NSSF, as the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, has filed a motion to intervene to stop yet another frivolous lawsuit brought by fringe anti-hunting groups led by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Sierra Club to ban the use of traditional ammunition containing lead components. This time the CBD has [...]
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NSSF Intervenes in Lawsuit to Protect Rights of Hunters and Sportsmen
January 25th, 2013
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Memo to Ammo Makers from the CBD: Oppose the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 (Wait, what?)
October 23rd, 2012
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It is an Alice in Wonderland through the looking glass moment we could not have predicted. The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), which is leading the effort to force the federal Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) to ban traditional ammunition, has been contacting ammunition manufacturers by email asking them to oppose the Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 [...]
NSSF Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Traditional Ammunition
August 30th, 2012
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NSSF today filed a motion to dismiss a second lawsuit brought by the radical anti-hunting Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and six other groups demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban commonly used traditional ammunition containing lead components, representing 95 percent of the ammunition sold in the United States today. The suit is before the [...]
An Ill-Wind Toward Sportsmen
July 12th, 2012
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Regrettably, in responding to a newspaper column that cited wind turbines as a cause of bald eagle mortality, a wind energy spokesperson misleadingly claimed that the use of traditional ammunition by hunters and illegal shooting were doing greater harm to the species than its equipment. Stories about eagle mortality usually have more to do with [...]
EPA Denies Anti-Hunting Group’s Latest Petition to Ban Traditional Ammunition
April 10th, 2012
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday denied yet another frivolous petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) — an established anti-hunting group — calling for a ban on the traditional ammunition (containing lead-core components) for hunting and shooting. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and [...]
Alert: Help Reaffirm Right of All Sportsmen to Shoot Ammunition of Their Choice
April 12th, 2011
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SUPPORT THE HUNTING, FISHING AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS PROTECTION ACT The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) — the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry — is encouraging all hunters, shooters and gun owners to contact their United States Senators and Representatives to urge them to become an original co-sponsor of [...]
NSSF to Intervene in Lawsuit Over Traditional Ammuntion
November 23rd, 2010
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation will intervene in a lawsuit filed today by the Center for Biological Diversity that challenges the Environmental Protection Agency’s denial of CBD’s petition to ban traditional ammunition containing lead core components. This action allows NSSF, the firearms and ammunition industry’s trade association, to protect industry’s interests in the case and [...]
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 [...]
