NSSF Bullet Points Articles

New Hampshire Makes Progress

With the help of NSSF's Hunting Heritage Partnership grant program, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department increased its number of graduates in hunter education courses by 7.4 percent in 2005. New Hampshire used its grant to implement a coordinated print, radio, outdoor and television advertising campaign targeting prospective hunters.

Testimony To Be Heard On Firearms Correction And Improvement Act

On Tuesday, a House Judiciary subcommittee is scheduled to hold an oversight hearing and take testimony on HR 5005, the Firearms Correction and Improvement Act, introduced recently by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX). There were reports New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is taking every opportunity these days to bash the firearms industry, will testify against the bill. Bullet Points will update on any fireworks from the hearing . . .

Statement By NSSF On Mayor Bloomberg's Comments Regarding Traced Gun Data

The firearms industry dismissed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s comments at a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing today, saying there are good reasons why Congress does not allow the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to make available to the public sensitive information about sales records of guns used in crimes.

Wild Game Cookbooks

Does your retail store sell cookbooks? Here's a chance to buy a case of the handsome new "Wild Fare & Wise Words," while supporting a great cause.

Pistol Match, Raffle To Raise Funds For Cancer Research

When Heather and police trainer Michael deBethercourt’s daughter Isabella succumbed to cancer at 11 months old, after spending most of her short life confined to a hospital, the Police Officers Safety Association (POSA) began a pistol match to honor her memory and raise money for the Jimmy Fund/Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

U.S. To Expand Bird Flu Testing

The U.S. government plans to test nearly eight times as many wild birds this year for a deadly strain of bird flu, reports USA Today. Samples from 75,000 to 100,000 birds – compared to 12,000 since 1996 – will be tested for the virus this year.

Sixty Farm Deer Test Positive For CWD

Sixty of 76 deer killed at a Wisconsin game farm earlier this year tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), reports The Capital Times.

Great Lakes Gray Wolves No Longer Endangered

Gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan have recovered from the threat of extinction, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose removing the wolves in the western Great Lakes region from the federal list of threatened and endangered species, Interior Secretary Gale Norton said Thursday.

Women Take NCAA Rifle Titles

Jamie Beyerle, a senior at University of Alaska-Fairbanks, and Kristina Fehlings, a University of Nebraska junior, won the 2006 NCAA Smallbore and Air Rifle championships, respectively, at the national collegiate championships held on March 10-11 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

USA's Team For World Championships Completed

With the conclusion of the double trap and skeet events at the 2006 Spring Selection Match, USA Shooting has announced the final members of the U.S. Shotgun Team that will compete at the 2006 World Shooting Championships in Croatia July 22-Aug. 5.