NSSF Bullet Points Articles

NSSF Increases Support For Trailblazer Program

NSSF on Wednesday donated $100,000 to the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USSA) Trailblazer Adventure Program. NSSF is a longtime supporter of the program, which introduces youths and families to outdoor activities such as shooting and hunting.

Quail Forever Forms 50th Chapter

Quail Forever (QF), the national non-profit conservation organization created on August 10, 2005, in the model of long-respected Pheasants Forever, has announced the formation of its 50th chapter.

Weekend Wraps Up Junior Olympic Championships

Elisha LaFond, Spokane, Wash., and Shannon Wilson, Fairfax, Va., earned champion status at the 2006 Junior Olympic National Championships held March 25-28 in Colorado Springs, Colo., and then the Men’s and Women’s pistol matches on March 30-April 1 put the finishing touches on two weeks of intense competition.

Saskatchewan Proposes Requiring Licensed Outfitters For All Wingshooting

The Saskatchewan Outfitters Association has proposed that all nonresident bird hunters, including waterfowlers, be required to use a licensed outfitter. The group contends that illegal outfitting is occurring by nonresidents and that nonresidents are leasing lands for hunting, precluding residents from using them. The idea, if approved by Saskatchewan authorities, would take effect in 2007 and would not allow any nonresidents to hunt birds on their own.

Toronto Mayor: 'People Don't Need To Own Handguns'

Toronto Mayor David Miller last week blamed the U.S. for the flow of illegal guns into his city and said citizens should not be allowed to own handguns, reports the Toronto Sun. "There's two things that need to be done. The first thing is people don't need to own handguns in this country . . . ownership has to be banned," Miller said. "The second thing is we've got to deal with the border. I'd say it's the biggest single immediate border security issue – the flood of guns coming and being used in shootings in this city."

Canadian Parliament Members Forming Outdoor Caucus

The Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus and the Assembly of State Sportsmen’s Caucuses have been extremely successful in representing sportsmen’s rights in Congress and in state legislatures.

ATF Abuses Brought Before Congress

A panel of witnesses testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on abuses they had suffered at the hands of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and of the need for reform.

PETA Does It Again...And Again

Aborting an advertising campaign that equated the killing of animals for food with the Holocaust did not teach the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals a lesson. Now they are comparing the killing of animals for food to the lynching of Afro-Americans.

Congressman Out To Ban Post-Katrina-Type Gun Confiscations

Rep. Bobby Jindal (R.-La.) has introduced legislation to amend federal emergency statute laws that would prevent local authorities from confiscating lawfully owned firearms during times of disaster.

Net Gain In Wetlands

Approximately 191,000 acres of wetlands were gained over a seven-year span, the first net gain in America’s agricultural and non-agricultural wetlands in 52 years.