On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate is expected to begin debate on gun-control legislation including The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act, S. Amdt. 715, proposed by Sens. Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Toomey (R-Pa.) that will hurt our industry and infringe upon your Second Amendment Rights. Your senators need to hear from you now! The [...]
Posts Tagged ‘NICS’
Tell Your Senators to Vote NO on Manchin-Toomey Amendment, YES on Grassley Proposal
April 16th, 2013
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PBS NewsHour Interview: NSSF Makes Case to Fix Current Background Check System
April 10th, 2013
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Last night on the PBS NewsHour, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Larry Keane said NSSF will be launching a major FixNICS campaign that will provide a badly needed solution for adding the records of persons prohibited from owning a firearm under current law to the National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS). “The [...]
Survey: Federally Licensed Firearms Retailers Overwhelmingly Oppose ‘Universal Background Checks’
March 20th, 2013
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An online survey of federally licensed firearms retailers conducted this week by NSSF reveals that those who would be on the front line of implementing what is touted as “universal background checks” have serious concerns both about whether such proposals would work as well as the potential negative effects on their businesses. Asked whether they [...]
Be Wary of Media Reports. We All Agree — Let’s Fix NICS
March 6th, 2013
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Be wary of a national news media in search of information they work hard to find that fits a pre-existing narrative. Ever since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, reporters have been trying to drive a wedge between organizations that speak up for the Second Amendment. They often find support for their efforts from [...]
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 [...]
8,000 Firearm Retailers Have Attended Seminars
October 1st, 2010
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System recently concluded a national tour of their jointly sponsored Firearms Retailer Seminars. Venues for 2010 were El Paso, Tex.; Anaheim, Calif.; Harrisburg, Penn., Marietta, Georgia; and St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minn. The seminars are designed to [...]
