March 17, 2016

The following is a sampling of recent news clips in which NSSF has appeared:

Women and the Shooting Sports

CBS Sunday Morning
Girls With Guns
"You might call it girl power. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, women are the fastest-growing group of gun owners in the U.S."

Forbes
Shotgun Vacations: Luxury Travel for Women Who Love to Shoot
"According to a recent study called "Girl Power" by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the number of women hunters increased 84% from 2001 to 2013. Say goodbye to the good old boy days of chiggers, marsh slogging, and freezing in a duck blind. The Pinot Grigio, golf-cart era of shooting sports has officially arrived."

Fox 2 News at 9 (Harlingen, Texas)
Gun Club focuses on training women to shoot
"Gun use and training among women has increased in recent years with target shooting becoming a favorite sport, this according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation."

Government Relations

Bloomberg News
Trump, Cruz See Hunting Market as 40 Million Votes to Bag
"'The sportsmen's vote is a critical voting bloc,' said Lawrence Keane, senior vice president at the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a Newtown, Connecticut, group that represents firearms owners, hunters and shooting-sports participants. 'They are highly attuned to where candidates stand on issues and they tend to vote based on their passions'."

The Weekly Standard
Did Guns Doom Hillary In Michigan? Quite possibly.
"And in 2013, the last year of available records according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the state sold nearly 800,000 hunting licenses. That means about 10 percent of the population of Michigan over the age of 15 are hunters. It's not the highest rate in the country, but it's well above Ohio, Florida, or even Iowa."

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Lead ammo debate heats up
"'This isn't about science,' said Jake McGuigan, director of government affairs at the National Shooting Sports Foundation. 'This is about hunting and stopping hunting'."

The Truth About Guns (Pick-up of NSSF statement)
NSSF Corrects the Record on Firearms Industry Liability
"The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, issued a statement today to correct the record and refute ongoing misrepresentation of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) by Hillary Clinton …"

Guns.com
Firearm interest surges in states with lowest gun-ownership rates
"The National Shooting Sports Foundation adjusts the NICS numbers each month by eliminating checks that are coded for concealed weapons permits."

Headline News
Gun-Loving Mom Shot by Little Son
"And then the National Shooting Sports Foundation has Project ChildSafe." (Natalie Foster, guest on Dr. Drew)

ATF/NSSF Matching Rewards Program

WFXL, Fox 31 (Albany, Ga.)
1-800-ATF GUNS
"Several guns were stolen back in January when A-2-Z pawn in Waycross was burglarized and six firearms were stolen. Now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of whoever stole them."

WTVL-TV 12 (NBC, Jacksonville, Fla.)
Authorities announce reward for information on Waycross firearms thieves
"The Atlanta field division of ATF is outing up $2,500 in reward money and the National Shooting Sports Foundation is outing up the other half."

Other

Danbury News-Times
Report criticizes gun marketing to youth
"Mike Bazinet an NSSF spokesman, declined to comment on the report, calling the premise absurd and the language hyperbolic. The spokesman referred questions to a blog written by Larry Keane, the NSSF's senior vice president, assistant secretary and general counsel. Keane in the blog declined to address the report's specific points, except to say that parents and other adults drive the youth firearms market — not children — because children themselves can't buy guns."

Washington Post
He says the Arlington gun store will be great. He just won't say who owns it
"The store plans a grand opening at 9 a.m. on March 26, with appearances by Del. Richard L. Anderson (R-Prince William), and representatives from the National Rifle Association, the Virginia Citizens Defense League and National Shooting Sports Foundation, according to a notice on the website Sunday."

The Outdoor Wire
NSSF Debuts Firearms Industry Health Advantage
"'It's not always convenient to leave home or work to visit a doctor. Technology-enabled healthcare gives you access to affordable, convenient, quality healthcare, anytime, from anywhere,' explained Deb Kenney, NSSF Vice President, Human Resources & Administration."