California, New York Show Contrasts Cultivating Youth Hunting
California and New York have among the nation’s strictest gun control laws. The governors of each state often brag about forcing even more restrictions on law-abiding gun owners rather than getting tough on criminals who ignore those laws. Both states have bans on the nation’s most popular and commonly-owned semiautomatic rifle, the Modern Sporting Rifle […]
Completing Form 4473 2023 Edition SHOT University Online Training Live Now
WASHINGTON, D.C. – NSSF® , The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is pleased to announce that the training series titled “Completion of the ATF Form 4473 2023 Edition” is now available through the SHOT UniversityTM Online education center. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) revised the form in December 2022 to reflect new statutory requirements […]
NSSF Celebrates $1.6 Billion Apportioned to States for Conservation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, celebrates the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) announcement that $1.6 billion is being apportioned to state conservation and wildlife access programs, driven mostly by firearm and ammunition manufacturers. The record-setting distribution of funds is derived from the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson excise taxes paid by the firearm […]
Cape Gun Works Receives NSSF Five-Star Range Rating
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, has awarded Cape Gun Works its Five-Star rating for range excellence. Five stars is the highest rating in NSSF’s star-rating system, which evaluates shooting facilities on appearance, management, shooting sports development and amenities. Cape Gun Works was the dream of business partners Toby Leary and Brendon Bricklin, who […]
NSSF Reaction to President’s Gun Control Executive Order
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, takes exception with President Joe Biden’s Executive Order to increase gun control measures. In the name of “doing something,” the Biden administration is chilling fundamental Constitutional rights and simply rehashing existing law, many of which were previously supported by the firearm industry. “The Biden administration should demand […]
ATF Data Confirms ‘Operation Secure Store’ Has Positive Impact
New ATF Data on FFL burglaries, robberies and the number of stolen guns confirms the firearm industry’s Operation Secure Store® makes communities safer. Keeping firearms out of the hands of criminals takes a monumental effort. Partnerships between neighborhood gun store retailers, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Department of Justice […]
North Carolina’s Legislature Has Opportunity to Right a Wrong
General Assembly Can Override Gov. Cooper’s Veto of Jim Crow-Era Law North Carolina’s General Assembly is at a decision point. It can vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill to repeal a Jim Crow-era law requiring a permit-to-purchase a pistol. Or, it can allow the governor’s appeasement of special interest gun control […]
ATF Director: Firearm Industry Programs Work to Reduce Crime, Firearm Accidents
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach spoke at length with The Washington Post about his responsibilities at the helm of the federal agency charged with overseeing the firearm industry. The Post is unabashedly antigun and pushes gun control propaganda whenever possible. During the discussion, however, Dettelbach took the opportunity to […]
Firearm Industry Economic Impact Rises 322% Since 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The total economic impact of the firearm and ammunition industry in the United States increased to $80.73 billion in 2022 from $19.1 billion in 2008, a 322 percent increase, while the total number of full-time equivalent jobs rose to over 393,696 from approximately 166,000, a 136 percent increase in that same period, according to a report released by […]
NSSF Applauds Senator Daines’ Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act Introduction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, applauds U.S. Sen. Steve Daines’ introduction of S. 1185, the Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act, which would prohibit U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) from banning the use of traditional lead ammunition and tackle […]