Smith & Wesson Contributes $500,000 to NSSF’s #GUNVOTE Campaign
We hear the same thing every four years. This is the most important election of our lifetime. The call to action is usually accompanied by a recounting of the dire consequences of the vote...
Geissele Automatics Donates 250,000 Masks for SHOT Show 2021
Fromt the NSSF:
NSSF, the firearm industry trade association, is pleased to announce that Geissele Automatics will be donating 250,000 face masks for distribution during the 2021 SHOT Show. Headquartered in North Wales, Pennsylvania, Geissele Automatics is a...
NSSF: America Has Added 5 Million New Gun Owners in 2020
From the NSSF:
NSSF, the trade association for the firearm industry, updated retail survey-based estimates and concluded that nearly 5 million Americans purchased a firearm for the very first time in 2020. NSSF surveyed firearm retailers which...
#GUNVOTE: As November Nears, Voters Who Value Gun Rights Critical to 2020 Election Outcome
By Larry Keane
The national election is less than 80 days away. Millions of voters will head to the polls in November and cast their vote for candidates at the local, state and federal level,...
Two Antitrust Democrats OK Taking Money From Big Banks Working Against the Firearms Industry
By Larry Keane
Any other year, taking money from an industry that’s conducting barred activity would be called corruption. Not in election years, though, and not when it comes to banks and guns.
Congressional Democrats are...
CAUTION: NSSF Issues Industry Advisory on California Magazine Ban Ruling
Last week, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled California's ban on "high capacity" magazines violates the Second Amendment. The 2 to 1 decision in Duncan v. Becerra was cause...
Biden Chooses Kamala Harris as His Gun Control Partner, Creating the Most Anti-Gun Ticket...
By Larry Keane
Americans’ Second Amendment rights will be front and center in the November election as 2020 presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden made it official, announcing U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running...
Gun Industry Safety Efforts Result in 55% Decrease in Child Firearm-Related Fatalities
By Larry Keane
Project ChildSafe, an NSSF program, is the leader in promoting safe firearm handling and storage. The program’s efforts are making a difference. Not only are unintentional firearm fatalities at an all-time low, but...
Gretchen Whitmer’s Veep Cred: I Kept 6600 Firearms Industry Employees Out of Work!
By Larry Keane
Everytown for Gun Safety continued its Veepstakes auditions as Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined Shannon Watts to talk about her gun control credentials.
Gov. Whitmer’s highlight of the event was boasting about...
Bloomberg’s ‘The Trace’ Tracks NICS Checks…Badly
By Larry Keane
As the trade association for the firearm and ammunition industry, the NSSF tracks industry-related data closely. Whether it is the tens of millions of dollars our manufacturers pay in excise tax for...
NSSF Statement on New York Attorney General’s Attempt to Shut Down the NRA
From the National Shooting Sports Foundation:
NSSF, the trade association for the firearm industry, is troubled by the politically-driven decision of New York Attorney General Letitia James to seek to dissolve the National Rifle Association,...
Gun Boom Rolls On: 1.8 million Background Checks in June, Up 122% Over 2019
From the NSSF:
The July 2020 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,848,307 is an increase of 122.5 percent compared to the July 2019 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 830,579. For comparison, the unadjusted July 2020 FBI NICS figure 3,614,192 reflects an...