NSSF Bullet Points Articles

Debate To Begin

Legislation critical to the future of the firearms industry will likely be raised in the U.S. Senate this week. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act would block predatory lawsuits that attempt to blame makers and sellers of firearms for the criminal misuse of lawfully sold products.

The Ultimate Tool

For those deer hunters whose scouting of future trophies approaches the obsessive stage, the Quality Deer Management Association offers BuckSpy software. It's a computer program developed by hunters that organizes photos, digital pictures, habitat-improvement assessments and notes on animals observed in a database that lets the deer manager track a herd's development through the year and accurately judge the effectiveness of the management strategy employed. It costs $29.95 and is available at www.qdma.com.

No Internet "Hunting"

Wisconsin's legislature is the latest to prohibit remote controlled triggering of a firearm to take game, and the governor plans to sign a ban on so-called "Internet hunting." In Michigan, members of the Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus have passed a ban in the House and the bill goes next to the Senate.

Critical Date Approaches In California

Tomorrow, the state Assembly will begin consideration of a bill the Senate has already passed requiring identifying numbers be engraved onto handgun ammunition components to match a corresponding number on the box of ammo, a number that is registered to the buyer.

Sunday Hunting

After testimony that it could generate more than $600 million in revenues, a bill to allow hunting on Sundays in Pennsylvania is before the legislature and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette favors its passage.

Youth Hunting

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty has signed recently passed legislation that allows hunters younger than 12 years of age, in the company of an adult certified in hunter education, to try turkey hunting. The program goes into effect in time for this fall's turkey season, which uses a lottery system to draw permits. Only the youth hunter need have a tag.

Investing In The Future

When NSSF announced the winners of this year's "Good Shots, Great Stories" contest, we were the ones in for a surprise. The Shooting USA TV show won first and second place awards for segments titled "Starting Kids Right" and "Scholastic Trap," features about the terrific success of Tennessee's Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP).

Gun Safety, Crime Prevention Gun Show

The United States Attorney for the middle district of Pennsylvania, Thomas A. Marino, has enlisted the support of one of the biggest gun show promoters in the state to help distribute Project ChildSafe gun locks and safety kits, and with a news conference Friday helped spread the crime prevention message of Don't Lie for the Other Guy at a well-attended gun show in York, outside the capital city of Harrisburg.

Taxpayer Burden

If San Francisco’s vote to ban handguns and the sale and manufacture of firearms is little more than a “public opinion poll,” as suggested by the city’s mayor, then city supervisor Chris Daly, author of the ballot measure, should pay for the city's defense of the proposition in court and spare taxpayers the burden, suggests the Second Amendment Foundation.

The Blame Game

An investigative story about a series of shootings in Hartford, Conn., several years ago prompted a Hartford Courant editorial last week that blames the NRA and calls for the state legislature to take up a bill, which it rightly killed earlier this year, that would make criminals out of law-abiding gun owners if they did not report a firearm stolen within 72 hours.