Catch the ATF violations before the ATF does.
The violations that cost FFLs their license are almost never crimes — they're paperwork. Incomplete 4473 fields and missing reports are the single most-cited category in ATF inspections. Vectis Compliance Guard scans your bound book and 4473 records continuously, flagging the errors that get FFLs cited before an inspector ever walks in.
73,000+ FFL dealers nationwide · No software to install · Advisory, not legal
The Problem
The violations that do the damage are never dramatic.
ATF inspections can end in warning letters, license revocations, or worse — and the violations that do the damage are almost never dramatic. They're a blank field on a 4473, a transposed serial number, “USA” written where the county goes, an acquisition with no matching disposition. Incomplete 4473s and unreported multiple sales are consistently among the most-cited violations the ATF records — tens of thousands of instances in a single year.
Enforcement climates shift with each administration — strict one year, lenient the next — but the underlying obligation never does. Clean records still matter for crime-gun traces, for routine audits, and for the next time the pendulum swings back. A shop that's been sloppy for years is exposed the moment scrutiny returns; a repeated error after a prior warning is exactly the kind of thing that gets treated as willful.
Your bound-book software stores those entries. It doesn't tell you which ones an inspector will cite. That's the gap Compliance Guard closes.
What We Actually Do
Compliance Guard is not another bound book.
You keep whatever system you already use. We sit on top of it and do one thing exceptionally well: find the record errors that trigger ATF violations, and tell you how to fix them.
We read your records the way an inspector would.
Our error-detection engine checks every 4473 and A&D entry against the specific defects the ATF cites — incomplete fields, the county/country mix-up, misentered or transposed serials, NICS response mismatches, missing multiple-sale reports, and dispositions that don't reconcile with inventory.
We flag, rank, and explain.
Every issue comes back sorted by severity — from critical (the kind a single instance can put your license at risk) down to routine cleanup — each with a plain-English fix. No compliance-jargon decoder ring required.
We keep watch continuously.
New entries are scanned automatically. You get a standing inspection-ready status and an alert the moment a critical issue appears — not a surprise at your next inspection.
We never touch the trigger.
We're advisory. We show you what's wrong and how to fix it. You stay in control of your records, and legal questions go to your attorney. That line never blurs.
How It Works
Three steps to inspection-ready
Free scan
Send a sample export of your records. We show you what we find — no cost, no install.
Subscribe to Compliance Guard
Connect your records or upload exports on a schedule. We monitor continuously from $49/mo.
Stay inspection-ready
Check your status anytime; act on alerts as they come. Walk into any inspection already knowing you're clean.
Why Vectis
The layer no incumbent sells.
We serve this market. Period.
Most AI vendors, cloud providers, and compliance firms self-exclude from the firearms industry. Vectis doesn't — built and run by a fellow firearms enthusiast who develops compliance tools specifically for small shops.
We catch what storage tools miss.
Bound-book and 4473 software records your entries. We analyze them for the data-quality defects that actually generate Reports of Violations — the layer no incumbent sells.
Domain expertise, not generic tech.
We know A&D bound-book requirements, every 4473 field, and ATF inspection procedure cold.
Priced for real gun shops.
Enterprise-grade error detection without enterprise minimums or per-seat pricing designed for 25-seat firms. Starts at $49/mo.
Pricing
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Free Compliance Scan
Sample record scan + findings report. No install, no obligation.
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Continuous monitoring of your bound book and 4473 records. Severity-ranked error detection, plain-English fixes, inspection-ready status, and critical-issue alerts. Price scales with record volume.
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Got an inspection notice or want a deep one-time review? A complete human-led analysis of your bound book and 4473s with a discrepancy report, prioritized remediation checklist, and a post-audit call. Available to anyone; included scans for subscribers.
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On April 29, 2026, the ATF signed the largest firearms regulatory modernization in its history — 34 rules covering electronic bound books, a Form 4473 overhaul, new retention periods, and eZ Check verification. This free 2-page guide cuts it down to what affects your shop, what's live versus still in comment, and a 5-minute compliance self-check.
- ✓Which rules affect your FFL type
- ✓What's live now vs. still proposed
- ✓Records-retention decision framework
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Get a Free Compliance ScanVectis provides advisory compliance services and data-quality analysis. We are not a law firm; this is not legal advice, legal representation, or a guarantee of ATF compliance. We help you identify and correct the record errors most likely to be cited during inspection. Legal questions should be directed to qualified counsel.