NSSF Blog

Sneak Preview of NSSF Ad

2010-03-10T16:27:57-05:00

In conjunction with several First Shots seminars scheduled at shooting ranges in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, NSSF will be running this ad in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press to remind residents about what the firearms industry is...

Huffington Post Readers Deserve A Straight Shooter

2010-03-08T15:45:17-05:00

We know that many Huffington Post readers are not Second Amendment supporters, although we believe they value accuracy in what they read. HuffPost readers in search of a better understanding of gun ownership trends in America and the firearms industry...

Firearms Retailer Deserves to Sponsor Youth Baseball Team

2010-03-08T14:13:16-05:00

NSSF has sent the following letter-to-the-editor in response to a New Jersey Star-Ledger story about a a youth baseball league that rejected an offer from a community firearms retailer to sponsor a team. To the Editor: To the youth baseball...

Tune In to NSSF's Daily Radio Show

2010-03-05T10:40:30-05:00

Get the jump on your weekend entertainment by checking out NSSF's new Insights radio show. Launched earlier this week, Insights’ 90-second programs provide hunting and shooting tips that just might help you be more successful afield, post a better score...

Long Time Between Game Dinners

2010-03-03T16:07:35-05:00

A while back in an op-ed column, NSSF President Steve Sanetti pointed out how the growing movement toward eco-friendly eating habits, such as acquiring more foods locally, was actually not new to hunters, who have long lived that lifestyle. Hunters...

Governor Rell Congratulates NSSF on Project ChildSafe Award

2010-03-03T13:40:56-05:00

Recently NSSF received an Award of Excellence for its Project ChildSafe program, the firearms safety education effort that has distributed 35 million gun lock safety kits nationwide. Today a thoughtful letter of congratulations from Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell arrived...

Five Could Be The Magic Number

2010-03-02T16:58:30-05:00

A Los Angeles Times story on McDonald et al. v. City of Chicago et al. reports "all signs Tuesday were that five [U.S. Supreme Court] justices saw the right to 'bear arms' as national in scope and not limited to...

'McDonald' Transcript Posted

2010-03-02T15:05:36-05:00

The transcript of the oral argument for McDonald, et al v. City of Chicago, et al is posted at http://supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/08-1521.pdf.

Analysis From Today's Oral Arguments in "McDonald v. City of Chicago"

2010-03-02T14:59:38-05:00

Larry Keane, NSSF senior vice president and general counsel, was at the U.S. Supreme Court this morning to hear the oral arguments made in the McDonald, et al v. City of Chicago, et al case that will determine if the...

Sequel to 'Heller': 'McDonald v. Chicago' Goes Before The Supreme Court

2010-03-01T12:34:36-05:00

The words from the 14th Amendment printed below are central to the McDonald v. City of Chicago case, which will be argued tomorrow before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court will rule on whether cities and states must honor the...