“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 [...]
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Connecticut Firearms Industry, Employees Speak Up in Video
February 25th, 2013
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The employees and management of three Connecticut-based companies in the firearms industry speak out about their jobs and their combined economic impact on the state in a video released today by NSSF. Release of the video featuring individuals from O.F. Mossberg & Sons of North Haven; and Stag Arms and Ammunition Storage Components, both of [...]
Firearms Industry Holds Press Conference at Connecticut State Capitol
January 28th, 2013
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Leaders from the National Shooting Sports Foundation and Connecticut-based firearms manufacturers held a press conference today to discuss the important role the industry plays in Connecticut’s economy and its willingness to work with the state legislature to be part of the solution in making society safer. More than 100 people, including representatives from every major media outlet [...]
Firearms Industry Helps Lead Economic Recovery; New Study Shows Growth in Jobs, Taxes Paid and Sales
April 19th, 2012
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NSSF today released a newly commissioned report detailing double-digit gains in jobs and other data showing the industry has been a leader in the nation’s economic recovery. The report can be viewed at http://nssf.org/impact. Firearms industry members on Capitol Hill were briefed on such remarkable statistics as the 30.6 percent increase in jobs between 2008 [...]
Success — Amendments Attacking Gun Trace Data Defeated!
July 14th, 2011
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Earlier today we sent out an Action Alert urging all members of industry, sportsmen, gun owners and firearms enthusiasts to call the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee to urge the committee to vote “No” on the Schiff (D-CA-29) Amendment. This legislation would have stripped from an appropriations bill important law enforcement protection known as [...]
Congressional Fly-In Brings Industry and Lawmakers Together
April 12th, 2011
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) — the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry — hosted its annual Congressional “Fly-In” for executives from industry companies this week. The nearly 40-member delegation heard from Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Rep. Don Young (R-At Large-AK), Martin Heinrich (D-1-NM) and Rep. Mike Ross (D-4-Ark.), a co-chair of [...]
NSSF Celebrates 50 Years!
November 30th, 2010
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We couldn’t wait for the New Year to announce NSSF’s golden anniversary, so we got the jump on it with this news release and a story and video clip in our weekly newsletter, Bullet Points. People of a certain age will enjoy the recap of the half century of history, while those familiar only with [...]
Fortune names 100 fastest-growing companies, two of which are in firearms industry
August 24th, 2010
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Two companies in the firearms and ammunition industry made Fortune magazine’s list of the 100 fastest-growing companies for 2010. Olin Corp., maker of Winchester ammunition, is listed at No. 40. What Fortune had to say about the Clayton, Mo.-based company: “Winchester ammunition maker has found sales to police and the military to be its silver [...]
NSSF Action Alert on Traditional Ammunition
August 6th, 2010
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Oppose Petition to Ban Traditional Ammunition All Gun Owners, Hunters and Shooters, The National Shooting Sports Foundation, trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, urges you to contact the Environmental Protection Agency to oppose a petition filed August 3 by the extremist Center for Biological Diversity to ban traditional ammunition. Your [...]
Senate Passes Industry Excise Tax Bill
August 6th, 2010
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The Senate yesterday passed legislation that corrects a longstanding inequity in the Internal Revenue Code by permitting firearm and ammunition manufacturers to pay the federal excise tax payment on a quarterly basis, just as other industries that support conservation through a federal excise tax on their products do. Currently, firearms and ammunition manufacturers pay this [...]
