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In Today's Issue--Friday Funny: Curio and Relic Collecting --Advisory: What are Curios and Relics and Do I Need a Type 03FFL?--News: Jeff Grody Leads Orchid Advisors Strategic ConsultingServices Practice--News: Need Software to Conduct a Serial Number Inventory?--Action: Join the Crowd! - Enroll in the FCU--Action: Attend the Firearms Industry Compliance Conference

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News:Need software to conduct aSerial Number Inventory?

Introducing the Serial NumberInventory Tool (SNIT). The firstcommercial application forDealers and Manufacturers toeasily count, scan andreconcile serial numbers totheir A&D Book. Learnmore today!

Events: Oct 6-8 MiamiFirearms Industry ComplianceConference Hot New Speakers andAttendees! Jill Montgomery,Supervisory Liaison Specialist,FBI National Instant CriminalBackground Check System

Advisory:What are Curios and Relics and Do I Need a Type 03 FFL? The first time one of our team members saw an early style SwedishMauser with a light hue French walnut, she knew she was introuble. Looking out for cracks through the recoil lug was onething, but bringing a firearm from 1902 into the family raised allkinds of questions. As one friend quipped, “Next thing you know,you’ll be getting your FFL in curios and relics.” Well…

With summer being that infamous time that we find ourselveswandering in small towns with storefront, multi-generationaldealers, you, too, may find yourself thinking maybe you’d like toexpand your collection and wondering if there are any advantagesto adding another FFL to your collection, as well. On the one hand, if you already manage an FFL, you have aworking familiarity with the essential structure of ATF requirements. You know that there will be an application to complete, a license

(NICS), Bryan Tucker, CEO,Davidson's, Wayne Decker, VPOperations, Big Rock Sports,Travis Glover, Compliance, Safetyand Risk Management Officer,Lipsey's, Orchid Advisors RyanCleckner, Vice President ofCompliance, Remington OutdoorCompany Rob Cicero, VP GeneralCounsel and CCO, Smith &Wesson Mark Smith, VPOperations, Smith & WessonElayne Garber, Director, OCRServices Luc Hardyn, Director ofProcurement, Smith & WessonRob McAllister, Director ofCompliance, Brownells DanSpencer, General Counsel, CZ-USA Kevin Jinks, Partner, IBMJosh Cohen, Lead SystemEngineering, Colt Defense JeffGrody, General Counsel, ColtDefense Roger Butterwick, CEO,National Firearms DealerNetwork; Kevin Reid, VicePresident and General Counsel,Ruger David Olson, ATFCompliance Manager, RugerLesley Hernandez, HR &Compliance Manager, TaurusYenie Perez-Puelles, Warehouseand Shipping Supervisor, TaurusKimberly Intagliata,CustomerService Manager, Taurus MikeThompson, Network Admin,Taurus Danniel Day, Plantmanager, Taurus Monica Alvarez,Import/Export Specialist, TaurusFrancis Taboroa, LogisticsSupervisor, Taurus MichaelPritchard, Logistics/Supply ChainManager, Taurus Christin Ouly,Legal Counsel, Smith, Gambrell &Russell Billy Hoover, President,Executive Protection SystemsSean Chari, Senior Manager,

issued, and use of the license in FFL-to-FFL transfers, includinginterstate transfers. You know that there will be requirements tomaintain a book of acquisitions and dispositions, includingindividually itemized information from each firearm and concerningeach transferee. Chances are that just this one-paragraph reminder of theresponsibilities of FFL holders means that some of you just droppedthoughts of picking up the FFL for curios and relics, even if you areeyeing a Russian capture rifle from the Eastern Front. So, "What are Curios and Relics and Do I Need a Type 03 FFL?"

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News:Jeff Grody Leads Orchid Advisors Strategic Consulting ServicesPractice

Press Release: Hartford, CT (July 8, 2014) – Jeff Grody, GeneralCounsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Colt Defense and Colt’sManufacturing Company, joins Orchid Advisors to accelerate itsStrategic Business Consulting Practice. Grody has over 30 years ofexperience as a former Public Company Senior Officer and LawFirm Partner, and graduated with distinction from PrincetonUniversity and the Columbia University School of Law. (continuereading)

News:Our clients asked....."Do my people have the right knowledge?" Weanswered. "They do now."

And it's clear they wanted it. Don't spend valuable time designingyour own training from scratch. We have have your completesolution. The Firearms Compliance University (FCU) is designed forevery employee of the firearms industry. Online, on-demand andupdated on a real-time basis. You can attend a training seminar,but what happens when the regulations change - daily? TheFCU provides constant updates to the regulations so that you don'thave to question of your latest training session was current.

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