SHIELD Sights Celebrates 40 Years of Innovation in Red Dot Optics

SHIELD Sights are celebrating 40 years in business, founded in the UK back in 1986, SHIELD Sights have gained a global reputation for their sights including the SMS, RMS, AMS and new OMS line. Their early history is fascinating with the company providing designs and OEM expertise to many wel...

By Matthew Moss •

Ruger's Wednesday Print: 3 Numbers That Set Your Q4 Order Book

Ruger reports Wednesday into a market where checks rose 2.5% but retail units fell 7.8%. Sell-through, distributor inventory and average selling price are the three lines that should set an FFL dealer's first-quarter order book.

By Mark Edwards •

The Paper Trail Is the Defense: This Week in FFL Compliance

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.

By Fred Thompson •

5th Circuit Panel Rules Federal Switchblade Act Violates Second Amendment Protections

The Fifth Circuit has ruled that key restrictions in the Federal Switchblade Act violate the Second Amendment, finding that the government failed to establish a historical basis for the ban. The post 5th Circuit Panel Rules Federal Switchblade Act Violates Second Amendment Protections appeared fi...

By Mark Chesnut •

California Put a Microphone at the Gun Counter — and Won

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.

By Fred Thompson •
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