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INFOGRAPHIC: Hunters a Giving Bunch
 11 MILLION MEALS TO LESS FORTUNATE . . . When you're passing the turkey and stuffing around the Thanksgiving dinner table, here's a story to tell -- one that would not be possible without the thoughtfulness and generosity of hunters. A new infographic from NSSF shows that 11 million meals are provided annually to the less fortunate through donations of venison by hunters. Nearly 2.8 million pounds of game meat make it to shelters, food banks and church kitchens and onto the plates of those in need.
SHOT Show
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ARMALITE RETURNS AS TITLE SPONSOR OF SHOT MOBILE APP . . .  ArmaLite Inc., the internationally known manufacturer of AR-10, M-15, AR-30 and AR-50 rifles, has returned as sponsor of SHOT Mobile for the 2014 SHOT Show®. The SHOT Mobile app allows show attendees to search for exhibitors, navigate the show floor with interactive maps, find new products, learn about show specials, view the show's education schedule, set up appointments, request callbacks and find show services. The app will be made available just prior to the 2014 SHOT Show. View NSSF's press release announcing this renewed sponsorship.
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RATE GUARANTEE DEADLINE APPROACHING . . . The best way to take advantage of special hotel room opportunities is through onPeak, the official housing partner of the SHOT Show. Its hotel-rate guarantee deadline is Wednesday, Dec. 11. To view or book available hotel/travel deals through onPeak, click here or call 800-388-8104. As you book your travel plans for January remember that you too can be scammed, and we urge you to read our warning. To make your planning even easier, visit our restaurant guide, 'SHOT on a dime', and find ways to dine within your budget and free attractions that you can't miss.
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 FEWER THAN 60 SEATS REMAIN FOR STATE OF THE INDUSTRY DINNER . . . This is your last chance to get your tickets for the State of the Industry Dinner, sponsored by Outdoor Channel. Fewer than 60 of the 2,100 seats remain, and ticket sales close on Dec. 2, so lock in your seat now for the Tuesday, Jan. 14, event by visiting the SHOT Show registration page and purchasing your ticket. Join us as we recap the past year and get treated to an unforgettable live performance by Penn & Teller.
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RETAIL SEMINARS: PROTECT AND IMPROVE YOUR STAFF . . . Are you concerned about protecting your business from potential risks or motivating and improving your staff? We are offering a dozen courses during the SHOT Show covering these topics and much more. You can view the full schedule of speakers and topics here. Bill Napier will discuss understanding the root cause of shrinkage, combating internal theft and external theft, and building a partnership with local law enforcement on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 10:30-11:30 a.m. Learn how to hire the right people to help your retail store or shooting range dominate your market area with NSSF's Deb Kenney on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 1:30-2:30 p.m. Apply Today!
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GET PREPARED: 2014 SHOT SHOW EXHIBITOR WEBINAR SERIES . . . Preparing for the SHOT Show entails not only knowing what you will be doing in Las Vegas but also having an understanding of your company's goals and how to best accomplish those goals through the tools provided to you both pre-show and on site. Tune in on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 11 a.m.- noon. for the second segment in this series, 25 Do's and Don'ts To Ensure a Profitable SHOT Show. If you missed it last week, Develop a Plan That Will Guarantee Success at the SHOT Show is available online in the Exhibitor Resource Center under Exhibitor Education and News.
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ATF RETAILER SESSIONS CANCELLED FOR 2014 SHOT SHOW . . . The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has encountered scheduling conflicts and must cancel its Retailer Sessions scheduled for Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the SHOT Show. These sessions are being removed from anyone's schedule who had registered for the course. If you have questions about your registration, contact the SHOT Show Customer Service team at 855-355-7468 or 203-270-2370. Select 3 for the attendee menu or email regmgr@shot.convexx.com. The SHOT Show looks forward to welcoming ATF back in 2015.
Government Relations
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 U.S. REP. LATTA INTRODUCES NEW SPORTSMEN'S ACT . . . NSSF today noted that Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus (CSC) Co-Chair Bob Latta (R-Ohio) has introduced HR 3590, a new bipartisan version of the Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act of 2013. Earlier this year, Latta and CSC Co-Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), joined by Vice-Chairs U.S. Reps. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) and Tim Walz (D-Minn.), introduced the SHARE Act as a package of pro-sportsmen's legislation designed to safeguard and promote America's hunting and fishing traditions. The legislation enjoys wide support from both sides of the political aisle. Read the NSSF Press release.
