NSSF and Senator Kelly Ayotte on the Kavanaugh Confirmation Process
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has scheduled hearings on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court for September 4. The lead-up to the hearings is featuring all of the hysterics and histrionics...
August NICS Background Checks Another New Record
Background checks completed in the FBI's National Instant Background Check system totaled 2,073,296 in August, a 7.7% increase over 2017. That's the highest number for August since NICS was established in 1998. For reference,...
NSSF Releases 2018 Midterm Election Congressional Scorecard
There are just 14 days until the midterm elections. Early voting has already started in a number of states around the country. If you're looking for House and Senate candidates who support the Second...
A Blue Ripple, a Red Senate Wall and What it Means for the Firearms...
By Larry Keane
The results are still trickling in on Wednesday, but we’re getting a clearer picture of what we can expect when it comes to the next two years for gun laws in the...
State Outlook Even More Jumbled for Firearms
By Larry Keane
Everyone has that kitchen drawer. That’s the one where a book of matches, take-out menus, extra cell-phone power cords, pet treats, a pack of gum and a hammer are kept. That is,...
Here’s What You Need to Know When Giving a Firearm as a Gift
The holidays are just around the corner. As hunters, shooters collectors or just plain plinkers, it’s a natural instinct to want to share our enjoyment of firearms with others. What better way to do...
It’s Not About New Laws, It’s About Implementing the Ones We Have
By Larry Keane
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...
Generals for Gun Control Support Ban on Private Firearm Sales
By Mark Oliva
When generals 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...
Bear Den Study Demonstrates the Conservation Contributions of America’s Firearms Industry
By Mark Oliva
Today, I wrestled a bear.
It wasn’t big, just five pounds. Still, it had claws and a whole lot of attitude.
I joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Tom Decker, a wildlife biologist...
NSSF: March Background Checks Dip, Year Over Year Totals Remain Down
With the sole exception of January, the number of NICS background checks -- a good barometer of gun sales -- have lagged the prior year's total in every month in the last 12. As...
Firearms Industry Economic Impact Rises 171% Since 2008
You know the business that statist gas bags like Eric Swalwell, Nancy Pelosi and Diane Feinstein are always attacking and trying to hinder? The business that employs tens of thousand of Americans in engineering,...
On “Gun Violence,” Real Solutions Require Dealing in Facts
By Steve Sanetti
Gun control groups praising Connecticut’s Supreme Court decision to allow the Soto v. Bushmaster case to move forward are, ironically, using the court decision as an opportunity to perpetuate false narratives, the...