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2021 Uncertainty

While at the time of this writing, there are still various legal challenges to the 2020 US presidential election, barring something extraordinary from one or more courts, it is almost certain that Joe Biden will become the 46th President of …Read More

Proper ID for a Form 4473 [2021]

The new revised ATF Form 4473 has caused some confusion and even annoyance with FFL holders. After all, new paperwork is always disruptive, and the key points of a 4473 seemingly shouldn’t change, right? Many of the changes on the …Read More

2020 Gun and Ammo Scarcity

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program of industry news and observations of interest to bring you new industry news and observations of interest. Which is to say, what we’d plan to send out this week got pushed aside by a …Read More

7 FFL (Federal Firearms License)

The Type 7 FFL, sometimes called a “manufacturer’s license” is in our opinion the best all around FFL for anyone to get.  Only an 07 FFL can manufacture any sort of non NFA firearm, but with an 02 SOT they …Read More

What is an FFL Dealer?

While people who are gun owners (or dealers) know what an FFL dealer is, not everyone knows this. Thanks to various myths, misinformation and simple lack of understanding, a lot of people don’t know how guns are bought and sold …Read More

Class 3 License – SOT Dealer

We often get asked what a “Class 3 dealer” is or what is a Class 3 license and what can be done with it. The first thing we should do though is establish some basic terminology. A “Class 3 license” …Read More