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Industry Response Validates the ‘Essential’ Work of Keeping Gun Businesses Open

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By Larry Keane The firearm industry is open for business. With exceptions of trouble spots in a couple of states, the hard work is paying off. Americans, many for the first time, are buying firearms...
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NSSF’s Project ChildSafe Tools for New Gun Owners

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From the NSSF The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) today unveiled a new infographic for first-time gun owners in response to the surge in firearms sales across the U.S. Additionally, through its Project ChildSafe® program, NSSF has launched a...
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Hunting is the Perfect Social Distancing Activity

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By Larry Keane Another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic that no one saw coming: hunting. While consumer demand for firearms is at record level, and while non-essential activities have been shut down in most states,...

NSSF’s Joe Bartozzi and USCCA’s Tim Schmidt on America’s New Gun Owners

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https://youtu.be/7mNFJoEysCc Fromt the NSSF . . . NSSF President and CEO Joe Bartozzi joined USCCA President and Founder Tim Schmidt for a YouTube webcast talking about the phenomenon of the spike in firearm purchases during the...

How One Gun Retailer Has Dealt With COVID19 and the Gun Buying Surge

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By Peter B. Mathiesen We talked to Dan Eldridge, the owner of Maxon Shooter’s Supply and Indoor Range last week. The intent is to show how firearm industry companies are responding during this crisis and...
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Firearms Industry Stressing Safety During the Coronavirus Gun Buying Surge

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By Larry Keane Firearm retailers are proving to be a critical touchpoint for community safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Final numbers for firearm sales are still pending, but by all accounts, firearm sales shattered patterns. Americans...
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NSSF Thanks Trump Administration for Firearms Industry Critical Infrastructure Designation

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From the NSSF: The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearm and ammunition industry, is grateful for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inclusion of the firearm industry’s manufacturing, distribution, retail and...
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The Gun Industry Steps Up During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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By Joe Bartozzi The past couple weeks have been a whirlwind for most. That’s certainly true for the firearm and ammunition industry. It has also revealed the character of who we are. We are an industry...
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Texas County Stay-At-Home Orders Threatening Gun Businesses

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Texas governor Greg Abbott has been reluctant to issue a state-wide stay-at-home order. As he pointed out in a press conference Monday, almost 200 of Texas's 254 counties have yet to report a case...
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NSSF Asks Homeland Security to Designate Gun Manufacturers, Retailers a ‘National Critical Infrastructure Industry’

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As more states issue shelter-in-place orders, closing businesses and confining people to their homes unless shopping for food or medicine, the nation's firearms and ammunition manufacturers have begun to be affected. Case in point:...

NSSF Implores Government Officials to Designate Gun Business ‘Critical’ During Emergency

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The National Shooting Sports Foundation has just sent this message to member businesses: As your industry’s trade association, we want you to know the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) is hard at work for you...
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NSSF, Firearms Retailers Emphasizing Safety As Gun Sales Soar and Families Stay Home

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https://youtu.be/pj-PTSrXosc From the NSSF . . . The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) and its partners urge gun owners to keep firearm safety a top priority and are making safety resources widely available as gun and ammunition...