Orchid Blog

Download or Read Below In this issue:- Article: The Role of the FFL in Private Gun Sales - Alert: U.S. Munitions List Update The Role of the FFL in Private Gun Sales Facilitating private transfers might be...

When there is one major piece of pending legislation, we can set our alerts, hunker down into reading and analysis, and communicate our position.  Splinter into smaller pieces of legislation and fan out...

Download or Read Below In this issue: - Article: The ATF Classification Letter - Alert: U.S. Munitions List Update - Download: Three best-practice whitepapers - Advisories: Our Most Recent Advisories The...

  The Department of Justice (DOJ) is amending the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and  Explosives (ATF) regulations to remove those defense articles currently on the U.S. Munitions Import List...

Whether you are manufacturing, importing, exporting dealing, gunsmithing, or collecting firearms and ammunition, chances are that you are required to register with th eATF to become a "Federal Firearms...

Download or Read Below In this issue: - Article: Now You See It – Now You Still See It…For Now - Orchid Alert: Fraud Alert Issued by the ATF - Download: Three best-practice whitepapers - Advisories: Our Most...

A blog is a perfect place for tossing out a very specific question: how much regulation will it take to impact demand for the purchase and continued ownership of firearms?  Will there be a point when...

The ATF issued an Advisory Letter (dated March 7, 2014) about an online scam using fraudulent Federal Firearms Licenses. The scam lures purchasers using an online firearm advertisement. When the purchaser...

Download or Read Below In this issue: - Article: Holistic Employee Governance for FFLs - Article: Facebook and Instagram step in with age limits on firearms ads, new rules for sellers - Download: Three...