Conduct a full-scope compliance inspection. Ensure compliance with recordkeeping, reporting, and marking.

Based upon the Federal Firearms Administrative Action Policy and Procedures, a Warning Conference is warranted for the licensee failing to engrave a firearm that was manufactured with the licensee’s name, city, and state. However, IOI redacted is recommending a Warning Letter with no Recall Inspection in lieu of a Warning Conference be considered. FTA Firearms, Inc. has had only one compliance inspection since the issuance of the license. At the time of that inspection, the company hadn’t previously manufactured firearms and the overall result of the inspection was that there were no violations cited. Based upon the interview during the current inspection, Mr. Dodd claimed that he did not fully understand the marking requirements that must be present when assembling frames into finished firearms. His belief was that adding pre-fabricated parts to an already serialized frame constituted gunsmithing activities. Mr. Dodd was given a detailed explanation of what constitutes manufacturing in accordance with ATF guidelines and all applicable rulings were provided and fully explained to him. In the future however, Mr. Dodd stated that all manufactured firearms will be marked within 7 days of their completion. Lastly, the manufactured firearm that has been cited is a serialized Glock frame. Since all other required markings are present, this does provide fair traceability and should be further taken into consideration when making a final determination. Show more