You may need to narrow down your question- in the case of M1 carbines marked Quality HMC, they were made by the Quality Hardware Manufacturing Company.
(OP here, narrowing it down here because of the silly policy of not allowing punctuation in questions... Basically, a gun range I occasionally visited in Durban runs courses, and their website lists various categories; Pistols, Shotguns, Rifles, HMC and so on. I'm wondering if it might be a local way of referring to SMGs or something.)
HMC Searcher was created in 2002.
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Unknown term; out of what context?
Federal Firearms License
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and FIREARMS.
The letters FFL stand for a Federal Firearms License. This is a license that enables an individual or a company to legally manufacture firearms or ammunition.
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The ticker symbol for Honda is HMC.
The usual meaning is "Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms," which is a common abbreviation for the federal law enforcement agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.