NSSF: Aiming for Accuracy

Waterfowl Guns Tested in the N.Y. Times. That's Right, The Times!

2009-11-19T11:50:19-05:00

In the newspaper's Styles section today, above the fold and above a story about yoga and with a headline of "For the Holiday Hunter-Gatherer" (echoing the eco-friendly nature of the paper) is a gear test on waterfowl guns. The Times’...

Attorney General Backpedals on 'Assault Weapons'

2009-11-17T09:42:20-05:00

From NSSF's weekly e-newsletter Bullet Points: ATTORNEY GENERAL RETREATS ON COMMENTS ABOUT 'ASSAULT WEAPONS' BAN . . . Attorney General Eric Holder is retreating on the comments he made in February to reinstate the so-called ban on assault weapons, The...

Media Story About Basic Gun Safety

2009-11-10T09:28:44-05:00

When mainstream media covers a fatal firearms accident, rarely does a story mention how basic firearms safety could have prevented the accident, but that's what St. Petersburg Times' reporter Michael Van Sickler does in "Basic gun safety in Hillsborough County...

New NSSF Video Helps Public, Media Understand the Firearms Industry

2009-11-10T08:40:53-05:00

From NSSF's weekly e-newsletter Bullet Points: NEW VIDEO EDUCATES PUBLIC ABOUT INDUSTRY . . . "For more than 200 years a unique industry in America has made products that have been part of our country's great tradition of freedom, self-reliance...

"AR-style Rifles Spurring Some Debate"

2009-11-09T14:18:46-05:00

In a story of that title, outdoor editor Bob Frye of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review looks at the growing popularlity of hunting with AR-style rifles and whether states like Pennsylania, which currently does not allowing hunting with semi-automatic rifles, will eventually...

At Burlington Free Press, an Apology and an Op-ed

2009-10-29T09:57:17-04:00

The Burlington Free Press today ran a letter of apology in its print edition after publishing a reader's letter yesterday that said, "I suggest that before the next annual [moose] killing season, other residents be awarded legal permits to kill...

Newspaper Prints Letter Advocating Killing Hunters

2009-10-28T14:37:26-04:00

Shameful is the word that comes to mind for the Burlington Free Press and its decision to print a reader's anti-hunting letter, "Take a few hunters along with the moose," that was written in response to the Vermont paper's story...

A New Magazine for AR Enthusiasts

2009-10-28T09:12:08-04:00

A new digital magazine, "AR Guns and Hunting," has launched. Content includes tips, history and discussions about equipment related AR rifles. The magazine, published by Grand View Media Group, is an indicator of the increasing popularity among hunters for AR-platform...

More Women Learning About Concealed Carry

2009-10-26T14:52:19-04:00

With his story "Women Aim for Protection in Female-only Concealed Pistol Classes," Howard Meyerson of the Grand Rapids Press illustrates the growing interest among women in taking classes designed to teach safe and responsible handgun ownership. It's a trend that...

Working to Prevent The Illegal Purchase of Guns

2009-10-21T09:22:51-04:00

The video below gives a good overview of the Don't Lie for the Other Guy straw-purchase deterrent program. Today in San Diego, the firearms industry, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...