Crime Data Show Positive Trends for First Half of 2018

The FBI recently released its Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report, showing decreases in violent crime rates in the first half of 2018 compared to January-June 2017.   The preliminary report doesn’t include data on types of weapons used, but it is interesting to note another downward trend: the number of burglaries from FFLs were also […]

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Gun Control Generals Try to Pull Rank

Editor’s Note: This essay originally appeared in The Federalist. When general and admirals speak, veterans like me tend to listen. That’s why I perked up at a recent letter signed by 13 retired officers for the political gun-control group Giffords Veterans Coalition. That letter advised Congress that passing background checks that ban private gun sales […]

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The National Shooting Sports Foundation® and the National Crime Prevention Council Release Two New ‘McGruff® Gun Safety’ Videos for Young Children

‘Molly’s Mischief’ and ‘Not Cool, Kyle’ teach students from kindergarten to 6th grade to ‘Stop! Don’t touch! Get away! Tell an adult!’ NEWTOWN, Conn.—The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) has partnered with the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) to produce two new firearms safety videos starring McGruff The Crime Dog® and his nephew Scruff® to […]

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Vista Outdoor Becomes Silver Sponsor of NSSF’s Project ChildSafe

NEWTOWN, Conn., and NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Vista Outdoor, a world leader in commercial, law enforcement and military ammunition and hunt/shoot accessories, has become a Silver Sponsor of the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF®) Project ChildSafe® program. The sponsorship enhances previous partnerships between the two organizations and advances their shared goal of promoting safe firearms handling, […]

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From the Counter: Shedhorn Outfitters

“From the Counter” is NSSF’s collection of timely industry perspectives from firearm retailers across the country. Our goal is to identify and highlight innovative market strategies to help retailers compete more successfully. This month I visited with an independent retailer in the Rocky Mountain West. I spoke with owner Rob Gallentine a year ago, and […]

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Illinois Tragedy Raises Serious Questions About Record Checks

In the wake of the criminal shooting in Aurora, Ill., state agencies are already identifying the gaps in the system that allowed a prohibited person to illegally obtain a firearm, despite going through multiple background checks. The Illinois State Police (ISP) acknowledge they missed a prohibiting felony record when they issued a Firearm Owner’s Identification […]

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First Shots — Target Shooting Solutions Can Relax and Just Teach

At Target Shooting Solutions in Avondale, Pennsylvania, Director of Training Kris Stover says his sole goal is to consistently bring new shooters and people from the local community into the world of shooting. NSSF’s First Shots is one of the tools Stover uses to help achieve that goal, and he says the payoff is that […]

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It’s Not About New Laws; It’s about Implementing the Ones We Have

The murders in Aurora, Illinois, reveal the inability or unwillingness of many in authority to ensure that our existing laws are working. The convicted felon who murdered five at his workplace last week should never have had a gun. We need to know why that happened so it can be fixed so it never happens […]

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NSSF Praises U.S. House Bipartisan Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act

Legislation Frees Funds for State Range Construction NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearms industry trade association, praised the introduction of H.R. 1222, the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act of 2019 in the U.S House of Representatives. The bipartisan bill was authored by Reps. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Rob […]

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The State of Gun Politics in the U.S. House

The Democrats in control of the U.S. House of Representatives are moving quickly on a gun control bill, H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019. Predictably, they argue that this “common sense” legislation is long overdue. They’ll tell you that it must be passed for the safety of our children and that it […]

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How to Classify and Handle Firing Range Waste

NSSF is committed to helping our ranges stay OSHA- and EPA-compliant when handling the hazardous wastes that are naturally generated at their facilities. In doing so, we often join forces with professionals in the industry who work with lead and other firing range waste materials on a daily basis. One of those companies, and one […]

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Equity Financing: Where for Art Thou?

I recently discussed different methods to look at financing various business situations. Debt financing, while possibly difficult to obtain at times, is very easy to locate—there’s a bank on every corner. Equity financing, however, can be much more difficult to locate, especially for the small to medium-sized business owner. There are legendary tales of entrepreneurs […]

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Birchwood Casey Joins Official Supporters of NSSF’s First Shots Program

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms industry, is pleased to announce that Birchwood Casey has agreed to be the official target sponsor for the organization’s First Shots® program. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Birchwood Casey is a leading manufacturer of firearms cleaning products, targets and other […]

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NSSF Launches ‘My NSSF’ Mobile App

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms industry, is pleased to announce the launch of its “My NSSF” Mobile App. “Smartphones and tablets have streamlined commerce and customer service for thousands of businesses. Providing such efficiency to our members through the new ‘My NSSF’ Mobile App is […]

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‘Study’ Misled with the Data, But Made News

A “study” released at the end of last year predictably sparked headlines such as “US Leads the World in Child Gun Deaths.” Because this illustrates a familiar pattern, it deserves our attention still. We know fatal firearm accidents are down, and near historic lows. We know that there are drastic differences between firearm accidents involving […]

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Behind the Firing Line: RTSP Randolph

Welcome to NSSF’s column for firearms range owners, managers and staff. “Behind the Firing Line” works to recognize ranges that have met the stringent requirements necessary to achieve NSSF’s Five-Star rating for excellence and explain how they met specific criteria within the Star-Rating Range Program so that other ranges working to make the grade can […]

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The Ps of Planning

The letter P seems to be a recurring one in business literature. We hear about the “Four Ps” of marketing, the “Seven Ps” of sales and the “Five Ps” of business. Today I’m going to talk about Ps, six of them, and how they relate to planning, specifically, how proper previous planning prevents poor performance […]

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The American Dream is Alive and Well

The American Dream is alive and well. I have long felt this is the case. So, I was heartened to see support for a point of view that you will not generally see reflected in most of the daily news coverage. It comes in the form of an American Enterprise Institute national public opinion survey […]

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Working to Prevent Tragedies vs. Waiting to Exploit Them

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has made no secret about her desire for more gun restrictions. She has prepared an a la carte menu of ideas from universal background checks to bans on “assault weapons” and standard capacity magazines to ending sales to those between the ages of 18 and […]

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First Shots: Topping the Priority List for Sprague’s Sports

“It’s our duty and responsibility to provide the opportunity and professional instruction to first-time shooters. While you’re teaching firearms safety, you’re also cultivating the next generation of shooters,” says Richard Sprague, owner of Sprague’s Sports in Yuma, Arizona, as he explains to me why he has been hosting First Shots at his location for the […]

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