Excise Tax Payments Show Continued Downturn in Firearm Sales
We'll go over this again because lots of gun owners aren't aware of it. Since 1937, under the Pittman-Robertson Act, anyone buying a new firearm or ammunition pays a 10 or 11% federal excise...
Frequently Asked Questions – ATF Form 4473 Background Checks
By NSSF
As the trade association for the firearms industry, NSSF receives many questions from firearms retailers regarding ATF compliance. We’ve begun to catalog these questions and answers to better serve our members and the industry. Here...
NSSF Celebrates President Trump Signing ‘Range Bill’
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearms industry trade association, celebrates President Donald Trump's signing of H.R. 1222, the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act, at The White House. The President...
Google Backs Down on Anti-Hunting RMEF ‘Animal Cruelty’ Virtue Signaling
By Larry Keane
Google thinks hunting is animal cruelty.
Well, they did for a few days and until U.S. senators, a Congressman, Donald Trump Jr. and the media started asking questions. Now, they’re pretty quiet about the issue. In fact,...
Hunters Poised to Help Fight Hunger
By NSSF
The Dean of the House of Representatives understands the hunter’s heart. Now, he’s trying to make it a little easier on hunters’ wallets to do the right thing, and the National Shooting Sports...
NSSF Applauds Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act Introduction
From the NSSF:
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearms industry trade association, applauds U.S. House of Representatives Republican Whip Steve Scalise’s (R-La.) introduction of H.R. 2443, the Firearms Interstate Commerce...
House Passes Bill Encouraging More Shooting Ranges
You might think it would be impossible to get a bill through the current House of Representatives that even remotely promotes the shooting sports, but that has actually happened. The Target Practice and Marksmanship...
Fighting for Your Rights…And Your Wallet
By Larry Keane
Tax holidays are a common occurrence across many states in the U.S where, usually for one weekend a year, certain eligible products are exempt from sales tax. The benefits of these holidays...
NSSF Praises President Trump’s Rejection of UN Arms Trade Tready
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearms industry trade association, praised President Donald Trump’s rejection of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that was signed by the Obama Administration, but was...
Re-Branding Crime as a Public Health Problem is a Bad Prescription
By Larry Keane
There’s an article in the New York Times this week about an increase in private funding for research into what the author calls “gun violence research.” The real story is how the...
Banks Not Shooting Straight With Truth in Lending to Firearms Industry
By Larry Keane
Citigroup’s getting asked some hard questions about fiscal sanity of their decision to discriminate against firearms businesses and their answers aren’t likely to soothe investors.
Justin Danhof, General Counsel for the National Center...
Firearms Industry Heads to Capitol Hill
By Larry Keane
Nothing is more influential and more important for lawmakers than to hear directly from their constituents. That’s why I couldn’t have been more proud of the 70 attendees from across the firearms...