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Massachusetts state legislators have thrown a straw on the camel’s back and forced 75 jobs to pull up roots and head to the Volunteer State. Citing the Bay State’s “changing climate for firearms manufacturers,” Troy Industries is leaving for Tennessee. Troy’s announcement highlights the growing hostility from Massachusetts lawmakers towards the firearm industry. Legislators introduced […]

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Big corporations with “woke” policies are waking up to the fact that smaller businesses are glad to take the business they shun. American Banker reported that corporate banks are quaking in their boots over the Texas state legislature’s debating a bill that would end taxpayer support to contract with corporations that willfully discriminate against the […]

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Editor’s Note: We are pleased to post the latest of our occasional Q&A features with an elected official who supports hunting and the shooting sports. NSSF thanks Louisiana State Rep. Blake Miguez (R-Erath) for agreeing to talk with us. 1) Who introduced you to hunting and the shooting sports? My grandfather introduced me to hunting […]

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State wildlife agencies are facing something many haven’t seen for years, even decades. Their seeing flush budgets. Excise taxes paid by firearm and ammunition makers to the Wildlife Restoration Fund, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS), is nearly a half-billion dollars at just halfway through the fiscal year. That’s a 64 percent increase […]

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearm industry trade association, welcomes and fully-supports U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb’s (D-Pa.) introduction of H.R. 3252, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act. The bipartisan bill would strengthen and enhance criminal penalties for thefts of firearms from federally licensed firearm retailers. It sends a strong message to […]

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If new gun owners search for gun cleaning videos online, they will literally find thousands of clips to watch, presenting them with a hundred different methods for cleaning a handgun, rifle or shotgun. For these folks, or, say a life-long shotgun hunter who just bought their first semi-auto handgun, it can get kind of confusing […]

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is in denial about the city’s crime. His time as the accidental mayor of Gotham is winding down just as crime has risen, leaving residents scared to walk the streets. Even Times Square is unsafe. That’s not a standard that’s good enough for mayoral candidate and former cop […]

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If U.S. senators were hoping to give a lift to the Department of Justice’s proposed rule to redefine a firearm, they underestimated Ashley Hlebinsky. She’s a historical powerhouse when it comes to guns. Hlebinsky testified before the Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on The Constitution, in a hearing titled: Stop Gun Violence: Ghost Guns. Hlebinsky started by […]

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearm industry trade association, wholeheartedly supports Ohio state Representative Scott Wiggam’s introduction of House Bill 297, the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act. This crucial legislation would stop corporations from discriminating against the firearm and ammunition industry and diminishing the Second Amendment. “The legislation protects firearm and […]

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Gun control groups are spending not just big, but “bigly.” Open Secrets’ Krystal Hur reported, “Spending on gun control lobbying surged about 21 percent from January through March, compared with the same period in 2020, to $630,000. Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit largely funded and co-launched by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, topped […]

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There’s a family feud within the Democratic party aimed at pushing more gun control on Americans who’re buying firearms at a record pace, and what they actually want. President Joe Biden, gun control groups like Everytown for Gun Safety and Giffords and Congressional antigun Democrats are jamming through more restrictive policies. Public polling paints a […]

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When The New York Times tells America they publish “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” what they’re really saying is that it’s only the news that fits their narrative. The New York Times ran a recent piece that attempted to broad-brush paint the entire firearm community as trying to do everything possible to literally […]

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Do you think of marketing and advertising as necessary expenses, or as revenue and profit generators? If you treat them as just necessary expenses, you’re missing out on the value of both. Charles Anderson, CEO of GAT Marketing, can show you how marketing and advertising add dollars to your bottom line. On Tuesday, July 13, […]

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For New York City’s Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio, the gun is the problem, not the criminal. That’s why he focused on New York City’s crime problem by restricting law-abiding citizens’ ability to purchase firearms for self-protection. The mayor announced major “crime reduction” plans twice before and missed by a mile. The mayor’s plan to […]

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — With 90 percent of wildland fires in the United States caused by human actions, the National Shooting Sports Foundation® is reminding outdoor recreationists, including target shooters and hunters, to take precautions so they don’t accidentally ignite a wildfire. NSSF’s “Help Prevent Wildfires” public service announcements campaign provides video and audio PSAs, an […]

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Legislation Would End Patchwork of Confusing Gun Law for CC Permit Holders NEWTOWN, Conn. — The NSSF®, the firearm industry’s trade association, commends U.S. Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) introduction of S. 1522, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. The legislation was introduced with 30 original co-sponsors – over 30 percent of the U.S. Senate – to […]

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President Joe Biden spoke for more than an hour to a limited Joint Session of Congress for his first major speech since his inauguration. It was during a three-minute stretch near the end, though, that the president got plenty wrong about firearms, the Second Amendment and the record number of diverse Americans who purchased guns […]

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Virginia’s U.S. senators want to export the gun rationing law that’s been instituted in the Old Dominion to the rest of the nation. Gun control politicians swept to majorities in Virginia in 2019 and passed gun control immediately. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam signed several bills, including a “one handgun per month” rationing of the Second […]

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — NSSF®, the trade association for the firearms industry, is pleased to announce that the application process for the 2021 round of the Hunting Heritage Trust® Grant program is now open for application. This grant program is designed to support hunting and shooting sports recruitment efforts. Organizations meeting eligibility requirements may apply for a […]

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Out of curiosity, are there any governors out there who might be interested in bringing a historic manufacturing business to their state? It’s one that employs thousands and contributes to over $4.5 million in state and federal taxes for a $2.4 billion economic impact. Massachusetts lawmakers are thinking about shooting the gunmaker geese laying golden […]

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