You’ve probably seen the articles or the near breathless television stories. Anti-gun activists are taking a page from the proverbial anti-tobacco playbook. The lead sentence reads something like: “The firearms industry is in decline and faces a dark future; therefore it must attract new consumers, a.k.a. children. The churlish denizens of this industry will do [...]
Education
Let No (Media) ‘Truth’ Go Unchallenged: We Should Introduce Safe Shooting to Youngsters
May 15th, 2013
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Firearm Safety for Teachers and Students
May 15th, 2013
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If you know an educator or school administrator, do them a service by letting them know about NSSF’s free classroom and online firearm safety videos. These age-appropriate videos teach students how to react quickly and make correct decisions if they should encounter a firearm in an unsupervised situation—at school, at home or at a friend’s [...]
NSSF FFL Compliance Consultation Program Gets Results
May 2nd, 2013
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“We just completed our first ATF inspection last week. We passed and were not told of anything for which we would be written up. In short, the site visit program WORKS.” Jackie Gengler Alaska Illusive Arms NSSF’s FFL Compliance Consultation Program is entering its second year of existence and already we are seeing the dramatic [...]
A Day to Celebrate Conservation
April 22nd, 2013
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Today is Earth Day, a celebration of our planet’s natural resources, so let’s not forget the major role hunters and all other firearms purchasers play in funding protection for our country’s wildlife and wild lands. Since the establishment in 1937 of an excise tax under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (“Pittman-Robertson”), purchases of [...]
NSSF’s Commitment to Firearm Safety
April 19th, 2013
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One of the questions I’m often asked in the course of the gun debate is, “Is there common ground and room for cooperation?” The answer I always give is “Absolutely,” because one thing all of us, especially gun owners, can agree on is the importance of firearm safety. As the leading organization to promote firearm [...]
Orders for NSSF Safety Education Materials Top 1 Million in First Quarter of 2013
April 5th, 2013
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Demand for NSSF’s safety and education materials skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2013, with more than 1 million safety literature items and safety DVDs being ordered. Orders for NSSF’s popular educational brochure “Firearms Safety Depends on You” were up 114 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year. There were [...]
“Don’t Lie for the Other Guy” Straw Purchase Awareness Store of the Year
February 20th, 2013
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At the 2013 SHOT Show University, Glenn Duncan, owner of Duncan’s Outdoor Shop in Bay City, Mich., was presented NSSF’s “Don’t Lie for the Other Guy” Straw Purchase Awareness Store of the Year award. The award is given to the firearms retailer who puts forth an exemplary effort to educate and enforce straw purchase awareness [...]
White House Puts Politics Over Safety
February 20th, 2013
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President Obama delivered his gun control stump speech in his hometown of Chicago last Friday. He did not acknowledge that he was pressing for new restrictions in the town that makes owning a gun harder than anywhere else in the country, but is still wracked with astronomical levels of violence and killing. “We may not [...]
NSSF Lead Management and OSHA Compliance Workshops for Range Operators
February 14th, 2013
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Did you know OSHA wants to visit every range by the end of 2015? Did you know that the average range fines are over $20,000? To help shooting range managers develop safe and healthful workplaces in compliance with key OSHA regulations, NSSF will present Lead Management and OSHA Compliance Workshops on March 17-19 in St. [...]
NSSF Announces 2013 Retailer Education Seminars
February 13th, 2013
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NSSF has expanded the number of free Retailer Education Seminars it will offer this year to a dozen, an increase of four in order to satisfy demand. The seminars bring together federally licensed firearms retailers and NSSF consultants retired from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, plus an expert on the FBI’s National [...]
