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June 17, 2016

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

MSRs/Orlando Nightclub Attack

USA TODAY
Current law couldn't stop gun sales to Orlando shooter, experts say
"The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates that there are currently upwards of 8 million such weapons in the U.S. Seven states and Washington, D.C. currently have some sort of ban on assault-weapons on the books, but Florida is not among them."

New York Times
AR-15 Rifles Are Beloved, Reviled and a Common Element in Mass Shootings
"According to a 2010 survey by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, AR-15 owners tend on average to have three different versions of the rifle and spend more than $400 per weapon on accessories and special modifications. Though the AR-15 can be bought as cheaply as $600, the average retail price was slightly more than $1,000, the survey found."

Reuters News Service
Assault rifle used in Florida shooting drives gun control debate
"The NSSF estimates there are roughly 5 million to 10 million AR-15 rifles owned in the United States, a fraction of the 300 million firearms owned by Americans. Most owners say they use the rifle for target shooting and home defense, although they can be used for hunting as well."

Arizona Republic/12 News (NBC) Phoenix, Ariz.
What's an 'assault rifle'? Gun terms in Orlando shooting debated
"Debate continues about whether AR-15 style rifles should be considered 'assault weapons' or 'assault rifles'. The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which calls them 'modern sporting rifles' argues te guns don't meet the rapid-fire standard. ' An assault rifle is fully automatic – a machine gun,' the foundation sates on its website."

Guns.com
Calls to ban AR-15s ring out following Orlando Shooting
"As the debate over the AR-15 progressed, the trade association for the gun industry, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, launched a marketing effort to educate the American public about the role of ARs, which they coined as "Modern Sporting Rifles," in the U.S. The group published 'Modern Sporting Rifle Facts,' which stated AR-15s do not fit the legal definition of 'assault weapons' or 'assault rifles,' terms reserved for full auto firearms. The fact sheet also described AR-15s as 'the most popular firearms being sold'."

KELO-TV (CBS) Sioux Falls, S.D.
AR-15 Under Fire

Media/Katie Couric Controversy

Townhall.com
Pile On: Even CNN Took Couric's Anti-Gun Film To The Woodshed Over Manipulative Edits
"But (film director) Soechtig is not backing down. Besides seemingly admitting to breaking federal gun laws while making this feature, she remains unapologetic over the decision to selectively edit her feature. The National Shooting Sports Foundation found this admission troubling and urged the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to investigate the matter."

Ammoland
Katie Couric 'Under the Gun' Gungate Scandal TIME LINE - #GunGate
"June 3: The National Shooting Sports Foundation issues a statement that "'The NSSF calls upon the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to open a criminal investigation into this important matter'."

Guns.com
SAF joins call to have Couric film investigated by feds
Last week the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade organization for the firearms industry, called upon the ATF to open a criminal investigation following scrutiny of an interview (film director) Soechtig made prior to the film's release that may point to interstate handgun purchases and even straw buys in violation of federal gun laws.

NSSF Industry Summit

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Expert panel: Hunters must adapt to social media
"The group was convened by the National Shooting Sports Foundation as part of its annual 'industry summit.; It's a gathering of representatives from wildlife agencies, firearms manufacturers, gun retailers, sportsmen's organizations and others."

Project ChildSafe

WPXI 11 Pittsburgh
Lesson in Safety
"Gun owners got a lesson is safety today outside the office of the Alleghany County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's department, Pittsburgh Police, the National Shooting Sports Foundation found hosted that event. They demonstrated how to store firearms safely. Gun sales have been increasing for nearly a decade, but accidents with firearms have gone down 27%."

WESA-FM Pittsburgh
5:30 a.m. news
"The National Shooting Sports Foundation says locking a gun is the best way to prevent accidents."

KPAX 8 (CBS) Missoula, Mont.
Kalispell gun safety event handing out free gun lock kits
" 'All firearms accidents can be prevented by securely storing firearms to keep them out of the wrong hands,' said NSSF Senior Director of Communications Bill Brassard Jr. 'You know a securely-stored firearm helps prevent not just accidents, but also thefts and other misuse. So it's the responsibility of every gun owner to make sure that guns don't fall into the wrong hands'."

KECI-TV 13 (NBC) Missoula, Mont.; KTVM-TV 6 (NBC) Butte, Mont.
Firearms Safety
"The National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Professional Outdoor Media Association will host a special firearms safety event today in Kalispell. Free gun locks will be handed out at the event and law enforcement officers from the Flathead Sheriff's Department and the Kalispell Police Department will be on hand to demonstrate proper installation of gun locks on a variety of firearms."

The Detroit News
Oakland County gun owners can get free firearm locks
"Since 2014, more than 10,000 gun locks have been distributed in Oakland County courtesy of Project ChildSafe/National Shooting Sports Foundation with the help of police."

ATF/NSSF Matching Rewards

WAGA-TV Fox 5 News Atlanta
Backwoods Armory Gun Theft
"This is one of the men wanted for stealing 55 guns from the Backwoods Armory on June 6th, ATF and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are offering up to a $5,00 reward for any information leading to an arrest and conviction. Call 1-800-ATG-GUNS with your tips."

WTOC 11 (CBS) Savannah
ATF, NSSF offer $5,000 reward in Bulloch Co. gun store burglary
"The Bulloch County Sheriff's Office is on high alert after over $25,000 worth of guns were stolen from Backwoods Armory, located in the 20000 block of U.S. 80 East. The owner of Backwoods Armory found the break-in Thursday morning. Fifty-five rifles, shotguns, and handguns were gone. Now, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, along with the National Shooting Sports Foundation is offering a $5,000 for information in the burglary. Investigators know this crime could spawn others."

Government Relations

Metro News Charleston, W.V.
Kanawha County could vote on allowing Sunday hunting in November election
"'We think property owners should be able to use their property any time of the year, like any other county that's passed Sunday hunting in recent years. We fully support it,' said Jason Webb representing the National Shooting Sports Foundation."

Guns.com
States strengthen background check system since Sandy Hook
"'Over the past three years NSSF has been instrumental in the passage of FixNICS legislation in 16 states across the country. The last thing the firearms industry wants is for a prohibited person to gain access to a firearm. We recognized the need for states to input the appropriate records into NICS and decided to do something about it,' said Jake McGuigan, NSSF's director of state affairs, in an email to Guns.com. 'While Everytown issues press releases and glossy reports, NSSF invests time, money, resources and in-state consultants to accomplish our FixNICS victories'."

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Record gun sales boost grants to wildlife agencies
"Established in 1937, Pittman-Robertson has accrued more than $10.1 billion. Yet, few gun owners know it exists. 'We sometimes call it the greatest conservation success story never told,' said Jim Curcuruto, director of research for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the shooting industry's trade group."

 

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