FFL Dealer News: NICS Alerts, Suppressors, Ghost Guns
The FBI confirmed NICS monitoring, ATF wrote a new alert policy, and the DOJ let the suppressor ruling stand. What changed, and what it means at the counter.
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The Rules Are Loosening. The Fight Is Now Over Your Records.
The industry got its deregulation package, but the 38,000 public comments on it show the real fight has moved to dealer records, retention, and online sales.
Galco's Combat Master 2.0 Lands for the Glock 17
Galco has rolled out the Combat Master 2.0, an updated take on its long-running Combat Master pancake belt holster, and the lineup now includes a fit for the Glock 17.
The P226 Evolved: SIG Sauer's Full-Size and Carry P226X
SIG Sauer is putting a factory-installed optic on the P226 platform in two sizes. The P226X ROMEO-X SIG-LOC PRO is the full-size model, and the P226-XCARRY ROMEO-X SIG-LOC PRO is the shorter carry version. Both models are new and sit under the tagline "The P226. Evolved."
FFL Direct: ATF's Trace API and the Registry Fight
ATF pitched an opt-in API that answers trace requests straight from a dealer's recordkeeping system, while Congress asked the White House to dismantle a 1.4 billion-record database. Here is what that collision means for your shop, your vendor, and your counter staff.
TFB Weekly Web Deals 207: Deals for October 5th, 2026
Welcome to TFB Weekly Web Deals 207! We’re back with more deals on guns, gear, ammunition, and accessories from some of our most frequented online retailers like Strike Industries, 5.11 Tactical, Primary Arms, Natchez Shooters Supply, Palmetto State Armory, Brownells, and more. Whethe...
Buck 110 & 112 Crossbar Elite: MagnaCut Meets a Crossbar Lock
Few folders are as instantly identifiable as the Buck 110 Folding Hunter, a design that has shaped what generations of buyers expect a Buck folder to look and feel like. For 2026, Buck rebuilt it and its slightly smaller sibling, the 112 Ranger, into the Crossbar Elite series, keeping the silhoue...
Orchid Launches FFL Marketing a Gun Store Can Buy
Orchid launched a Firearm Digital Marketing service for gun stores on Sept. 29, built around the channels Google, Meta and TikTok closed to FFLs: local search, cart recovery, email and marketplace listings.
Front Line Friday #34: Drone and Tech Tools Entering Patrol Work
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is an editorial, and the topic is the wave of drones, license plate readers, and other technology moving into patrol work, and what actually changes officer capability versus what just moves money around. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air...
FFL News: Suppressors, Glock Bans and 1.4 Billion Records
DOJ formally let the suppressor ruling stand and ATF told dealers in Dallas it will not cite 4473 transfers of cans. Plus Connecticut's Glock ban blocked, California's roster counter-move, and why 1.41 billion trace records matter to your paperwork.