ATF to Attend 2018 Firearms Industry Compliance Conference

NEWTOWN, Conn — Orchid Advisors, No. 1 in FFL Compliance Solutions, and NSSF, the firearms industry trade association, announce ATF attendance at the 5th annual Firearms Industry Compliance Conference (FICC), to be held May 16–18 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Registration is now open for the 2018 event, which will focus on “Diving into FFL and SOT Compliance Technology.” “Over the […]

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Your Range and Training — The Integrated Approach

I’ve seen just about every variation of training program integration you can imagine. I usually teach on about 40 to 50 ranges a year and visit a handful more for my own recreational shooting, practice, video shoots or other industry events. I’ve kept up that pace for about a decade. Prior to that, I traveled […]

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NSSF Statement on Dick’s Sporting Goods Announcement

We respect the right of all companies to make the decisions they believe are appropriate for their business. Nonetheless, we are disappointed by the decision of Dick’s Sporting Goods to stop selling modern sporting rifles at its 35 Field & Stream stores, to cease sales of certain magazines and to raise the purchase age to […]

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Contact Your U.S. Senators; Urge Support for the Fix NICS Act S.2135

Contact your U.S. Senators Today Urge them to Support the Fix NICS Act S.2135 Federally licensed firearms retailers rely upon NICS to be accurate in order to prevent the sale and transfer of firearms to prohibited persons. President Trump has called on Congress to address the deficiencies in the National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) […]

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Firearms Industry Shares Goal of Making Communities Safer

The senseless loss of life that occurred on February 14 in Parkland, Florida is unimaginable and heartbreaking.  Members of the firearms industry share the goal of all Americans in wanting to see violence in our society reduced and our communities and children made safer. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), as the industry’s trade association, has […]

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The New York Times Wants to Direct America’s Banks on What They Should Do to Hurt Your Business

Imagine a business landscape where the top executives of the nation’s largest financial institutions take upon themselves the decision to blacklist a category of legal products as the result of political pressure, suggestion from the liberal news media with an activist agenda, social pressure from their elitist peer group – or some combination of these […]

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Insights to Curriculum Development: Building a Basic Pistol Course

In previous articles, I’ve explained the importance of training offerings that support your niche market as a firearms range. I’ve also discussed the immeasurable benefits to creating a level of excitement in every class. In this article, I want to provide insight and guidance to creating a basic pistol class that delivers all the elements […]

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From the Counter: Shedhorn Sports

“From the Counter” is the NSSF real-time industry perspective from firearm retailers across the country. Our goal is to identify and highlight innovative market strategies to help retailers compete more successfully. Lessons learned will be drawn from an array of regions with diverse market economies in an era of political change. This month, hot on […]

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SHOT Show to Remain at Sands Expo through 2027

LAS VEGAS — On the heels of the recent and extremely successful 2018 SHOT Show, the National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®) and Sands Expo have announced a two-year extension of their current agreement, which will keep the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show at the Sands Expo through 2027. “Las Vegas and the Sands Expo […]

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Ultimate Defense Firing Range and Training Center Earns NSSF Five-Star Range Rating

NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearms industry trade association, is pleased to announce that it has awarded its highest Five-Star rating for range excellence to Ultimate Defense Firing Range and Training Center. Located in St. Peters, Missouri, a bustling suburb of roughly 52,000 located approximately 40 miles west of St. […]

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VIDEO: NSSF, ATF Work to Help Prevent Gun Store Thefts

Operation Safe Store helps retailers make well-informed security-related decisions to deter and prevent thefts. During the 2018 SHOT Show, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel Larry Keane was joined by ATF Assistant Director Marvin Richardson on SHOT Show TV to talk about why there is no one-size-fits-all solution to helping prevent thefts from firearms retailers and how […]

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Let’s Not Follow Mexico’s Gun Control Example

A new report from the gun control advocates at the Center for American Progress is making headlines recently. The report argues that U.S. guns are to blame for violence in other countries. Not Mexican gangs or drug cartels, rather, the legal purchase of firearms, as protected by the Constitution, is to blame for the societal […]

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Behind the Firing Line: OnTarget’s Community Giving Impacts the Bottom Line

Welcome to NSSF’s column for firearms range owners, managers and staff. “Behind the Firing Line” works to accomplish two things. First, it recognizes ranges that have met the stringent requirements necessary to achieve an NSSF Star rating for excellence. Second, it works to explain how these ranges met specific criteria within the Star-Rating Range Program, […]

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Bad Behavior Where Kindness is Supposed to Thrive

From The Washington Times: “Last week two top executives of the Humane Society of the United States were exposed as alleged sexual predators. The Washington Post outlined a series of complaints against CEO Wayne Pacelle and that the organization had paid settlements presumably with donor money to women who were retaliated against.” Read Full Story

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Do You Know Your Duress Code?

How would you discreetly summon the police if approached at gunpoint when opening your store? If you replied, “I’d just key in my alarm system duress code,” you’d have the right strategy in place. Unfortunately, this function on your alarm panel is often underutilized, often inactivated, forgotten over time or simply not practiced during table-top […]

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It Takes A City — And So, So Much More

By all accounts the 2018 SHOT Show was a huge success. In fact, while we were on location in Las Vegas many of you told us that this was the best show yet for your company. That has been reinforced by an unusual number of unsolicited emails we have received since returning from the show. […]

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NSSF Video: Real-time Rifle Zeroing with Ryan Cleckner

Former Army Ranger sniper team leader Ryan Cleckner runs through his process for sighting in a new rifle in real-time and delivers several other shooting tips in the process. Watch and share more tips from Ryan and NSSF. Ryan Cleckner is a best-selling author of the Long Range Shooting Handbook and is currently a practicing firearms attorney. Filmed at […]

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Preventing Thefts of Firearms from Vehicles, a New NSSF Brochure

NEWTOWN, Conn. — In response to the rising number of gun thefts from vehicles, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has produced a brochure designed to remind gun owners to take precautions if they must leave a firearm in their car or truck for any period of time. The “Firearms Safety in Vehicles” brochure joins NSSF’s […]

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Weatherby Moving to Wyoming’s Open Skies

Adam Weatherby stood on the busy 2018 SHOT Show floor and explained that after 73 years, the historic rifle and shotgun company is pulling up its California roots and moving to a friendlier locale. It was an interesting announcement. Adam, grandson of founder Roy Weatherby, explained how his grandfather had headed west from Kansas to […]

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With Rights, Responsibility Follows

It felt good to sneak out a little early from NSSF’s Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show held in Las Vegas last week. The air was cool and crisp and the desert sun was a welcome change from the show floor. The early escape, though, wasn’t a free-for-all sprint to the airport. Rather, it […]

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Learning to Sell Part II: Adding Finesse

In the first of this two-part series, I talked about how to help your staff discover their inner sales pro through building a genuine rapport and demonstrating their credibility with customers by engaging in genuine and honest conversation, all of which should be aimed at adding value to the sales experience. In this second part, I’ll […]

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