Lea County, NM voters decide Tuesday on a 0.01% gross receipts tax to fund a legal defense fund against state gun laws. Read the original story: Lea County Voters Decide Tuesday Whether to Tax Themselves to Fund a Fight Against New Mexico Gun Laws
A suppressor-transfer screening tool, free employee NICS checks from November 27, a Fifth Circuit appeal and California's recording mandate — four moves that all shift dealer risk from filing the right form to proving the right decision.
A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed California's 24/7 audio and video recording mandate for FFLs in August, and the en banc petition landed October 13. What Penal Code 26806 requires, why home-based dealers carry the burden, and how customers actually find you.
California requires home-based firearms dealers to record audio and video around the clock. The Goldwater Institute is asking the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a ruling upholding the mandate, warning that it threatens constitutional privacy and free speech rights.
Paid distribution is closed to gun shops, which makes the map pack the whole funnel. A practical Google Business Profile setup for FFL dealers: the fields that decide the click, what gets a profile suspended, and the facts buyers verify before they call.
Oak Lawn's village board voted Tuesday to allow up to five appointment-only in-home gun dealers, its first gun rule update since the 1990s. Read the original story: Why Five? A Cook County Suburb Opens the Door to Home-Based FFLs, Then Puts a Ceiling on It
Two Southern California jurisdictions froze new firearms retailer approvals within two weeks of each other. The mechanism was not a gun law — it was land use, and it moves faster than anything most dealers track.
A divided Ninth Circuit panel has left California’s 24/7 gun-store surveillance mandate in place. Judge Kenneth Lee warned that forcing FFLs to record customers’ conversations threatens both free speech and privacy.
Learn how to optimize your Google Business Profile for your gun shop or FFL dealership. This step-by-step guide covers categories, citations, reviews, posts, and local SEO tactics tailored for firearms retailers.
Learn how to dominate local search in 2026 with this complete local SEO guide for FFL gun shop owners — covering Google Business Profile, citations, reviews, on-page SEO, and more.