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Guns And Ammo Contributed a Record $300 Million to Conservation in Q1. You’re Welcome, America

March 5, 2025August 10, 2022 by TTAG Contributor

By Joe Bartozzi Wildlife conservation in the United States is seeing another windfall, thanks to the firearm and ammunition industry. NSSF announced that firearm and ammunition manufacturers paid a record-setting $300,498,588.23 in the first quarter of 2022. That’s the most-ever firearm and ammunition excise tax for the first quarter of any year and brings the … Read more

The Gun Buying Boom Means Huge Windfalls for Wildlife, State Agencies

March 6, 2025May 18, 2021 by TTAG Contributor

By Larry Keane State wildlife agencies are facing something many haven’t seen for years, even decades. Their seeing flush budgets. Excise taxes paid by firearm and ammunition makers to the Wildlife Restoration Fund, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (USFWS), is nearly a half-billion dollars at just halfway through the fiscal year. That’s a … Read more

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