NSSF Bullet Points Articles

How SHOT Show Has Changed

Russ Thurman, editor of Shooting Industry magazine and a long-time observer of the SHOT Show, writes in the April issue about the accelerated growth of the show, spurred in part by enhanced product categories and changes within the industry itself. A “very tangible unity can be felt at the SHOT Show,” writes Thurman.

Kriss, Kempffer Named NASR President, Vice President

Holden Kriss and Bill Kempffer have been named president and vice president of the National Association of Shooting Ranges (NASR), a division of NSSF. Kriss, who has served as NASR's vice president for the last four years, has nearly 20 years of shooting range management experience.

NSSF Honored For Wingshooting USA Campaign

At its annual convention in Nashville last week, the North American Gamebird Association recognized NSSF for "outstanding efforts to preserve, promote, improve and protect our hunting and shooting heritage." The honor accompanied a plaque in commemoration of NSSF's Wingshooting USA campaign. The campaign, which wrapped up its inaugural year in February, is building hunting participation by raising public awareness of bird-hunting preserves. Learn more at www.wingshootingusa.org.

Project ChildSafe Thanks Partners

Project ChildSafe is the largest and most successful firearm safety education program in America. Thanks to the efforts of law enforcement partners across the country, more than 30 million firearm safety kits including cable-style gun locking devices and safety messages have reached gun owners in over 26,000 communities.

3,000 Strong

NSSF recently reached a milestone of 3,000 members, ending its fiscal year with a total of 3,090 members. "So many businesses in our industry are committed to ensuring a positive future for hunting and the shooting sports, and I believe the growth in our membership reflects that," said Doug Painter, NSSF president. "NSSF remains more committed than ever in providing trusted leadership and quality programs and services that not only benefit our members' businesses and organizations, but the traditions we all enjoy."

First Shots

NSSF's First Shots program, which partners with shooting ranges to introduce newcomers to handgun shooting, is launching a series of events for first-time shooters at ranges in three states. Upcoming events are scheduled in Massachusetts, Arizona and Idaho. In October, First Shots held its inaugural event in partnership with Smith & Wesson Shooting Sports Center in Springfield, Mass.

ATF Refrom Bill Introduced

A U.S. House bill that would modernize and reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was introduced Wednesday by Reps. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Howard Coble (R-N.C.). The bill, H.R. 5092, is supported by NSSF. Visit the NRA-ILA online for a view of some of the changes included in the bill. The complete text of the bill will be added to the Library of Congress's THOMAS site in coming days. A link to the text will also be included on the NSSF Web site as soon as it is available.

Canada's Gun Registry Price 'Upsetting'

Canada’s gun registry was originally promised by its Liberal creators to cost no more than $2 million. New Public Security Minister Stockwell Day says Canadians “are going to be upset” when they find out the real cost—estimated at more than $1 billion, reports The Canadian Press.

Shooting Sport Rotarians

One of the world's largest civic organizations, Rotary International, has officially sanctioned a new networking group called "International Fellowship of Shooting Sport Rotarians." Rotary, which has 1.2 million members and 31,000 clubs across 167 countries, created the new fellowship to promote worldwide friendship through sport shooting, serve communities through shooting sports fundraising, and promote international understanding and peace.

PA. Maps The Hunt

A detailed online mapping system is making it easier for Pennsylvanians to search for places to hunt, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Scott Klinger, director of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's bureau of land management, says the mapping system is especially helpful in highlighting the state’s millions of acres of private land signed up in farm game, forest game or safety zone access programs.