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NSSF URGES UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS ACT REAUTHORIZATION . . . NSSF is urging Congress to reauthorize the Undetectable Firearms Act before it expires on Dec. 9, writing the chairmen and ranking members of the appropriate committees in both houses to point out that "the current law has proven effective in preventing the illegal manufacture, importation, sale or possession of undetectable firearms." News accounts of plastic firearms being made with 3D printing technology and calls for action by anti-gun activists has resulted in some members of Congress seeking more extensive legislation. It is doubtful that such guns pose much of a threat to the public. As NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Larry Keane told BusinessWeek, any plastic firearm "would be very unreliable and very unsafe." Security screening technology has advanced since passage of the original law in 1988, and there have been no cases of an illegal undetectable firearm ever being used in a crime. NSSF is concerned new proposals could hamper federally licensed firearms manufacturers from developing prototypes using advanced technologies. Read the letters to Congress.
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NSSF TELLS R.I. TASK FORCE TO FixNICS® . . .  Jake McGuigan, NSSF Director, Government Relations, State Affairs, testified late last week before the State of Rhode Island’s Joint Behavioral Health and Firearms Safety Task Force studying that state’s lack of compliance with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). McGuigan told panel members, ". . . federally prohibited people should be in the NICS system." Under current state law, Rhode Island does not contribute substance abuse or mental-health information to the system. The legislation that established the task force requires the panel to conduct a review of different states’ approaches for compliance with the NICS system.
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DIRECTOR JONES: ATF TO FOCUS ON ‘TRIGGER-PULLERS’ . . . ATF Director B. Todd Jones said in an interesting PBS NewsHour interview last week that ATF intends to focus its finite law enforcement resources more on ". . . those trigger-pullers and traffickers around the country who are creating havoc in our community." On the regulatory side, Jones said, ". . . 95 percent of FFLs around this country are doing business lawfully, are paying attention to who they're doing business with, and, quite frankly, require less attention from us as regulators." See the Interview and read the transcript.
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WILL NEW ‘SMART GUN’ REVIVE DORMANT NEW JERSEY LAW? . . . More than a decade ago, New Jersey became the first and only state to enact a law requiring that owner-authorized technology become mandatory for all new handguns sold in the state three years after a thusly equipped model became available for consumer sale. Now, a German company says it will be selling such a firearm in the United States. NSSF's Larry Keane told the Wall Street Journal last week that through NSSF does not oppose the development of "smart guns," the industry does oppose government mandates. Read the Wall Street Journal Story. Keane also took the opportunity to tell readers of the four Hearst Connecticut newspapers in an op-ed essay that the appeal of smart guns is understandable, given Americans’ love of gadgetry, but that "there are good reasons to be wary of technology as a way of enhancing public safety."
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WASHINGTON STATE INITIATIVE TO STOP UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS . . . Supporters of a Washington state ballot initiative that would prevent adoption of universal background checks for private firearms transfers last Thursday submitted 340,000 petition signatures to the secretary of state's office in Olympia, the Associated Press reports. Initiative 591 is intended to prevent the state from enacting background-check laws stricter than the national standard and also prohibit confiscation of firearms without due process. It was undertaken in response to Initiative 594, which seeks to require background checks for private sales. Supporters of that measure have turned in more than 250,000 signatures. Both campaigns can continue to turn in signatures up until the Jan. 3 deadline.
Research
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 TARGET SHOOTER AND BOWHUNTER CONSUMER PURCHASE REPORTS AVAILABLE . . . NSSF's The Modern Target Shooter and The Modern Bowhunter reports have been updated and now contain three years' worth of consumer product purchase trend data. Each report features 2010, 2011 and 2012 data from the online consumer panels HunterSurvey and ShooterSurvey. The Bowhunting report covers purchases of more than a dozen products from broadheads to bows, and the Target Shooter report provides data on everything from Shotguns to Safety equipment. These data-filled reports are available to NSSF members for $50 each and to non-members for $500 each. For additional information please visit the order page.
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USITC FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION DATA FOR SEPTEMBER 2013 . . . NSSF tracks and reports monthly U.S. import and export units for several sporting arms, ammunition and optics categories from the U.S. International Trade Commission. See a complete breakdown of each category's September import and export data. NSSF members can access additional historical import and export data by logging in and clicking NSSF Industry Research.
News of Note
NSSF PRESIDENT SANETTI TALKS WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS . . . Steve Sanetti, NSSF President & CEO, sat down with an Associated Press reporter last week to discuss the firearms industry's commitment to enhancing public safety through the re-launch earlier this year of Project ChildSafe and other initiatives. The story that ran on the AP news wire and was picked up widely by newspapers and websites through the weekend covered that commitment but, not surprisingly, focused on the effects of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy on NSSF staff and the decision to keep the organization based in Newtown. Read the AP story.
