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August 6, 2010

Senate Passes Industry Excise Tax Bill

The Senate yesterday passed legislation that corrects a longstanding inequity in the Internal Revenue Code by permitting firearm and ammunition…

August 2, 2010

NSSF Provides Over $230,000 in Grants to Shooting Ranges

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has awarded grants totaling $231,796 to nine shooting facilities through its Range Partnership Grant Program.…

July 29, 2010

Urge Senate to Pass Firearms Excise Tax Reform Now

On June 29, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 (HR 5552) by…

July 27, 2010

NSSF President Named to Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack named NSSF President Steve Sanetti to serve on…

July 1, 2010

Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Improvement Act Moves Forward in the Senate

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), joined by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.),  Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and a bipartisan group…

June 29, 2010

U.S. House passes pro-industry, pro-conservation excise tax improvement legislation

NSSF hailed today's passage of the Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 (H.R. 5552). The bi-partisan legislation, sponsored by…