Customer Announcement: Marengo Guns

Customer Announcement: Marengo Guns

Orchid is proud to announce a new customer, Marengo Guns. Centrally located between Chicago and Rockford, Marengo Guns is the largest volume firearms retailer in Illinois. Originally founded as a coin and pawn shop in 2008, the store has since expanded into firearms,...
Support for Senate ‘Bipartisan Safer Communities Act’ Growing

Support for Senate ‘Bipartisan Safer Communities Act’ Growing

UPDATES July 11, 2022 Today, the Biden Administration held an event commemorating the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.’ “Because of our President’s leadership and because of so many of you, we have passed a law that will make communities...
Smallest U.S. States Pass Big Gun Control Legislation

Smallest U.S. States Pass Big Gun Control Legislation

Of all 50 U.S. states, Rhode Island and Delaware are the smallest in total area. However, recent action by legislatures in both states will have a big impact on local gun owners and some 876 combined FFLs. In the past week, six different gun control bills – three in...
30 Most Cited ATF Inspection Violations

30 Most Cited ATF Inspection Violations

Between 2016–2020, ATF industry operations investigators (IOIs) conducted 48,445 compliance inspections of federal firearms licensees (FFLs), citing over 67.6 million violations. That’s according to the National Firearms in Commerce and Trafficking Assessment (NFCTA),...