NSSF has issued a press release with excerpts of President and CEO Steve Sanetti’s extended interview with PBS Frontline. The points Sanetti makes here and in the full interview can help firearms owners respond to their legislators who are considering all manner of bills that would place severe restrictions or bans on the purchasing and ownership [...]
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Audio PSA on Fire Prevention
July 17th, 2012
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NSSF continues to urge its members and the media to share fire-prevention messages with target shooters and hunters, and has developed a 30-second audio public service announcement to complement its fire-prevention flyer that was made available last week. The 30-second audio PSA is suitable for radio and Internet use. Both the audio PSA and the flyer remind shooters that [...]
U.S. Olympic Shooting Team Member Videos
July 16th, 2012
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Shooting events at the London Summer Olympic Games begin July 28 and run through August 6. Every day this week NSSF will be posting new interviews with USA Shooting Team athletes and coaches on its You Tube Channel: www.youtube.com/thenssf. NSSF conducted the interviews at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs earlier this year. As [...]
Help Prevent Wildfires
June 28th, 2012
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During dry and hot weather conditions, as the West is currently experiencing, wildfires are easily started and can quickly grow into blazes that damage land and property and threaten wildlife and human life. The National Shooting Sports Foundation reminds all who use the outdoors for recreation to consider the potential consequences of their activities in [...]
California Sportsmen Beat Back Bear and Bobcat Bill
June 28th, 2012
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In a victory for sportsmen in California, legislation that would have banned hunting black bears and bobcats using hounds and that was sponsored by the anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States, failed to pass out of the General Assembly’s Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee late Wednesday by a 6-4 vote. The general assembly took [...]
Microstamping Dies in New York, Again
June 22nd, 2012
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Despite being backed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and gun-control groups like the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, New York state’s microstamping bill failed to pass the full legislature for the fifth consecutive year. The state’s general assembly, which is dominated by downstate, anti-gun urban [...]
Keep It ‘Fun and Social’ When Introducing Newcomers to the Shooting Sports
June 21st, 2012
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To better understand what attracts newcomers and keeps them participating in the shooting sports, and also to identify challenges to building the ranks of hunters and target shooters, NSSF commissioned a study called “Understanding Activities That Compete With Hunting and Target Shooting” that was conducted by Southwick Associates and Responsive Management, two respected research firms [...]
NSSF Applauds Passage of Marksmanship Training Support Act
June 19th, 2012
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation hailed today’s passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (H.R. 3065), which will ensure that shooters and hunters have high-quality public facilities at which to participate in recreational shooting sports and to learn about firearms safety. The bill was included as [...]
Overstating Their Case on Bird Mortality
March 26th, 2012
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The U.S. Department of the Interior last week rejected a petition filed on behalf of the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) to establish a mandatory permitting system for wind farm projects. Collisions, whether involving wind turbines, buildings or glass, are among the leading causes of bird mortality and far exceed incidences of lead ingestion from traditional ammunition (ammunition [...]
More Gun Owners Need to Vote
March 6th, 2012
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The potential for growing the gun vote in the 2012 election is considerable given the increase in new firearms owners in recent years. With more people having a stake in protecting their firearms freedoms, voters will be looking to evaluate candidates’ positions on the right to keep and bear arms and on upholding laws and regulations [...]
