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Educational Updates for FFLs
Important Notice to Dealers and Other Participants at Gun Shows
On Monday, October 31st, 2016, The ATF released the following notice and downloadable pamphlet: "This notice applies to activities permitted at qualifying gun shows, as defined in Title 27 of the Code of...
How To Go International With These 3 ITAR Export Licenses
The frontier of U.S. firearms and ammunition manufacturing lies abroad. Some manufacturers don’t want to take operations outside the United States due to concerns about quality control, logistics and other...
Five Ways You Can Inadvertently Expose Your Firearm Technical Data to Foreign Persons
Under the ITAR, technical data includes any information “required for the design, development, production, manufacture, assembly, operation, repair, testing, maintenance or modification” of a firearm and most...
Who Needs to Know About the ITAR In Your Firearm Company?
Compliance with the ITAR is a challenge for companies in the firearms and ammunition business because its rules are not intuitive. The best way to know how to comply with the ITAR is to be trained in its...
5 Common ITAR Violations You May Not Know About
Five Common Firearm ITAR / Firearm Export Violations If you’re a business that manufactures or exports defense articles like firearms and ammunition, you’re subject to the rules of the ITAR, the International...
What is ITAR?
What is ITAR and How Does it ImpactMy FFL or Firearm Exports? The ITAR are federal regulations with which any American company that manufactures firearms or ammunition, or sells them internationally, has to...
3 ATF Rulings That Affect Your A&D Record Keeping
FFL ATF Ruling 2016-1, FFL ATF Ruling 2016-2 and FFL ATF Ruling 2016-3 On Monday, May 2nd, at the Firearms Industry Compliance Conference (FICC), the ATF announced the release of three new Industry Rulings:...
What is The FFL University?
Orchid FFL University is the first education program specifically focused on the manufacturers, distributors, pawn shops and retailers of the firearms industry. University class topics range from intro...
4 Best Practices for Firearm Serial Number Recording
Improve FFL ATF Electronic Bound Books Best Practices in Firearm Serial Number Recording As the fourth step in our Serial Number Management process, firearm serial number recording should largely be addressed...