Firearms, Hunting Safety, Hunting Guns
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5/21/2014 10:05:00 AMProvides Warning Poster and Audio PSA NEWTOWN, Conn.—The cost of fighting wildfires will increase by nearly $500 million this year, according to new federal study, bringing the annual total to $1.8 billion—a staggering amount that does not include other tolls on property, wildlife, habitat and humans. With that in mind, the National Sh...
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5/19/2014 9:30:00 AMNEWTOWN, Conn.—The National Shooting Sports Foundation is making a total of $100,000 in grants available to public and private colleges for start-ups of new target-shooting clubs and teams. Watch a brief video aboutthe Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative The grants are provided through NSSF’s Collegia...
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5/11/2014 7:55:00 PMThursday May 15th and Friday May 16th DNR's MacKenzie Center, Poynette, WI We are a week away from the Outdoor Youth Expo at the DNR’s MacKenzie Center outside Poynette, WI. We are still looking for volunteers to assist with the BB gun range. You can choose both days or one day to help. If you are able to volunteer and know people in your...
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5/11/2014 7:50:00 PMNEWTOWN, Conn. -- Oral arguments, originally scheduled to be heard Wednesday in Fresno Superior Court, have been postponed until May 14 in the lawsuit brought by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) on behalf of their members against the State of California to...
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5/6/2014 10:00:00 AMNEWTOWN, Conn. -- Employees of companies that support the National Shooting Sports Foundation at the highest level are eligible to apply for education aid through the NSSF Voting Member Scholarship Program. NSSF has again made a total of $60,000 in scholarship funding available for a maximum of 25 winning entries. NSSF is accepting applications in...
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5/6/2014 9:55:00 AMWe're doing something a little different with today's alert. So much great information and so many helpful links have dropped into the JPFO mailbox lately that we've decided to compile an assortment of articles for your reading pleasure. Then we went in search of a few great classic Second Amendment pieces to spice up the mix -- and here you go! L...
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4/30/2014 3:10:00 PMEAST ALTON, Ill. (April 29, 2014) – Winchester® Ammunition recently received two 2014 NRA Golden Bullseye Awards for “Ammunition Products of the Year” for the following products: AA® TrAAcker™- American Rifleman Defender® 7.62x39mm with Split Core Technology - Shooting Illustrat...
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4/30/2014 3:05:00 PMApril 28, 2014 Vol. 15 No. 16 What Truly Attracts Customers NSSF RELEASES CONSUMER EYE-TRACKING REPORT . . . To assist its member companies in better understanding their customer’s shopping experience, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has issued a new rep...
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4/30/2014 3:05:00 PMNEWTOWN, Conn. -- Boy Scouts of America Councils that take up the challenge to develop or expand their activities in target shooting and marksmanship can receive a portion of $50,000 in grant funds provided by the National Shooting Sports Foundation. For the fourth year, NSSF is making challenge grants available to qualifying BSA Councils. N...
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4/30/2014 2:30:00 PMBy Kurt Hofmann, April 26th 2014JPFO writer contributor, © 2014. Last July, with Illinois poised to legalize medical marijuana (albeit just barely legalize it, under the most restrictive legal cannabis policy in the country), it seemed more than logical to assume that the intersection of the state's new, restrictive marijuana law an...
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4/30/2014 2:20:00 PMThe SE WI Trapshooting conference has blasted through the first six weeks of the ten-week regular season, with the Jefferson Eagles soaring high with the only unbeaten record in the thirteen High School team conference to lead the six-team North Division. The Wilmot Panthers are atop the seven-team South Division with a 5-1 overall record. In the ...
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4/30/2014 2:20:00 PMNEWTOWN, Conn. -- To assist its member companies in better understanding their customer’s shopping experience, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has issued a new report whose findings are based on the use of mobile eye-tracking technology to reveal what really attracts shoppers to products. The report—“In-store Shopper Rese...
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4/30/2014 2:20:00 PMHunting activity has now come to a close, and members are now welcome to train or run dogs on the Club property provided they check in at the summer Check-In Box located at the front door of the Clubhouse. If you are unsure about how it works, just come inside during business hours or call ahead of time. Please note: THER...
