July 12, 2010

Vol. 11 No. 28

This Week:

SHOT Show

Legal & Legislative

News of Note

Jobs

NSSF Launches New SHOT Show Logo

SHOW'S FIRST LOGO CHANGE IN 34 YEARS . . . The SHOT Show's venerable symbol of hunter, dog and bull's-eye target, which has served the show well for four decades, will give way to a new, more inclusive logo that welcomes and supports all segments of the world's largest shooting, hunting and outdoor trade show. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, owner of the SHOT Show, today unveiled a new SHOT Show logo and will begin using it immediately in all advertising and communications related to the 2011 show in Las Vegas and beyond. "Times change and trade shows change, reflecting current buying and selling trends," said Chris Dolnack, senior vice president of NSSF. "When the SHOT Show began in 1979, hunting was the dominant activity in our industry and our logo reflected that. Today's SHOT Show requires a strong, clean logo that reminds all attendees, whether their business is shooting, hunting or law enforcement, that they are valued. The new SHOT Show logo does this."

Play Video: NSSF Senior Vice President Chris Dolnack introduces the new SHOT Show logo and a few planned adjustments for the 2011 SHOT Show.

Legal & Legislative

  • ILLINOIS FIREARMS RETAILERS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST CHICAGO. . . The Illinois Association of Firearms Retailers (ILAFR), a state affiliate of NSSF, has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of several recently adopted anti-gun laws designed to circumvent the Supreme Court's recent ruling in McDonald v. Chicago. In that landmark decision, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the fundamental right of all law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms, while outlawing the power of state and local governments to ban firearms. Read NSSF's news release.

  • CHICAGO'S STRICT NEW GUN ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT . . . A new gun ordinance in Chicago that officials say is the strictest of its kind in the country went into effect today, the Associated Press reports. As mentioned above, the Illinois Association of Firearms Retailers has filed a lawsuit challenging the ordinance. The new regulations were pushed through quickly by Mayor Richard Daley and the City Council after the Supreme Court's decision last month. The ordinance permits residents to have only one working gun at a time in their homes and prohibits them from stepping outside, even onto their porches or in their garages, with a handgun. The ordinance also bans firearms retailers from doing business in the city.

  • MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR PUSHES ONE-GUN-A-MONTH LEGISLATION . . . NSSF and the Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) continue to fight Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's legislation (H4102), which, if passed, among many other things, would make it illegal to purchase more than one gun in a one-month period. Of course, the only individuals in the state impacted by this legislation would be law-abiding firearms owners, sportsmen and firearms retailers. As if existing onerous firearms laws are not enough in Massachusetts, this would further limit the rights of citizens in the Commonwealth. NSSF urges everyone in Massachusetts to contact members of the House Ways and Means Committee and urge them to oppose H4102.

  • POLL: 67% SAY CITIES HAVE NO RIGHT BAN HANDGUNS . . . According to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey, 67 percent of Americans say city governments do not have the right to prevent citizens from owning handguns. Support for stricter gun-control laws also has fallen to its lowest level in several years.

  • FIREARMS MICROSTAMPING STUDY BILL INTRODUCED IN HOUSE . . . U.S. Rep. Dan Boren introduced legislation last week (H.R. 5667) to direct the U.S. Attorney General to work with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study of firearm microstamping. NSSF supports this bipartisan legislation as a means of ensuring adequate research of microstamping is completed, and the concept is proven to work reliably, prior to states mandating microstamping through the legislative process. Read more.

News of Note

  • SHOT SHOW NOW RANKS NO. 13 ON LARGEST TRADE SHOW LIST . . . In Trade Show Week magazine's latest rankings of the largest trade shows for the year, 2009 reveals that the SHOT Show has moved up from 22 to 13 despite a planned slight downsizing. Full Story

  • JUNE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON FIREARM SALES . . . Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,005,876 checks in June. This figure is a 3.9 percent increase from the 968,145 checks conducted in June 2009 and a 22.7 percent increase over checks in June 2008. The total number of background checks reported since the beginning of NICS is 116,936,885.

  • NSSF'S KENNEY EARNS CERTIFICATION AS SENIOR PROFESSIONAL IN HR . . . Deb Kenney, NSSF managing director of human resources and administration, has earned her certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). The certification, awarded by the HR Certification Institute, signifies that Kenney possesses the theoretical knowledge and practical experience in human resource management necessary to pass a rigorous examination demonstrating a mastery of the field.

  • POCONO PISTOL CLUB EARNS FIVE STAR RATING . . . The Pocono Pistol Club in Stroudsburg, Pa., has become the most recent range to be awarded the NSSF's Association of Shooting Ranges' elite Five Star rating. "The club provides a safe and friendly environment for the active and the new shooter, making everyone feel welcome," said Zach Snow, NSSF senior shooting promotions coordinator. Learn more about the Pocono Pistol Club, and find out how your range can gain Five Star status.

  • NSSF ARTICLE ON MSR SHOOTERS APPEARS IN AR GUNS & HUNTING . . . The new summer issue of AR Guns & Hunting, Grand View Media Group's digital publication that was introduced late last year, carries the article, "Modern Sporting Rifle Owners Are Active Shooters," on pages 101-104. Bylined by Bill Brassard, NSSF director, communications, the article offers a revealing report on the popularity of MSRs, as established through a study conducted by Responsive Management.

  • ALTUS BRANDS DONATES 1,000 BUGHATS TO LOUISIANA COASTLINE CLEAN-UP EFFORT . . . Altus Brands, a Northern Michigan-based manufacturer of bughats, is extending a helping hand to the Louisiana coastline oil spill clean up by donating 1,000 of its hats to volunteers helping in the "Save Our Gulf" effort. The bughats will not only protect clean-up workers from biting insects, but also the sun, said Altus Brands President Gary Lemanski.

  • USDA TO RELEASE $50 MILLION FOR 'OPEN FIELDS' FUNDING . . . The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced its intention to release $50 million in funding for the Open Fields Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program. This new effort encourages owners and operators of privately held farm, ranch and forest lands to provide public access to their lands for wildlife-dependent activities such as hunting and fishing. Read more about this development.

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