by jon rydberg | Sep 16, 2022 | Customer Announcement
Orchid is proud to announce a new customer, Civilian Marksmanship Program. First created by Congress as part of the 1903 War Department Appropriations Act, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is a government-chartered 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to training...
by jon rydberg | Sep 14, 2022 | Blog, Zero Tolerance
Every day, tens of thousands of firearms are manufactured, shipped, acquired, sold, transferred, and taken in for gunsmith work, but occasionally, some are lost or stolen. Though careful recordkeeping can prevent firearms from being lost, theft can be much more...
by jon rydberg | Sep 14, 2022 | Blog, Zero Tolerance
In 2021, nearly 550,000 firearm trace requests were processed by the ATF’s National Tracing Center (NTC). As the only crime gun tracing facility in the U.S., the NTC is responsible for tracing firearms to provide investigative leads for nearly 9,000 local, state, and...
by jon rydberg | Sep 13, 2022 | Blog
As someone who recently got married, my wife and I are still riding the high of our wedding day. The weather was great, the venue was beautiful, the food was delicious, the drinks were endless, and we were surrounded by our closest family and friends. It was truly a...
by jon rydberg | Sep 12, 2022 | News
In addition to celebrating our 10th anniversary serving the firearms industry this month, Orchid is featured on the September cover of Retail Tech Insights magazine. The annual ‘Retail POS Edition,’ the issue lists recipients of the magazine’s Top...
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