saw online retail sales...
30 Most Cited ATF Inspection Violations
Between 2016–2020, ATF industry operations investigators (IOIs) conducted 48,445 compliance inspections of federal firearms licensees (FFLs), citing over 67.6 million violations. That’s according to the...
How Firearms ERP Systems Can Overcome Manufacturing Constraints
In 2020, firearm manufacturers produced over 11 million guns. While consumers only see the end product, there’s much more that goes into producing every one of those firearms. From managing raw materials and...
Top 10 Inspection Violations by Type 07 FFLs
As covered in Part I of our 'ATF Inspections 101' series, businesses engaged in the manufacturing, importing and dealing of firearms are subject to inspection by the ATF, per the Gun Control Act of 1968....
Top 10 Inspection Violations by Type 01 & 02 FFLs
As covered in Part I of our 'ATF Inspections 101' series, businesses engaged in the manufacturing, importing and dealing of firearms are subject to inspection by the ATF, per the Gun Control Act of 1968....
What’s in an FFL Number?
A federal firearms license (FFL) is required to engage in the business of manufacturing, importing or dealing in firearms. Upon ATF approval of a license, licensees will be issued an identifying FFL number to...
ATF Inspections 101: Post-Inspection Process, Violations & Corrective Action
In Part 1 of our ATF Inspections 101 series, we covered the basics of who conducts firearms compliance inspections, the purpose of inspections, when and where inspections take place, and how inspections are...
How to Stay Competitive with ‘Smart Manufacturing’
As the saying goes, work smarter, not harder. Not just some cliché, 60% of manufacturers are now using a fully integrated solution or some components of smart manufacturing in their operations to do just...