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Welcome to NSSF’s SHOT Show column, “Working the Show.” Designed to help retailers and range owners of all sizes realize the most from their time and money spent in Las Vegas every year at SHOT Show, “Working the Show” examines how these retailers, along with manufacturers and media members, are maintaining contacts, responding to trends, […]

The 2018 SHOT Show was full of excitement, product releases and plenty of insider news on the show floor. But did you know that up on the quiet Level 4 of the Sands Expo Center several hundred firearms dealers and business owners were hard at work getting a first-class education on how to improve their […]

Welcome to the 2018 SHOT Show, it’s officially SHOT Week! Welcome to Las Vegas for the 40th anniversary of the SHOT Show. Here are some updates and information to help you get prepped for the busy week ahead. Stay Informed Here are just a few ways to keep in touch with everything that’s going on […]

Memberships are generally considered to be central to a successful range operation. They serve many purposes, including giving shooting lane or bench priority to regular, frequent-visit customers, encouraging regular and dependable cash flow through renewals and providing a sense of family and belonging to those customers who make the investment in a membership, among others. […]

Sooner or later, as a licensed FFL, you will be inspected by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). It can be a nerve-wracking experience, especially when the audit is your first one, but knowing you have everything in order can keep the sweat from beading your brow. The 2018 SHOT Show University […]

“Nobody lives forever” and “You can’t take it with you” are two truisms we hear throughout our lives. But whether it’s in preparation for your final days or simply a much-looked-forward-to retirement, there will come a day when you want to sell your FFL, just as you’ll want to have a strategy in place so […]

One of the hottest trends boosting sales among today’s FFLs exists in the NFA arena. With the liberation of suppressor use in more than 40 states, more and more dealers are seeking expanded licensing under National Firearms Act (NFA) regulations, those regulations pertaining to the class of firearms, some ammunitions and accessories that include suppressors, […]

Everyone shops online — so how do you get those online shoppers into your store? In a world in which it seems everyone has checked whether an item was in stock or if a price at one store could be bettered by another before they ever set foot in a store, a comprehensive and intelligently […]

Central to any FFL’s compliance program is accurate and timely maintenance of the Acquisition and Disposition (A&D) Book (also known as the Bound Book). It is the one document that tells the tale of a firearm’s coming and going from a specific Federal Firearms Licensee’s location, and it is a crucial resource for regular inventory […]

Jeff Swanson, owner of one of the most well-respected ranges in the country, has contributed several articles to our NSSF.org news feed about what today’s firearms range owners can do create a “next-generation” range. What’s a next-generation range? It’s one that people are drawn to, one that they make a point of going to. They […]