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OHIO CONCEALED CARRY LICENSES SOAR . . . Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) stats for the third quarter of 2013, and with only nine months gone by in the year, new records have been set for the most initial licenses issued and most licenses renewed in a year. Read the press release distributed by the Buckeye Firearms Association.
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TREPA APPOINTED TO NSSF BOARD . . .  Kevin Trepa, Vice President of Global Sales and Business Development, Leupold & Stevens, was appointed to NSSF's Board of Governors to fill the unexpired term formerly held by Calvin Johnston, who recently resigned from Leupold & Stevens. As the sales team lead, Trepa brings an extensive background in global military operations, business leadership and academic achievement, including a career of active and reserve military as a Marine Corps infantry officer for 24 years. After leaving active duty, Trepa attended the University of California, where he completed his international MBA with a focus on East Asia. He was subsequently employed by Sony Electronics, Inc. Trepa's eight-year career at Sony included a series of senior management and executive positions in logistics, manufacturing, supply chain and sales operations. Prior to joining Leupold in 2009, he served as Sony's Vice President Global Supply Chain.
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FEATURE ON MAKING RANGES ACCESSIBLE FOR THE DISABLED AT RANGEREPORT.ORG . . . In some cases, making some accommodations for physically challenged shooters is the law; in all cases, it is good business. A feature article, "Making Ranges Accessible for the Disabled," by Carolee Anita Boyles, at RangeReport.org, details the legal obligations ranges have to accommodate the physically challenged and profiles how some ranges have made their facilities more accessible. It could serve as a blueprint for all ranges.
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BROWNELLS OPENS REGISTRATION FOR EIGHTH ANNUAL GUNSMITH CONFERENCE & CAREER FAIR . . . Gunsmithing supplier Brownnells will be hosting its 8th Annual Gunsmith Conference & Career Fair on April 1 and 2, 2014, at the Downtown Marriott in Des Moines, Iowa. Open for free to both attendees and exhibitors, it is the only gathering of its type, where gunsmiths, future gunsmiths and industry leaders can mix freely and share expertise. The industry-only event presents great networking and hiring opportunities. Learn more at the fair website, where you can now register and learn about sponsorship possibilities.
MAGAZINE-COVER RIFLE BEING AUCTIONED TO HELP MILITARY FAMILIES IN NEED . . .Harris Publications' Rifle Firepower magazine has teamed with SIONICS Weapon Systems on its Jan. 2014 magazine cover to portray a custom firearm that SIONICS is currently auctioning on GunBroker.com. SCIONICS will donate 100 percent of the net proceeds to the MARSOC (U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command) Foundation, which provides benevolent support to active duty and medically retired MARSOC personnel and their families as well as to the families of marines and sailors who have lost their lives in service to our nation. The auction, which can be viewed under the charity auction section, will last for 90 days and will end on Jan. 17, 2014, the last day of SHOT Show. -
 VERMONT GOVERNOR BAGS SIX-POINTER ON OPENING DAY . . . While politicians in neighboring states seek legislation to limit firearms, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin put his rifle to good use, as attested to by the accompanying photo of the governor with the big six-point white-tailed buck he shot in East Montpelier, Vt., on opening morning of the state's firearms season. The buck weighed in at 186 pounds.
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PENNSYLVANIA TOWN CLINGS TO ITS GUNS, OUSTS MAYOR . . . Chambersburg, Pa.'s, mayor, who had run unopposed previously, lost his re-election bid earlier this month, in part because he signed up Chambersburg as a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun brainchild. Mayor-Elect Darren Brown said the first thing he'd like to do is get his town off that organization's list of members. Brown is quoted in a news article as saying, "A mayor should focus on such issues as curbing crime and drugs, or keeping the sidewalks clean — not on the issues of outside groups that don't understand a town's way of life."
YOUTH SHOOTING SPORTS ALLIANCE BOARD ELECTS BLACKWELL . . . The board of directors of the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance (YSSA) elected Freedom Group President Scott Blackwell to the board at its annual meeting held in conjunction with the NASGW Expo in Grapevine, Texas. "As a shooting sports enthusiast and father of two teenagers, I am honored to be elected to serve on the board of directors of the Youth Shooting Sports Alliance," said Blackwell. "I look forward to working with YSSA to ensure that all young people have the opportunity to experience this exciting discipline in a safe, family-friendly environment."
Jobs
- FIREARMS INDUSTRY JOBS . . . Visit www.nssf.org/jobs for current employment opportunities in the shooting, hunting and outdoor industry. Employers: Log in to post a job opening.
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