FFL News: Suppressor Boom, Direct-Ship Rule & NFA Reopening
This week's top stories for FFL dealers: a suppressor sales surge amid regulatory confusion, a proposed direct-to-home shipping rule, and the NFA pipeline reopening.
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Retail FFLs Are Dwindling: 5 Growth Strategies That Still Work
Retail FFL numbers are falling while direct-to-home shipping and online marketplaces rise. These five growth strategies — local search, NFA authority, used-gun digitization, transfer revenue, and rule-change positioning — still work for dealers who execute.
Direct-to-Home Gun Sales: FFL Dealer Growth Playbook
A proposed direct-to-home firearm shipping rule is making headlines as an 'Amazon of guns.' Here's the growth playbook local FFL dealers need to compete and thrive.
Polite Society Industries Launches Six 3D-Printed Suppressors
The Temperance .22 is a 4-inch titanium suppressor weighing 3 ounces. It uses 1/2x28 direct threads and is rated for .22 LR, .22 Magnum, 5.7x28mm, and .223 Remington from a bolt-action rifle. MSRP is $250.
Silencer Rules Lapse, Direct-to-Home Shipping Looms
The administration let 90-year-old silencer regulations lapse after a federal court ruling, while a proposed rule could open direct-to-home gun shipping. Here is what FFL dealers need to know this week.
Angled Spade Launches Fulcrum, Fulcrum-Ti, and Lotus Suppressors
The standard Fulcrum is made from Inconel 718. It measures 6.02 inches long and 1.6 inches in diameter, with a listed suppressor-only weight of 14 ounces. Angled Spade rates it for full-automatic fire and says it is optimized for 5.56 NATO while supporting projectiles up to 6mm. The company'...
ATF Direct-to-Home Shipping Rule: What FFLs Face Next
ATF's direct-to-home shipping proposal could undercut transfer revenue, courts are reshaping enforcement, and retail tech is moving fast — the week's top stories for FFL dealers, with the publisher's take.
Direct-to-Home Gun Shipping: What FFL Dealers Should Do Now
The ATF's proposed direct-to-home delivery rule could reroute online gun sales around the local transfer counter. Claire Eason breaks down the timeline, the state-level and court obstacles, and the revenue moves dealers should make before the rule lands.
FY 27-31 Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies Cycle Now Open
The Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program has proven its ability to bypass bureaucratic delays and deliver capabilities directly to the warfighter. By transitioning over 100 critical technologies to date, APFIT ensures the Department of War maintains a...
New Jersey Escalates Lawfare Against Pennsylvania Firearms Entrepreneur Jordan Vinroe
After JSD Supply and Eagle Shows entered Chapter 7 bankruptcy, New Jersey filed a new lawsuit seeking to hold founder Jordan Vinroe personally liable under the state’s gun-industry public-nuisance law.