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Recognize National Safety Month by Using NSSF Firearm Safety Resources
With June designated National Safety Month, now is a good time to communicate firearm safety messages to your customers using NSSF's many firearm safety resources.
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NSSF Industry Summit Earns Rave Reviews
NSSF recently held its Industry Summit, a gathering of our industry’s most prominent and influential professionals, in Savannah, Georgia.
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Oakland County Provides Huge Support for Project ChildSafe
Thirty law enforcement agencies from Oakland County, Michigan turned out in force to support NSSF’s Project ChildSafe program and responsible firearms ownership.
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UPS Reverses Policy – Will Allow Shipment of Firearm Suppressors
Today, UPS changed its website to reflect its new policy with regards to shipping suppressors.
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Maine Governor Signs Families Afield Bill Into Law
On Tuesday, Gov. Paul LePage signed legislation that makes Maine the 40th state to allow its citizens to decide when their children begin to hunt.
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Anti-Gun Group Called Out (Mildly) for Falsification As the News Media Continue to Confuse Matters
We have noted previously that gun control organizations often exaggerate, confuse, conflate, or just plain misrepresent the facts in the pursuit of their political agendas. It happened again following the recent tragic murder of NYPD officer Brian Moore.
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Supporting Conservation in America
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the distribution of $1.1 billion dollars to state game and fish agencies—money that was generated by hunters, target shooters and anglers.
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Anti-Gun Professional Staffers Believe Hillary Clinton has a Shot
Putting aside the artifice, Hillary Clinton finally announced that she is running for President, making her the first Democrat to officially enter the 2016 race.
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Cleveland Out of Running to Host Future Firearms Industry Summit
In recent months, the city of Cleveland, Ohio, has been working with NSSF to be considered as the host location for a future NSSF Industry Summit. Given Cleveland’s excellent revitalization efforts in recent years, its number of good hotels and wealth of respected eating establishments, we considered the city one of our top choices to […]
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Maryland Ends Ballistics Imaging Program and Provides a Lesson
Both houses of the Maryland General Assembly in the past week acted in near unanimity to end that state’s dysfunctional experience with what was once billed as a crime scene investigative tool.
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INFOGRAPHIC: Ammunition Under Attack
The California Fish and Game Commission on April 9 adopted regulations to implement the law that will ban the use of traditional lead-component ammunition for all hunting in the state by July 1, 2019. The implementation will involve multiple phases, beginning with the 2015 hunting season.
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Misleading Donors, Lying to Congress – Just another Day for HSUS
In addition to attracting millions of dollars from unsuspecting, well-intentioned donors, HSUS misleading activities are giving the legitimate animal welfare groups a bad name.
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Notice to Firearms Retailers: Important Credit Card Processing Changes Coming
In order to provide additional and enhanced credit card protection for consumers, credit card companies will soon implement new rules that will change the way credit and debit card transactions will be processed.
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You’ve Got Mail. It’s Someone Working for George Soros
Long before Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to make restricting our Second Amendment rights his cause célèbre, billionaire investor George Soros was trying to destroy the firearms industry.
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New Project ChildSafe Video on Talking to Kids about Gun Safety
“Can I touch the gun? Play with a gun if it looks like a toy?” Even if kids aren’t asking about gun safety, that doesn’t mean they don’t have questions.
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Live From New York: It’s More Anti-Gun Theater
The video recently produced by one of Madison Avenue’s best known agencies for the States United to Prevent Gun Violence will appeal mostly to those already on the anti-gun side of the national debate.
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Setting Prices — A Pandora’s Box
Setting Prices — A Pandora's Box Addressing concerns regarding the ideas of establishing "minimum resale prices" or "minimum advertised prices" between manufacturers and retailers.
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ATF Director Jones Announces Resignation
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director B. Todd Jones today announced that he is resigning.
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It’s Not Over Yet on the 5.56 ‘Green Tip’ Ammo Front
Industry members and politically aware gun owners know the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) tried to pull a sneak play by quietly releasing a proposal to adopt a new regulatory framework that would ban M855 and SS109 “green tip” rifle ammunition in 5.56 and .223 calibers. This type of ammunition had been […]
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Gun Ownership Declining? Don’t Believe It
An AP story receiving considerable attention cites the latest General Social Survey finding that gun ownership has declined in recent years, though other research provides evidence that Americans are embracing gun ownership at a much higher rate.
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