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NEWTOWN, Conn., and LAS VEGAS, Nev. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF) named champion shooter and safety advocate Julie Golob the winner of its first-ever “Woman of the Gun Award” during the 2022 SHOT Show® in Las Vegas. The award recognizes Golob’s achievements and contributions to the shooting sports, as well as her work […]

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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 U.S. Representative Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) for agreeing to talk with us. 1) Who introduced you to hunting and the shooting sports? My parents and extended family introduced me […]

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Firearm retailers can learn about Celerant’s FFL point of sale and ecommerce software with built-in Project ChildSafe donation options at SHOT Show Booth #42502 LAS VEGAS — During the SHOT Show®, Celerant® Technology and the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) are encouraging firearm retailers to support NSSF’s Project ChildSafe® program and firearm safety through Celerant’s point of sale […]

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For the 44th year, the world’s largest trade show for target shooting, hunting, outdoor and law enforcement products welcomes firearm industry trade professionals and associates. LAS VEGAS — The 44th Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade ShowSM (SHOT Show®) will open tomorrow at The Venetian Expo and Caesars Forum and will span four days, running January 18 […]

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The past two years have witnessed gun sales the likes of which have never been seen before. It’s not just Red states either. The totals include big numbers in Blue states already home to some of the strictest gun control laws in the country. With the midterm elections less than 10 months away, elected officials […]

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An Axios/Ipsos poll showed Hispanic swing voters are concerned about crime, criminal violence and personal safety. That finding wasn’t a surprise to NSSF. Hispanic-Americans, along with nearly every other demographic group, are embracing their right to lawfully purchase and own a firearm. Firearm industry retail survey data revealed this growing trend a year ago. That’s […]

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The American Automobile Association (AAA) estimates more than 110 million Americans are traveling this holiday season to visit family and friends. That’s not a record high but is significantly above last year’s numbers – 34 percent higher – given that so many Americans stayed home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Last year saw a record-high […]

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Last year’s hunting season saw millions of sportsmen and women of all ages head to the fields and woods to give the great American pastime a try. Hunting recruitment efforts were successful as interest in hunting remained high through 2021. That’s led to an interesting dilemma this year. All that harvested game means something more, […]

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearm industry, is pleased to announce that the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) has agreed to sponsor the 7th Annual NSSF/HAVA Golf Classic at the Gold support level. The USCCA is an association of responsibly armed Americans whose members get […]

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Antigun think tanks and politicians push narratives that private citizens don’t “need” firearms for self-defense so they shouldn’t have them. That narrative has fallen apart over the past two years of rampant rioting and civil unrest as the same groups called to defund police. The same antigun collectives are pushing a new narrative to dehumanize […]

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) and a group of fourteen firearm manufacturers, distributors, and retailers filed a lawsuit and moved for a preliminary injunction in federal court today challenging as unconstitutional a New York law designed to blame the industry for the criminal misuse or unlawful possession of firearms in New York no matter where they were […]

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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 U.S. Representative Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.) for agreeing to talk with us. 1) Who introduced you to hunting and the shooting sports? I wasn’t “introduced” to hunting and shooting […]

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearm industry trade association, will host several governors at SHOT Show® 2022 to speak about the importance of the firearm industry to their state, efforts to attract firearm and ammunition-related businesses, and the benefits of firearm-related businesses to their state economies. NSSF’s Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade […]

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearm industry, is pleased to announce that The Independence Fund has agreed to support the 7th Annual NSSF/HAVA Golf Classic at the Silver sponsorship level. The Independence Fund is an organization that focuses on assisting our nation’s catastrophically wounded Veterans, their […]

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The anti-hunting Center for Biological Diversity is once again trying to eliminate hunting on public lands within National Wildlife Refuges under the guise of “protecting endangered wildlife.” The activist organization’s latest lawsuit seeks to kill hunting activities on more than 2.3 million acres of public lands overseen by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) […]

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Sometimes the best thing to do when activists attack is to let their arguments fall under their own weight. That’s what happened when Environmental Health News (EHN) published a series on traditional ammunition. The activist news service that describes itself as, “a nonprofit, nonpartisaan organization dedicated to driving science into public discussion and policy on […]

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Highlighting Longstanding Conservation Partnerships with Industries, State Agencies and USFWS NEWTOWN, Conn. — NSSF®, the trade association for the firearm industry, previously announced an initiative designed to strengthen ties between all excise tax-paying manufacturers—firearms and ammunition, archery equipment, marine and sportfishing equipment—and the state agencies that use these funds to conserve wildlife and habitats through […]

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A nationally syndicated editorial attempted to persuade readers on the merits of New York’s problematic “may issue” handgun permit law and why the U.S. Supreme Court should leave it intact. They made a better case for why the law should be struck down. The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in New York State Rifle […]

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The second-class treatment of Second Amendment rights continues. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Duncan v. Bonta ruled en banc that California’s ban on standard capacity magazines does not violate the Second Amendment, overturning a lower court decision that held the ban was unconstitutional. The Ninth Circuit ignores historical context, and […]

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Reese Witherspoon’s not a lawyer. But she’s played one on television. Witherspoon’s credits during her Tinseltown tenure include roles involving firearms and the legal profession. In real life, her gun control comments following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wis., show she knows little about either. She demonstrated Hollywood’s hypocrisy on personal security and […]

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