What Buyers Check Before They Pick an FFL Dealer Near Them
Transfer customers pick a shop before they ever call: fee, hours and turnaround decide it. What an FFL listing has to answer, and how to audit your own.
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October's 1.4M Checks Mask a 2027 Cost Shift
October's adjusted NICS checks rose 7.9 percent while the raw FBI count fell 8.1 percent. The election did not change this quarter's demand, but it changed the state map that sets your 2027 compliance costs and product mix.
Suppressor Sales Go Same-Day: What Dealers Must Get Right
ATF has stopped enforcing NFA suppressor approvals, two states read the same policy in opposite directions, and the under-21 handgun case is still open. A dealer-focused digest of the week in firearms regulation and retail operations.
The Rulebook Changed Hands: An FFL Week in Review
One demand signal, four compliance signals: what the midterms, the ATF vacancy, Colorado's permit-to-purchase ruling, and the closed restoration portal actually mean for a licensed dealer.
Election Surge: A 90-Day Growth Plan for FFL Dealers
October's adjusted NICS checks rose 7.9% and a new Congress is seated in January. A 90-day operating plan for the surge: counter throughput, first-time-buyer follow-up, and the listing details that decide who gets found.
Massachusetts Voters Keep H.4885 Gun Control Law on the Books, 67% Back It With 85% of Ballots Counted
Massachusetts voters kept the H.4885 gun control law in place. With 85% of ballots counted, 67.2% voted to retain it. Read the original story: Massachusetts Voters Keep H.4885 Gun Control Law on the Books, 67% Back It With 85% of Ballots Counted
Eight Indictments Later: What an FFL Burglary Really Costs
A 2022 East Texas pawn shop burglary just produced eight federal indictments. The four-year tail of an FFL theft case is the part dealers never budget for.
The Fire in Thun: When One Plant Owns Your Backorder
One fire at a single Swiss plant is now a line item on dealer backorder reports. The work that follows is deposits, allocation status and honest lead times — not guessing at dates.
Structured Data for FFL Dealers: What Google Still Reads
Your shop's schema markup is probably inert. Here are the two fields Google actually requires, the three markup habits that stopped earning anything in 2026, and how to make your site, profile, and listing agree.
SAF’s Kostas Moros Answers Everytown and Cook County With Founders, Judges, and 1800s Schoolbooks
SAF’s new factsheet answers ‘weapon of war’ claims in Supreme Court briefs with quotes from founders, judges and scholars from 1765 to 1898. Read the original story: SAF’s Kostas Moros Answers Everytown and Cook County With Founders, Judges, and 1800s Schoolbooks