August 16, 2010

Vol. 11 No. 33

This Week:

New E-Newsletter

Legal & Legislative

News of Note

Jobs

NSSF's 'Pull the Trigger'

A NEW CONSUMER NEWSLETTER . . . Recognizing that many hunting and shooting participants are “at risk” of becoming inactive because they are not prompted or encouraged to get out on a regular basis, NSSF is launching a new monthly consumer newsletter -- Pull The Trigger -- designed to engage a broad spectrum of firearms owners with helpful tips, videos and articles. Pull The Trigger will provide the motivation for current participants to shoot and hunt more often, to help newcomers get started and to spark the re-activation of those who no longer participate in the shooting sports. NSSF encourages the re-use of Pull The Trigger content in publications that can benefit from it. View past beta-test issues of Pull The Trigger and sign up for a free subscription to NSSF's latest newsletter.

News of Note

  • NSSF NEW MEDIA ACHIEVEMENTS . . . Once again NSSF has been recognized for outstanding work in marketing communications. NSSF's website has been named a finalist for Best New Website for a National Organization by PR News out of 534 entries. Bill Dunn, NSSF's manager of emerging media, has been named Digital Communicator of the Year by the same organization. "These are high honors. All of us at NSSF are very proud of them. Our emerging media team has made outstanding inroads and improvements in our digital communications to NSSF members, the media and the country’s hunters and shooters," said Chris Dolnack, NSSF senior vice president. Award winners will be named at a ceremony in New York City on October 6. NSSF previously has earned public relations and media awards from Apex and PR News.

  • WRAP-UP FROM LATEST LIVE SHOT SHOW CHAT . . . NSSF's second live chat on the SHOT Show was held on Wednesday with many exhibitors, attendees and media tuning in to ask questions. Many of the questions focused on booth selection, floor-plan layout and plans for enhancing the customer experience. If you missed the chat, you can view it at nssf.org/shotshowchat.

  • MASSIVE SHOOTING COMPLEX EYED FOR MINNEAPOLIS METRO AREA . . . The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is searching for a metro site to build a 530-acre, $22 million shooting complex, the Star Tribune reports. The new facility, which would be the state's largest complex offering indoor and outdoor shooting, would be aimed at encouraging more people in the state to hunt and engage in shooting sports.

  • HARRIS WINS $100,000 IN GRAND AMERICAN CHALLENGE . . . Devon Harris broke 50 straight clay targets to win $100,000 in the Grand American Challenge in Sparta, Ill. NSSF extends its congratulations to Harris, who is Federal Premium Ammunition's shooting promotions manager. Harris is a longtime supporter of youth shooting sports, in particular the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP). Visit shootata.com to read more about the 2011 Grand American World Trapshooting Championships.

  • NEW BEST PRACTICES WEBINAR AVAILABLE FOR STATE AGENCIES . . . Looking for ideas on how to improve your state's recruitment and retention efforts? Over the coming months, NSSF is releasing a series of free webinars to help state agencies implement effective programs and ensure that existing efforts are as effective as they can be. The webinars are based on the "Best Practices in Hunting and Shooting Sports Recruitment & Retention" project of NSSF and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. All of these webinars can be viewed at nssf.org/bestpractices.

  • LAND ACCESS FOR HUNTERS AT DECADE HIGH IN WASHINGTON . . . Hunters are expected to gain access to more private land in Washington State this year than at any time in the past decade, thanks to record sales of special hunting permit applications last spring, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reports.

Legal & Legislative

  • VIDEO: NSSF DISCUSSES THREAT TO TRADITIONAL AMMUNITION . . . In response to a petition filed with the Environmental Protection Agency to ban traditional ammunition, NSSF's Lawrence G. Keane sits down to answer a few questions about this threat and what hunters and shooters can do to help. NSSF urges all sportsmen to contact the EPA to oppose the petition filed Aug. 3 by the extremist Center for Biological Diversity. Learn more | Play video

  • ILLINOIS GOVERNOR WANTS REFERENDUM ON FIREARMS . . . According to Capitol Fax, a political reporting news service, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has filed a petition for an advisory referendum this November asking voters in Cook County whether they support a ban on semi-automatic firearms and so-called "assault weapons" (also semi-automatic). Though it appears the petition is well short of the signatures needed to place the question on the ballot, it's clear that Gov. Quinn is attempting to attack the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners in a calculated political move that would circumvent the recent Supreme Court Decision in McDonald v. Chicago.

  • FREE HUNTING DAYS IN CALIFORNIA CLEARS COMMITTEE . . . NSSF-supported legislation (SB 1179) has passed out of the California Assembly Appropriations Committee (17-0) and will now go to the Assembly floor for a vote. The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Dennis Hollingsworth (R), requires the director of the California Department of Fish and Game to designate two free hunting days per year. This legislation cleared the California Senate by a vote of 28-6 in early June.

  • LONG-GUN REGISTRATION ON MOVE IN CALIFORNIA . . . Last week the California Senate Appropriations Committee passed Assembly Bill 1810, legislation that would establish a registration system for all newly acquired long guns. Under the bill, personal information about the purchaser, along with the make, model and serial number of the firearm, would be recorded and sent to the California Attorney General's office. This legislation will now go to the full senate for a vote. Long-gun registration has already passed the California Assembly. Should it clear the state senate, it will move to the governor's desk for his signature. NSSF is encouraging all Californians to contact their state senator and urge him or her to oppose this registration scheme.

  • RECENT UPDATES FROM ATF FOR FIREARMS RETAILERS . . . NSSF has posted several recent ATF updates for federal firearms licensees (FFLs). The updates include ATF's latest FFL newsletter, a new list of the most common errors retailers encounter when processing Form 6 applications, the most recent edition of the "FFL Quick Reference and Best Practices Guide" and an update from ATF on its current procedures for administrative hearings held as part of firearms license proceedings (as posted in the Federal Register).

  • ONCE CONSIDERED PRO-GUN, SENATOR ENDORSED BY ANTI-GUN GROUP . . . The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has endorsed U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in her re-election bid. As a congresswoman representing an upstate New York district, then U.S. Rep. Gillibrand was considered to be pro-gun, earning high marks from the National Rifle Association. However, upon her appointment to Hillary Clinton's senate seat, Gillibrand flip-flopped on all major Second Amendment-related issues, ultimately leading to last week's endorsement from the Brady Campaign. "She was either being dishonest with her voters in the congressional district or she's being dishonest to the voters in New York State," said NRA's chief lobbyist, Chris W. Cox. "Either way, the key word is dishonest."

  • REMEMBERING SEN. TED STEVENS . . . NSSF lost a good friend last week in former Sen. Ted Stevens. Stevens, 86, was a staunch supporter of hunters, shooters, anglers and conservation. As chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, he played a major role in securing federal funding for NSSF's Project HomeSafe/Project ChildSafe program. This support, along with additional funding from the firearms industry, has allowed this firearm safety education initiative to distribute more than 35 million gun lock safety kits free of charge to gun owners in all 50 states and in the U.S. Territories. The program continues to remind gun owners to safely store their firearms in order to help prevent gun-related accidents, particularly among children.

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