NSSF's #GUNVOTE Initiative Buys TV Time in Conn., Colo.

With the clock steadily winding down to Election Day, NSSF is bringing its #GUNVOTE voter information and education initiative to television in the form of selective cable television buys in areas of Connecticut and Colorado with a higher percentage of hunters, target shooters and gun owners. In both states, all who value their firearms ownership and Second Amendment rights face a clear choice when they vote for governor. Watch the Connecticut #GUNVOTE television ad. Watch the Colorado #GUNVOTE ad. In addition to television, these ads are being actively promoted through social media.

 

Order Your #GUNVOTE Stickers Today While Supplies Last

Show that you intend to #GUNVOTE on Nov. 4. Display your very own #GUNVOTE sticker at your business or on your car or truck and let others know you care about the Second Amendment and the lawful commerce in firearms. Buy a batch for you and your relatives and friends. Order your #Gunvote stickers here.

 

NSSF Member Companies Spread #Gunvote Message

Many NSSF member companies are actively supporting #GUNVOTE, NSSF's voter education and information initiative, by displaying the #GUNVOTE button on their websites. The latest companies on board are Action Target and Lewis Machine & Tool Company.  Thank you to both for your support.  We encourage all industry members to download the #GUNVOTE button and use it in print publications and on their social media platforms.

NSSF companies displaying the #GUNVOTE button are Advanced Technology International, Alliant Powder, Blackhawk, Browning, Bushnell, Butler, Champion Target, CCI, Colt's Manufacturing Co., Coonan Inc., Cor-Bon/Glaser LLC, Creek, Federal, FNH USA, Fobus Holsters, FrogLube, Glock, GunBroker.com, Gunslick,  Hodgdon Powder Company, Hoppes, Hornady Manufacturing Co., Leupold & Stevens, Millett,  North American Arms, O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Outers, Primos, RCBS, Remington Outdoor Company, Savage, Simmons, SinterFire, Smith & Wesson Firearms, Sturm Ruger and Co., Taurus Holdings, Trulock Tool, Uncle Mike's, Volquartsen Custom, Warne Scope Mounts, Weaver and Winchester Ammunition.

 

U.S. House Members Seek FDIC Probe Into 'Operation Choke Point'

One week after more than 30 members of the U.S. House of Representatives asked the Department of Justice's Inspector General to investigate that department's role in "Operation Choke Point," the House members are making the same request of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The DOJ-initiated program was launched to cut off access to financial services to specific types of businesses, starting with non-depository lenders. The program was extended to other industries, including firearms and ammunition manufacturers and retailers. "There is no doubt in our minds that FDIC and DOJ officials have abused their authority to advance a political and/or moral agenda," the letter explains. Read the letter. NSSF has been assisting the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and individual members with unraveling the details of how Operation Choke Point has affected the industry.

 

Sanetti Talks about Firearms Sales on Business News Program

The Fox Business News program, Varney & Company, recently featured a segment in which NSSF President Steve Sanetti put the current state of the industry into perspective for a national business news audience. Sanetti told program host Stu Varney that the number of firearms sales has doubled over the past 15 years, even as the criminal misuse of firearms and accidental deaths and injuries have dramatically declined. Watch the Fox Business News segment.

 

Keane Takes On Guns as 'Public Health' Issue on Fox News Show

The national public opinion poll commissioned by NSSF asking Americans whether the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be spending time and resources on "gun violence" as opposed to disease and viruses was the subject of a Fox & Friends Weekend show segment this past Sunday. NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Larry Keane answered questions from co-host Tucker Carlson on the politics involved in making the criminal misuse of guns into a "public health" issue. View the Fox & Friends segment.

 

Judge: Maine Wildlife Officials Can Oppose Bear-Hunt Restrictions

A superior court judge this week refused to issue a temporary injunction to stop Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife officials from publicly opposing bear-hunting restrictions. Cumberland County Judge Joyce Wheeler ruled that Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting had failed to demonstrate that the department's opposition to a Nov. 4 ballot question caused "irreparable injury," and that department employees' speech is protected under the First Amendment. The referendum question asks if hunters in Maine should be banned from using bait, traps and dogs to hunt black bears. The same proposal was rejected by Maine voters in 2004 by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent. The coalition behind the ballot question is funded by the anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

 

Pennsylvania Passes Strengthened Preemption Bill

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives this week passed HB 80, which will strengthen the state firearms preemption statute. This new law will allow groups to sue local municipalities that enact ordinances stricter than state firearms laws and also collect legal fees and other costs if they win. The bill was passed by a 138-56 vote and will finally help ensure that firearm and ammunition laws are consistent throughout the Commonwealth.

 

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