June 2, 2016

The following is a sampling of recent news clips in which NSSF has appeared:

Business Trends

Forbes.com
You'll Never Believe What Is Inspiring More Americans to Get Active -- Well, Actually, You Will
"The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), a powerful firearms lobbying group, has awarded more than $1 million in grants since 2009 to start about 80 programs."

PJ Media
Report: Americans More Active, Increase Attributed to Growth in Shooting Sports
"The gun industry is putting money into shooting sports. The Washington Post writes that the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has given more than $1 million in grants since 2009 to start shooting programs."

Le Temps (Switzerland- Translated from French and posted by WorldCrunch.com)
America's Gun-Loving Women, Where Feminism Meets Firearms
"A pro-gun woman spends an average of $870 per year on guns or rifles, plus $450 on accessories, according to the National Shooting Sport Foundation. Many women say that what started as a need for protection slowly became a compulsive passion. That trend is confirmed by figures: 42% of the women questioned own at least three firearms, and 6.5% of them own at least 10 firearms."

Modern Sporting Rifle

HBO: Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
"That new term for the gun, the modern sporting rifle, was coined by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, or NSSF. Lawrence Keane is an NSSF Senior Vice President … 'It's a civilian rifle. The AR-15 is the most popular rifle sold in the United States today and it's decidedly not a military rifle'."

The Federalist
HBO's 'Real Sports' Trolls Public About America's Most Popular Rifle
"Splashing images of young competitive shooters holding AR-15s in magazine ads and cover spreads, Scott asks the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Larry Keane whether it's 'appropriate' to market the AR to kids. 'I wouldn't say it's being marketed to children. I see it as marketing to the parents,' Keane says. Sure, the NSSF, whose duty is to promote the firearms industry, is trying to get more youths into the market. But 'that's a decision for the parent, to decide whether they want to have their child participate in adult-supervised recreational target shooting, which is as all-American as apple pie,' Keane adds."

MRC NewsBusters
Not Real or Sports: HBO's 'Real Sports' Goes Gun Grabbing
David (Scott, reporter): Adam Lanza used high-capacity magazines in the commission of his crime.
Lawrence (Keane): That were lawfully purchased and legal to purchase at the time by his mother, and still today, legal to possess in Connecticut and other states.
David: You don't feel any responsibility for those devices being in the consumer market?
Lawrence: They're standard issue for modern sporting rifles. And we saw a magazine capacity restriction in place for ten years in the United States and it did nothing to reduce crime.

Government Relations

FoxNews.com
Critics fire back at Seattle gun, ammo tax they claim is aimed at killing business
"'We do not intend to sit idly by and allow taxes against the Second Amendment,' Lawrence Keane, senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, told Fox News. 'We are aware that gun control advocates view this as a new weapon in their effort to trample upon the Second Amendment and try to drive law-abiding firearm retailers out of business'."

Washington Times
White House waves white flag on gun control; attorneys general urge funding for research
"Gun rights groups support the research limits because the see the 'public health' characterization as merely a cover to expand gun control. 'We think the criminal misuse of firearms is a criminal justice issue and not a public health issue,' said Michael Bazinet, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation."

San Jose Mercury News
Gun control: California Senate passes sweeping new restrictions on firearms owners
"Lawrence Keane, senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade group for the firearms industry, released a statement after the votes raising similar concerns: 'Law abiding, responsible California gun owners and firearm retailers were the ones truly hurt by today's actions,' he said."

Townhall.com
California Gun Control Measure pretty Much Bans Rifles, Imposes Background Checks on Ammunition
"The measure banning rifles with detachable magazines and requiring background checks for ammo buyers are opposed by the National Rifle Assn., Gun owners of California and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry."

Courthouse News Service
Calif. Senate Oks Sweeping Gun Control Bill
"Several of the measures passed Thursday are opposed by firearm trade groups, most notably the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation."

The New American
Seattle Gun & Ammo Tax Appealed to Higher Court
"The National Rifle Association (NRA), the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), and the National Shooting Sports Federation (NSSF), along with some gun owners and gun-store owners, filed suit. They claimed that the tax was in effect a regulation and therefore unconstitutional."

Examiner.com
Should Hillary run on a 'Repeal the Second Amendment' Platform?
"SAF and NRA are currently partnering in a lawsuit against the Seattle "gun violence tax," along with the National Shooting Sports Foundation."

Guns.com
Ohio becomes 25th state to accept CCW in lieu of Brady Checks when buying guns
"A CCW holder has already passed a background check, so states with Brady Alternate qualified CCWs would save the retailer time and take some of the stress off an already heavily-burned NICS system," Lawrence Keane, senior vice president and general counsel for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, told Guns.com on Thursday."

#GUNVOTE

POLITICO (photo caption)
Trump passes Clinton in polling average
"Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel's 16th annual Outdoor Sportsman Awards at The Venetian Las Vegas during the 2016 National Shooting Sports Foundation's Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show on January 21. | Getty."

Women's Outdoor Network
#GUNVOTE and Influential Women at NRA-AM
"I stopped to ask several women about the importance of the #GUNVOTE. These women are more than gun owners. They are entrepreneurs, editors, television hosts, immigrants, mentors, political activists, trainers, moms, wives and friends. The issue of the Second Amendment is a priority to these women, and so is our freedom. Please take a moment to watch as they explain articulately why we all must make the #GUNVOTE a priority when we head to the polls.

NSSF Shooting Sports Fantasy Camp

Courier Express (DuBois, Penn.)
Shooting fantasy camp - where dreams can come true
"Fast and accurate shooting, taking down steel targets in the blink of an eye. That was the basis for the (NSSF) National Shooting Sports inaugural Shooting Sports Fantasy Camp."

Project ChildSafe/Firearms Safety Education

Fox 2 Now (St. Louis, Mo.)
Teens playing with loaded gun, leads to one being shot in the ear
"Gun safety videos designed for children or adults are available on the Internet. Both the National Rifle Association, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation provide training videos." (Plus visuals of Project ChildSafe locks and instructions on how to obtain from local police).

Leavenworth Times (Kansas)
Boy Scout promotes gun safety
"Toy worked with the National Shooting Sports Foundation to provide safety kits and educational materials to children attending the event."

Ammoland
Free Family Firearms Safety Seminars at Bass Pro Shops in Las Vegas, NV
"Responsible storage of firearms is the #1 way to help prevent firearms accidents. Nevada Department of Wildlife representatives will also be on hand to distribute free gun locks and safety information, provided by Project ChildSafe, to each family that attends (while supplies last). Attendees will also have a chance to win a $100 Bass Pro Gift Card."

ATF/NSSF Matching Rewards

Associated Press (mulitple pick-ups by regional media)
Sixty-six firearms stolen from gun range near Atlanta
"The federal agency and the National Shooting Sports Foundation trade group are offering a total reward of $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible."

WOKA-FM 106.7 All News (Atlanta)
5 p.m. News roundup
"The federal agency and trade group the National Shooting Sports Foundation are offering a total reward of $5000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the parties responsible."

Atlanta Business Chronicle
66 guns stolen in Atlanta-area gun range burglary
"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry, are seeking information that could leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible."

The Newnan Times Herald
Reward offered for guns stolen in McDonough
"This reward is part of a larger national cooperative initiative between the NSSF and ATF in which NSSF matches ATF rewards in cases involving the theft of firearms from federally licensed firearms retailers."