A now-closed Clermont County gun shop was a record-setter. A newly compiled database of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives inspections reveals that Arcade Antiques in Bethel had 23 violations between 2015 and 2017. The shop was one of a handful of establishments across America that lost licenses during that period.
USA TODAY and the Trace, a nonprofit newsroom devoted to gun-related news in the U.S., built a database of nearly 2,000 ATF inspection reports from locations with violations.
Federal Firearms License (FFL) holders are required to account for any weapons or serialized components in their possession at all times and have to call the the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for approval before selling or transferring a weapon or serialized part such as a lower receiver for a semiautomatic rifle. Calls to the NICS are required for each individual sale or transfer the FFL holder conducts.
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