NSSF Bullet Points | Online News Service

September 17, 2012

Vol. 13 No. 36

This Week:

NHF Day

Government Relations

Research

News of Note

Jobs

FFLs: You Can't Pass This Deal Up

JOIN NSSF FOR AS LOW AS $35 TO CELEBRATE SHOT SHOW'S 35TH . . . To celebrate 35 years of NSSF's SHOT Show, our retail/range memberships for a limited time are now as low as $35. NSSF's benefits for retailer members include a 24-hour FFL hotline, access to ATF compliance consulting with former ATF officials, access to NSSF research and a whole lot more. NSSF membership provides you with information and resources, networking and training, continued education opportunities and discounted products and services. This one single investment can give you an invaluable competitive edge. Read More | Join Today

National Hunting & Fishing Day

  • THIS SATURDAY . . . Hunters and shooters -- along with the firearms and ammunition industry -- are among the leading financial contributors to conservation in America, paying for programs that benefit our nation and all its wildlife. Saturday, Sept. 22, is National Hunting and Fishing Day, a day to honor and celebrate the contributions of sportsmen and women. Across the country this weekend Americans will celebrate by attending events, by teaching others about the efforts of sportsmen or simply by enjoying the outdoor traditions they love with the ones they love. Learn more about NHF Day and many events planned around the country this weekend at nhfday.org.

  • VIDEO: HOW HUNTERS AND SHOOTERS CONTRIBUTE . . . The vast majority of conservation funds in this country don't come from the so-called environmental groups, but instead come from the 10 or 11 percent contributions that all hunters and sport shooters make when purchasing firearms and ammunition. Watch and share this video showing how America's unique funding mechanism has pumped more than $7 billion into wildlife restoration, hunter education and shooting and recreational shooting range construction.

  • 75 YEARS OF SUCCESS . . . With NHF Day coming up this Saturday, it's a fitting time to remind all Americans about the important contributions of hunters and shooters to conservation. Everyone should know the story of how America created the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) initiative that has returned many species to abundance. WSFR is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. We follow up last week's profile of the Wood Duck as a symbol of the success of WSFR efforts with another species that was restored to healthy population levels: the Rocky Mountain Elk. If you have ever purchased firearms or ammunition, you are part of this great conservation story that every sportsman and woman should know and pass on to others.

Government Relations

  • NSSF TO INTERVENE IN SUIT BROUGHT BY CBD . . . NSSF plans to intervene in a lawsuit being brought against the U.S. Forest Service by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Sierra Club in U.S. District Court in Arizona that makes the claim that hunters' use of traditional ammunition amounts to a "disposal of a solid or hazardous waste that presents an imminent and substantial endangerment to health [and] the environment." The Kaibab National Forest is the immediate jurisdiction at issue, but if the CBD and Sierra Club win under the legal theory being tested there, then the plaintiffs could succeed in banning hunting and shooting everywhere in the country. In their suit they claim condors need protection from hunters' traditional ammunition. Last month, however, the supposed science underlying California's traditional ammunition ban was called in to serious question at a California Fish & Game Commission hearing by Dr. Don Saba, who demonstrated serious flaws and the misuse of scientific data in the studies blaming traditional ammunition for lead poisoning of condors.

Research

  • FIREARMS INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE REPORT UPDATED . . . The latest, updated edition of the Industry Intelligence Report "Firearms Production in the United States with Firearm Import and Export Data" has been posted in the Members Only section of the NSSF website. The 16-page report details historical firearm production by U.S. firearm manufacturers using Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Reports from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The latest figures from the 2011 interim report shows U.S. production at an all-time high of more than 6.2 million firearms manufactured in the United States in 2011. Log in at www.nssf.org to view the report.

  • USITC FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION DATA FOR JULY 2012 . . . NSSF reports that overall U.S. imports (in units) in six sporting arms and ammunition categories increased 36.8 percent in July 2012 compared to July 2011. July 2012 imported units in tracked categories totaled 206.2 million, up from 150.7 million reported in July 2011. NSSF reports that overall U.S. exports (in units) in six sporting arms and ammunition categories decreased 29.8 percent in July 2012 compared to July 2011. July 2012 exported units in tracked categories totaled 66.0 million, down from 94.0 million reported in July 2011. All figures are sourced from U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). See a complete breakdown of each category's July import and export data. NSSF members may access additional historical import and export data by logging in at www.nssf.org and clicking NSSF Industry Research.

News of Note

  • NSSF PRESIDENT'S AFWA SPEECH . . . NSSF President and CEO Steve Sanetti gave a timely speech to the plenary session of the recent Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) Conference in Hilton Head, S.C., during which he discussed challenges to hunting and cooperative efforts to overcome them, and also presented good news such as the 9 percent increase in hunting participation from 2006 to 2011, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. See the NSSF Blog for links to the speech.

  • 'PISTOL OWNERSHIP'S CHANGING FACES' . . . "Trish Cutler's fashion show at a Hudson firehouse drew dozens of law-abiding women in search of comfortable yet stylish holsters to discreetly carry their handguns -- at the workplace or a night on the town," begins an article in the Albany Times-Union. Read more about the growing number of female gun owners in New York.

  • USA SHOOTING TEAM MEMBERS VISIT THE WHITE HOUSE . . . Twelve members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team for shooting joined other members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams in a White House visit on Friday morning in Washington, D.C. The teams met the president in honor of their participation and success in this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.

  • A LOSS FOR YOUTH SHOOTING SPORTS IN INDIANA . . . Ron Mason, who helped get the Scholastic Clay Target Program off the ground in Indiana, passed away on Thursday. Mason was a key player in SCTP's success in Indiana. As SCTP's volunteer Indiana state skeet director, he recruited gun clubs to implement SCTP and organized SCTP state shoots. He coached many SCTP teams over the years, winning national championships, and was selected to attend the Junior Olympic Development Camp to advance his skills as a coach. NSSF offers a big thanks to Ron Mason and his family. He will be missed.

  • PHIL DeLONE NAMED SCI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR . . . Formerly executive director of Safari Club International (SCI) from 1991 to 1996, Phil DeLone has been named to that position again and will reassume those responsibilities at SCI's world headquarters in Tucson, Ariz., later this month. DeLone founded the Northern Nevada SCI Chapter, where he served two terms as chapter president and one as its treasurer.

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