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Educational Updates for FFLs
What are Curios and Relics and Do I Need a Type 03 FFL
The first time one of our team members saw an early style Swedish Mauser with a light hue French walnut, she knew she was in trouble. Looking out for cracks through the recoil lug was one thing, but bringing...
The FFL Compliance Inspections Breakdown
Summer’s a great time for catching up on reading, and an ATF multi-slide .pdf on the firearms industry is the perfect place to start. Pull it up on your tablet, lean back, and go through 19 slides that break...
What is the Current ATF Form Processing Time
On July 2, 2014, the ATF issued an email update to the latest EPS Processing times. That email read: "ATF has taken significant steps to reduce the number of pending NFA applications. As a result,...
Top 5 Things That I Need to Know About ATF Inspections
Top 5 Things That I Need to Know About ATF Inspections In this article, we will answer five key questions about ATF Inspections: What is an ATF Inspection (otherwise known as an FFL Compliance Inspection)?...
How are Firearm Dealers Impacted by Supreme Court Straw Purchase Ruling
Download How are Firearm Dealers Impacted by Supreme Court Straw Purchase Ruling?On June 16, 2014, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in Abramski vs. U.S., emphasizing that an FFL is forbidden...
Navigating Tricky Waters
Download Navigating Tricky Waters Why can’t the law be more like mechanical device, such as a car or a gun? You know, simply made of tangible, interlocking parts that can easily be taken apart and put...
Home, Home on the Range
With temperatures climbing, even here in the northeast, we’re headed out to the range in droves. Biathletes may boast a year-round range practice schedule and hunters may turn tree-sitting into an X...
Inspector Gadget Visits Your FFL
Download or Read Below Are you tired of hearing about the great “inspector” coming to look at your “gadgets?" Well, that’s par for the course if you are a firearm manufacturer, dealer and distributor....
Spending A Little Time With The 4473
FFLs - Spend Time with ATF Form 4473 There are 75 fields on the ATF Form 4473. Whether you are a storefront FFL dealer or a nationwide chain, 75 fields per Form 4473 need to be properly completed with...