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NSSF®, the firearm industry trade association, is providing industry businesses with FREE in-depth compliance online training and insights via the Firearm Industry Compliance Education Series — a live webinar series with a focus on topics central to our industry including ATF inspection preparedness, Straw Purchase awareness, improving store security, OSHA lead & noise compliance and […]

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The rapid decline of Saturday Night Live was on full display once again as the late-night comedy show keeps demonstrating it has no relevance to real America. Colin Jost’s attempted joke about “de-banking,” and the audience’s full-throated laughter at it, showed both the Weekend Update host doesn’t understand what’s going on in the country and […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the challenge by Michael Cargill in Garland v. Cargill. Cargill challenges that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) overstepped its authority when officials there published a Final Rule that criminalized the possession […]

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Every single Republican state attorney general shared the same message for President Joe Biden and his Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Don’t degrade military readiness or think about using Lake City Army Ammunition Plant as a pawn in a gun control game. The Republican attorneys general wrote in response to a letter sent by Democratic […]

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By Matt Manda The top law enforcement officers in six states joined together for the first ever NSSF Boots & Badges Attorneys General Forum at SHOT Show® 2024 and the feedback was it was a resounding success. Iowa AG Brenna Bird, Montana AG Austin Knudsen, Indiana AG Todd Rokita, Ohio AG Dave Yost, Kansas AG […]

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LAS VEGAS — The 46th Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade ShowSM (SHOT Show®), owned and operated by NSSF® — The Firearm Industry Trade Association — concludes with resounding success, setting new benchmarks for industry innovation, collaboration and engagement. With an expanded show floor, a record-high number of exhibitors, and an array of new features and […]

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By Matt Manda The 2024 SHOT Show® welcomed back seven governors to the stage for the 3rd Annual Governors’ Forum. A jam packed room was filled with an audience keen on listening to what the governors had to say about their efforts to fight for the Second Amendment and to protect and promote the firearm […]

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LAS VEGAS — SLG2, Inc recognized NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, and NSSF’s Project ChildSafe® firearm safety program with its Safe LivinG Excellence in Safety Award during the industry’s SHOT Show®. SLG2, Inc’s founder, Karen Butler, presented the award to Joe Bartozzi, NSSF’s President and CEO, during Project ChildSafe’s annual Women of the Gun […]

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LAS VEGAS — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, today honored three new inductees—Don Gobel, Grits Gresham and Bob Morrison—to its Hall of Fame at the 2024 SHOT Show®. These three leaders were recognized for accomplishments that significantly strengthened industry and expanded the shooting sports. Joe Bartozzi, NSSF President and CEO, praised the contributions of […]

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NSSF, ATF, DOJ Emphasize ‘Don’t Lie for the Other Guy™’ LAS VEGAS — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, together with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced a month-long public education campaign reminding the greater Las Vegas area public about stiff penalties facing individuals convicted […]

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LAS VEGAS — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, has launched BraveConversation.org, a new website with resources for gun owners and their families about caring for mental health and preventing suicide. “More than 50 percent of firearm-related fatalities are suicide deaths, not homicides or accidents, and by providing education about mental health, secure storage of […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, the Firearm Industry Trade Association, filed a Motion to Intervene with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to protect law enforcement sensitive crime gun trace data that the City of Baltimore, Md., is attempting to force the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to reveal, despite federal […]

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The world’s largest trade show of its kind displays equipment and products for target shooting, hunting, the outdoors and law enforcement LAS VEGAS — The 46th SHOT Show® opened this morning at The Venetian Expo and Caesars Forum and will run for four days, January 23-26. The 2024 SHOT Show marks the third year of […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association is pleased to announce that Glock, Geissele Automatics, Veterans of Foreign Wars​​, The Independence Fund and Active Mfg. corp. have signed on to sponsor the 9th Annual NSSF/HAVA Golf Classic at the Bronze level. “We are immensely thankful to each sponsor for their generous support, reinforcing […]

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This is a fish story that could have seismic impacts for the way the federal government generates gun control regulations. The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases – both challenging a National Marine Fisheries Service rule that requires commercial fishing boats to pay for government monitors that keep watch over crews for overfishing […]

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The New Mexico legislature kicked off the 2024 session following Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s State of the State address. At the top of her agenda, like the Biden administration, is punishing the firearm industry with unconstitutional gun control measures. Gov. Lujan Grisham is vowing to go further than she did last year when she infamously […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, released the Firearm Ownership & Sport Shooting Participation in the U.S. in 2022 report. The report highlights 24.1 percent growth of adult participation in sport shooting in America from 2009 to 2022. Surveys indicate that during that time, sport shooting participation grew from 34 million adult participants […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is pleased to announce that the training series titled “Completing ATF Form 4473 (August 2023 Version)” has been updated and is now available through the SHOT UniversityTM Online education center, and the updated overlays are now available through the online store. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, […]

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If one Indiana lawmaker is successful, the abuse of the legal system by gun control advocates in Gary, Ind., might finally end after nearly a quarter century of costly litigation. Indiana Republican state Rep. Chris Jeter introduced House Bill 1235, legislation that “provides that only the state of Indiana may bring or maintain an action […]

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Over 28.1 Million Modern Sporting Rifles in Circulation WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, the Firearm Industry Trade Association, released the Firearm Production in the United States including the Firearm Import and Export Data 2023 Edition (reporting 2021 data) to its members. The report compiles the most up to date information based on data sourced from the Bureau […]

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