Enhanced Background Check Act 2021 (HR 1446) Explained

by RocketFFL | May 16, 2026 | News

The Democrats are planning on ramming through their first two pieces of gun legislation. This bill, HR 1446, or the Enhanced Background Check Act of 2021 and also HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Check Act of 2021. HR 1446 was introduced on March 1, 2021, and has been...

Gun Serial Number Lookup [How To and Resources]

by RocketFFL | May 2, 2026 | News

Since the Gun Control Act of 1968, all licensed firearm manufacturers (FFLs) are required to mark firearms with a unique serial number.  A gun’s serial number allows a police department, or other law enforcement agency, to be able to “trace” the firearm to...

ATF’s New 4473 for 2020 [Firearm Sales Form]

by RocketFFL | Oct 19, 2020 | ATF Forms, News

ATF’s New 4473 It is that time again. The ATF has officially updated the over the counter “Firearms Transaction Record”, more commonly known as the ATF Form 4473. Like most in the firearm industry, you are probably aware that every 3 years to so, a newly revised...

Assault Weapons Ban of 2018

by RocketFFL | Mar 1, 2018 | News

The Assault Weapon Ban of 2018 has been introduced in Congress. The new Assault Weapon Ban proposal is similar in structure to the previous Assault Weapon ban of 1994 with one major difference – the new AWB is stricter. Despite the horrible news for gun rights,...

ATF’s FFL Newsletter – July 2017

by RocketFFL | Aug 3, 2017 | ATF, ATF Rulings, FFL, News

The ATF just released their July 2017 newsletter. These ATF newsletters are periodically released to help update the firearms industry on internal ATF news, as well as clarify and/or explain recent ATF rulings. This newsletter covered: Announcement – ATF stands...

New 4473 eForm Available from ATF

by RocketFFL | May 9, 2017 | ATF, ATF Forms, News

The ATF revised the Form 4473 most recently in October 2016, and the new 4473 was required to be used starting on January 16, 2017. 4473 Paper Copies Unfortunately, the ATF shut off their eForm 4473 software because they didn’t update it in time for the new...