NSSF Bullet Points | Online News Service

October 15, 2012

Vol. 13 No. 40

This Week:

Industry News

Retailers

SHOT Show

Government Relations

News of Note

Crunch Time: #gunvote Could Make
Difference in Many Races

Change your Facebook and Twitter profile images to the #gunvote 2012 button. Help spread awareness of just how important this year's elections are for gun owners and our industry.

USE #GUNVOTE BUTTON ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PROFILES, WEBSITES . . . It's less than a month until Election Day and many races across the country -- including the presidential race -- are extremely close. NSSF is asking everyone to help spread the word of just how important this year's elections are for gun owners and our industry. Please utilize this #gunvote button for your Facebook and Twitter profiles -- and on your websites -- and encourage all of your online followers to do the same. See NSSF's Facebook page as an example. As it has in previous elections, the collective vote of shooters, hunters and gun owners will make a huge impact at the polls. Learn more and choose from a selection of #gunvote images at nssf.org/gunvote.

Industry News

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  • USITC FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION DATA FOR AUGUST 2012 . . . NSSF reports that overall U.S. imports (in units) in six sporting arms and ammunition categories increased 39.8 percent in August 2012 compared to August 2011. August 2012 imported units in tracked categories totaled 204.5 million, up from 146.2 million reported in August 2011. NSSF reports that overall U.S. exports (in units) in six sporting arms and ammunition categories increased 10.5 percent in August 2012 compared to August 2011. August 2012 exported units in tracked categories totaled 64.4 million, up from 58.3 million reported in August 2011. All figures sourced from U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). See a complete breakdown of each category's August import and export data. NSSF members may access additional historical import and export data by logging in at www.nssf.org/members and clicking NSSF Industry Research.

  • INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY: STOCKS FOR ZOMBIE PORTFOLIO . . . In an article last week, Investor's Business Daily gave investors a look at five "highly rated companies that cater to the zombie survivalist, among others." Three of them were in the shooting, hunting and outdoor industry. Read the article.

Retailers

  • NSSF VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FORM 4473 OVERLAY . . . For the firearms retailer, the volumes of paperwork may make compliance seem like "Mission Impossible." That's why NSSF has developed the Form 4473 overlay, which simplifies the completion of this critical document and minimizes the possibility of errors. How does the overlay help? View this NSSF-produced video.

  • NSSF MEMBER BENEFIT: RETAIL MEMBER HOTLINE . . . To celebrate 35 years of NSSF's SHOT Show, our retail/range memberships for a limited time are now as low as $35. One of the many benefits available to NSSF retailer members is the NSSF Retailer Member Hotline. The toll-free hotline--855-FFL-NSSF (335-6773)--will bring calls into the NSSF headquarters on a 24/7 basis. If questions regarding compliance, transactions, legislation or any other topic cannot be answered at the time of the call, an all-out attempt will be made to provide the answer within 24 hours (though calls placed on Saturday may not be addressed until the following Monday). Read More | Join Today

  • POPULAR SPEAKER RON ROSENBERG PART OF SHOT SHOW UNIVERSITY AGAIN . . . The perennially sold-out SHOT Show University, the daylong series of seminars for firearms retailers presented the day before the show opens, has announced its lineup of sessions and speakers for the 2013 edition. Among the experts to address the crowd at the Monday, Jan. 14, SHOT Show University will be Ron Rosenberg, who is being brought back by popular demand. Known for offering marketing tips that retailers can take back to their businesses and put to work immediately, Rosenberg will tell "How to Create Outrageously Effective Marketing Materials." Participants will discover the 12 specific elements that must be in every marketing piece, three simple strategies to double the effectiveness of their website, the most important component to print advertising and why most people miss it completely. Plus, they'll have the opportunity to bring samples of their marketing materials and get feedback during the presentation. Sign up now for SHOT Show University.

SHOT Show

  • BIRDIES FOR THE BRAVE . . . NSSF will once again be hosting a charity golf event at the 2013 SHOT Show in partnership with PGA Tour for Birdies for the Brave® on Jan. 12-13, 2013, at TPC Summerlin, in Las Vegas. Birdies for the Brave is a national military outreach initiative founded by PGA Tour pro Phil Mickelson and his wife Amy and proudly supported by the PGA TOUR. It's a great opportunity for our industry to provide even more support for those who have sacrificed so much for our country. Read more.

Government Relations

  • COURT DECISION RAISES CHALLENGE TO PRE-EMPTION LAW . . . A decision last week by a N.Y. State appellate court has reinstated a lawsuit that seeks to hold liable the manufacturer, distributor and dealer for the criminal shooting of a teenaged basketball player by a gang member in 2003, several years after the gun was sold. In dismissing Williams v. Beemiller, the lower court had cited the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), which was passed by Congress in 2005 to shield firearms industry companies from lawsuits that seek to hold members of the industry responsible for the harm caused by the criminal misuse of lawfully sold firearms. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department's ruled, however, that the plaintiff's case could proceed because it fit within an exemption to the PLCAA. The plaintiffs have alleged the firearm was knowingly sold in violation of the laws governing the sale of firearms. In a N.Y. Law Review story, Lawrence Keane, senior vice president and general counsel for NSSF, said, "We respectfully believe that the appellate court badly misconstrued the statute."

  • COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT WANTS TO TAX GUNS, AMMO . . . From the gun control capital of the heartland comes yet another attention-diverting effort intended to appear as if it would deal with the costs of Chicago's rampant, gang-related violence while helping to fill dwindling government coffers. What would it really do? The answer is all too familiar -- penalize law-abiding citizens who own firearms. Read more.

  • ANTI-GUN STUDY OF RETAILERS UNDERWHELMS . . . Recently, an article appeared in the Journal of Urban Health, "Characteristics of Federally Licensed Firearms Retailers and Retail Establishments in the United States: Initial Findings from the Firearms Licensee Survey" by Dr. Garen Wintemute, director of the Violence Prevention Program, University of California, Davis. Wintemute is perhaps best known for authoring the anti-gun report, "Ring of Fire: The Handgun Makers of Southern California." NSSF last year urged retailers to use extreme caution should they decide to participate in the retailer survey. Read more on the NSSF Blog.

News of Note

  • NSSF VIDEO, WEBSITE URGE HUNTERS TO HELP FEED THE HUNGRY . . . Hunters are generous people. More than 11 million meals were provided to the less fortunate through hunters' donations of game meat in 2010. As a reminder to all hunters to consider sharing their harvest this autumn with those in need, NSSF has developed a new video and webpage that encourage making venison donations to food banks and other charitable meal providers. Read the NSSF press release.

  • FIRST CASE OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN PENNSYLVANIA IDENTIFIED . . . The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture confirmed last Thursday the first positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state, on a deer farm in Adams County. The disease is fatal in deer, producing small lesions in the brain. The positive sample was taken from a deer tested as part of Pennsylvania's CWD monitoring efforts. The location in Adams County and two farms associated with that positive deer have been quarantined, preventing the movement of animals on or off the premises. The state's interagency task force has implemented its response plan, which includes education and public outreach and minimizing risk factors through continued surveillance, testing and management.

  • CALIFORNIA DUO EARN INTERNATIONAL TRAP WINS . . . USA Shooting's Fall Selection Match in Kerrville came to a close on Sunday, with Brian Burrows, Fallbrook, Calif., and Ashley Carroll, Solvang, Calif., emerging as men's and women's champions in international trap. The two earned World Cup slots for the first two International Shooting Sports Federation's World Cups of 2013.

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