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4/30/2014 2:20:00 PMThe Wern Valley 15-Week Summer Sporting Clays League will begin Wednesday, May 7th! Teams consist of 4-7 shooters. The team sponsor fee is $160 and the weekly shooter fee for 50 targets is $21 (includes $2 that goes to the banquet). The CAPTAINS MEETING will be Wednesday, April 30 at 7:30 pm. This will be for pr...
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4/30/2014 2:15:00 PMApril 21, 2014 Vol. 15 No. 15 Reminding Bloomberg . . . WHAT REAL GUN SAFETY LOOKS LIKE . . . Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week unveiled another gun-control organization calling itself a gun "safety" group, prompting social media posts and a graphic from NS...
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4/30/2014 2:15:00 PMHalfway through the ten-week SE WI Trapshooting conference schedule the scores are getting hot. The thirteen High School based teams averaged 115 of a possible 125 targets each and 39 of the 700 athletes have shot at least one perfect round on the season. Jefferson remains the only undefeated team with three teams currently at 4-1. The South divis...
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4/30/2014 2:05:00 PMby Chris BodineJPFO writer contributor, © 2014. You are miles away talking on your cell phone, oblivious to everything - suddenly you feel a stunning blow to your head as a thug sets about mugging you. Too late now as you fall to the ground, and, despite being armed are unable to function as your wallet and phone are taken, followed by a crip...
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4/16/2014 12:05:00 PMThe High School trapshooting season is 40% complete following this week’s matches in the SE WI Trapshooting conference. Jefferson and Westosha Central are both undefeated in the North and South division standings with four schools knocking on the door with 3-1 records. The conference has grown so quickly that it was recognized on Milwaukee&rs...
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4/16/2014 12:05:00 PMApril 14, 2014 Vol. 15 No. 14 Bipartisan Legislation Preserves, ProtectsAmerica's Hunting and Outdoor Traditions REACH OUT TO SENATORS, URGE CO-SPONSORSHIP OF BIPARTISAN SPORTSMEN'S ACT . . . U.S. senators will spend the next two weeks in their home states for the Eas...
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4/10/2014 3:00:00 PMMorgan Utah: Browning's popular 1911-22 pistol line grows in 2014 with the the new A1 Desert Tan and Compact Desert Tan models. These pistols feature a new composite frame in desert tan color and are even lighter than the aluminum frame 1911-22 models with the composite A1 version weighing only 14 oz. with its 4½" b...
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4/8/2014 11:50:00 AMHave you visited Kwik Trip Outdoors on Facebook yet? Here’s a great way to do it; “Like” Kwik Trip Outdoors, and enter into their contest to win a $100 Kwik Trip gift card. Click here to enter! “We hope to have the Kwik Trip Outdoors Facebook page be a place where fans have the opp...
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4/8/2014 11:00:00 AMBy Claire Wolfe, April 6th 2014JPFO writer contributor, © 2014. I am a woman of a certain age. When I look back on my first gun purchase, I shake my head. I was maybe 21 at the time -- and scared. Several teenage girls and young women had been stabbed to death within miles of my home. Knowing nothing, I went into a gun shop and asked for a h...
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4/8/2014 11:00:00 AMAce gunner incorporates Tannerite® Exploding Targets into Virtual Vision system Pleasant Hill, OR (April 4, 2014) – Target secured. Gun raised. A deafening silence envelops the range. The shooter touches one off, narrowly missing the mark. A catcaller barks, “What are you blind or something?” If the shooter were Jim Mi...
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4/3/2014 2:15:00 PMNEWTOWN, Conn. – The total economic impact of the firearms and ammunition industry in the United States increased from $19.1 billion in 2008 to $37.7 billion in 2013, a 97 percent increase, while the total number of full-time equivalent jobs rose from more than 166,000 to more than 245,000, a 48 percent increase in that five-year period, acco...
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4/3/2014 2:00:00 PMBy Nicki Kenyon, April 1st 2014JPFO writer contributor, © 2014. The Florida State legislature has engaged in a bit of sanity when it comes to Florida schools and "zero tolerance" policies. While "sanity" is a rare word when describing the acts of any collective horde of politicians, the Florida Senate Education Committee and the Florida House...