Orchid Blog

For months, we’ve been listening to a debate around “legal gun owners” and “lawful gun activity” as differentiated from “criminals” and “illegal gun use.” Is it really as black and white as two opposing...

The two March 2013 ATF FFL Newsletters were packed with details to print-out and spend time considering in relationship to your current policies and practices.  Heading up this to-do list for FFLs is the...

How to Make ATF Form 4473 Corrections Updated according to ATF guidance in September, 2015 In 2013 the ATF released an “FFL Newsletter” which provided guidance on correcting ATF Form 4473 - "Clarification to...

You may have missed this one or it may have been sufficiently technical to elude you, so on this very wonky, but very pertinent snippet of the federal government in action, we’re going to pull it apart and...

In Washington, it ain’t over until it’s over.  Two weeks ago, US Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA) and US Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV), publicly discussed the end of the road for Senate Bill 150, the...

In this final blog of our four-part series, we take a look at the general compliance controls required of manufacturers of firearms.  These are the higher level controls governing the overall function...

Orchid Advisors is issuing an alert to urge caution relative to varying news reports indicating that the NY SAFE Act gun magazine bullet limit is “suspended” or is “ordered with legislative approval” to be...

Whether you’re new to compliance or consider yourself to be an advanced practitioner, there’s one technique that’s sure to motivate your learning curve:  reading Consent Agreements. “Consent Agreements” are...

There’s a point of pride in that “Made in the U.S.A.” stamp. But, have you ever wondered what you would see stamped on parts if the camera zoomed in on foreign military bases and nuclear development sites?...