NSSF Bullet Points | Online News Service

October 1, 2012

Vol. 13 No. 38

This Week:

#gunvote 2012

Retailers/Ranges

Government Relations

Industry

News of Note

Attendee Registration Now Open
for 35th SHOT Show

15 WEEKS AWAY . . . Registration for the National Shooting Sports Foundation's 2013 SHOT Show is now open for all attendees at www.shotshow.org. Believe it or not, the show -- Jan. 15-18 in Las Vegas -- is just 15 weeks away. While registering, attendees can easily add State of the Industry Dinner tickets, enroll in SHOT Show University and sign up for other educational offerings. Media registration is also now open.
Register now: Attendees | Media

  • WHILE REGISTERING, RETAILERS CAN JOIN NSSF FOR $35 . . . To celebrate 35 years of NSSF's SHOT Show, NSSF retail/range memberships for a limited time are as low as $35. Retailers can take advantage of this offer while registering for the show or by visiting nssf.org. In addition to all of NSSF's retailer-specific benefits -- including access to ATF compliance consulting, FFL Hotline, NSSF research and more -- retailer members can take advantage of SHOT Show perks like access to the NSSF Members Lounge and Business Center at the show.

#gunvote 2012

  • RYAN TALKS HUNTERS' RIGHTS AT USSA RALLY . . . At the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Save Our Heritage Rally and Banquet last Saturday, keynote speaker Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate, displayed his understanding of sportsmen's issues and the importance of preserving hunting's heritage. According to a Toledo Blade story, the Wisconsin congressman, who is an avid sportsman, voiced his support for hunters' access to public lands, saying, "Hunters are the original conservationists. Bureaucrats more and more these days think that public lands have to be protected from hunters. . . . I think hunters need to be protected from the bureaucrats." Prior to speaking to an audience of about 1,000 people, Ryan was presented with a special edition Romney/Ryan shotgun from the Ithaca Gun Company. Read the news story and news release.

  • POLL: CONSERVATION A PRIORITY FOR SPORTSMEN . . . For many of the nation's sportsmen, protecting habitat ranks just as highly as protecting gun rights. The National Wildlife Federation last week released results from a national survey of hunters and anglers in which 47 percent of respondents said conservation is just as important as gun rights, and 13 percent said conservation was more important than gun rights. The poll measured sportsmen's attitudes on conservation, public lands, global warming and restitution for environmental disasters, according to a story in The Salt Lake Tribune.

  • RIGHT TO HUNT AND FISH AMENDMENT ON KENTUCKY BALLOT . . . Kentuckians will have the opportunity during next month's election to constitutionally solidify their hunting and fishing heritage by voting on a constitutional amendment that would guarantee their personal right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife through traditional methods. This ballot initiative was passed by the Kentucky General Assembly as House Bill 1, also known as "The Right to Hunt and Fish."

  • #GUNVOTE . . . NSSF extends its thanks to all in the industry who are helping to spread the word of the 2012 #gunvote campaign -- posting the #gunvote button to their websites, sharing #gunvote information and videos, using the #gunvote hashtag on Twitter. Please, help us spread the word. The votes of shooters, hunters and gun owners can make a huge impact at the polls. Learn more at nssf.org/gunvote.

Retailers and Ranges

  • NEW NSSF BENCHMARKING REPORT TO HELP FFLs ASSESS FINANCIAL HEALTH . . . For those firearms retailers that have limited opportunity to compare their financials with similar companies, NSSF has released "2012 Shooting Sports Industry Financial Benchmarking Report for Firearms Retailers." The financial benchmarking report -- based on surveys completed by 76 shooting sports locations -- gives firearms retailers the ability to compare their business performance with companies similar to their own, take advantage of trends in the market and plan for growth. NSSF has also included guidelines on how to best utilize the findings and provided a text and graphical executive summary. Learn more about this report and order online.

  • NSSF 2013 RETAILER SEMINAR DATES ANNOUNCED . . . The National Shooting Sports Foundation, in conjunction with FBI/NICS and NSSF's expert consulting team of retired ATF officials, has announced its 2013 schedule of free seminars provided to firearms retailers to support NSSF's mission, which, in part, is to promote, protect and preserve the shooting sports industry. The seminars have proven so successful that the 2013 schedule has been expanded to 12 from the eight offered in 2012. Read more about these seminars and view the 2013 schedule.

  • RANGE AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP DVD PACKAGE . . . The successful NSSF Indoor Range & Retail Development Workshop held in St. Louis this summer has been captured on a nine-disk DVD package that includes all presentations, panel discussions and materials provided to seminar attendees. The DVD package is an essential tool for anyone exploring the idea or that is currently in the planning stages of opening an indoor range/retail business.
    Learn more about this DVD package and order online.

Government Relations

  • MISS. HIGH COURT RULES CRIMINAL, NOT WALMART, RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING . . . This past month the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit brought against Walmart for its alleged unlawful sale of handgun ammunition to an underage buyer who would later use it to shoot an acquaintance. At the time of the sale, Walmart had no reason to believe that the buyer was underage or that he had a propensity for violence, and it was not "within the realm of reasonable foreseeability" that he would commit the criminal act. According to the court, it was the criminal and reckless shooting by the buyer, not the retailer's alleged unlawful sale of ammunition to him, which proximately caused the decedent's death.

  • POLICE CHIEFS CONFERENCE OPENS IN SAN DIEGO . . . The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) is holding its annual conference this week in San Diego. NSSF is exhibiting at the event, which each year draws thousands of law enforcement professionals. Anyone in attendance at the event is encouraged to stop by the NSSF booth (No. 1753).

  • LEAD IN AMMUNITION 'VERY INERT' . . . In a column by Emily Miller of the Washington Times last week, research scientist Don Saba explained the difference between the lead in bullets and the lead in paint that is harmful to children. "The lead that is used in ammunition is metallic lead and is a very inert material that does not dissolve in water and is not absorbed by plants or animals," Dr. Saba said. "There is a tremendous toxicity difference between highly inert metallic lead used in ammunition and the highly toxic lead compounds used in legacy leaded paints." Dr. Saba noted that groups intent on banning traditional ammunition made with lead components are deliberately trying to confuse and scare the public into thinking they are the same. Read the article.

Industry News

  • ATK SELECTED TO CONTINUE RUNNING LAKE CITY ARMY AMMO PLANT . . . ATK (NYSE:ATK) announced that it has been notified by the U.S. Army that it was selected for both the production of ammunition and continued operation and maintenance of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo. The initial contracts period is seven years, and if all award terms are exercised, the contracts would cover a 10-year period.

  • SMITH & WESSON RIDING HIGH . . . A feature story about firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson in The Republican of Springfield, Mass., focuses on the company's increasing sales and production and the expansion of its workforce. "There is greater social acceptance of gun ownership," said President and CEO P. James Debney, whose company's net sales for the most recent quarter were up 48.3 percent over the same period last year. Read full story.

  • OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXHIBITORS, SPONSORS REMAIN FOR SHOT SHOW MEDIA DAY AT THE RANGE . . . On Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, the NSSF will serve as the title sponsor of SHOT Show Media Day at the Range, at the Boulder City Pistol & Rifle Range, in Boulder City, Nev. There, hundreds of media members will visit different manufacturer-sponsored shooting stations, where those companies' products will get hands-on use and be photographed by the media. A limited number of shotgun and archery stations are still available for sponsorship, as are non-shooting exhibit and demo areas. To learn more, contact Cory Cannon with Triple Curl, ccannon@triplecurl.com, or Cathy Williams with CMG Marketing & Events, cathy@cmgmarketinandevents.com.

News of Note

  • MEMORIAL DEDICATION FOR DR. DON McMILLAN . . . A memorial dedication for devoted sportsman and conservationist Dr. Don McMillan will be held this Saturday at the Dishpan Wildlife Management Area near Dora Lake, Minn. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will honor the former Mendota Heights, Minn., resident by dedicating waterfowl pools on the WMA in his name and by placing a monument at the site. Dr. McMillan passed away earlier this year at age 74.

  • SAF HONORS JOURNALIST . . . At the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Orlando last week, Emily Miller, senior editor for opinion at The Washington Times, was presented the Second Amendment Foundation's Journalist of the Year award by SAF Founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb. The is the second major award Miller has earned for her groundbreaking "Emily Gets Her Gun" series that exposed the draconian process of legally obtaining a firearm in Washington, D.C., even after the Supreme Court struck down the city's handgun ban. In July, Miller received the Clark Mollenhoff Award for Investigative Reporting from the Institute on Political Journalism.

  • ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS INCREASE IN BOBWHITE RESTORATION SUPPORT . . . In the face of declining bobwhite quail populations, momentum behind range-wide restoration efforts continues to strengthen, according to the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative's "Bobwhite Almanac: State of the Bobwhite 2012" annual report. This second annual report of the NBCI reports on the unified strategy of 25 state wildlife management agencies, an assortment of research institutions and private conservation groups to restore huntable populations of wild bobwhite quail. Learn more about the work of the National Bobwhite Technical Committee, which is supervising this recovery effort.

  • U.S. SHOOTERS TAKE GOLD AND SILVER AT WORLD CUP . . . Team USA's six competing athletes at the World Cup Finals in Maribor, Slovenia, earned three medals overall and five total top-four finishes, placing the United States atop the medal standings. Medal winners were Josh Richmond (gold in double trap) and Vincent Hancock and Brandy Drozd's (silver medals in men's and women's skeet). Other U.S. finalists included Caitlin Connor and Kayle Browning.

  • SCTP ANNOUNCES 2012 INTERNATIONAL-STYLE NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . At the 2012 SCTP International Style National Team Championships held at the United States Olympic Training Center venue at Fort Carson, Colo., more than 100 young athletes representing 17 teams from 12 states competed. Read more about this event.

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