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SHOT Show Golf Event to Support Veterans
REGISTER A TEAM FOR HAVA GOLF CLASSIC . . . Registration is now open for the2nd Annual NSSF/HAVA Golf Classic. Organized to support Honored American Veterans Afield, the pre-SHOT Show outing raises money to support disabled veterans with their healing process through guided hunts, target shooting events and other outdoor sports activities. Register a team
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Government Relations
 SEATTLE GETS GUN & AMMO TAX . . . The Seattle City Council has voted to require all retailers pay a $25 tax on each firearm and all ammunition sold in the city. The "Gun Violence Tax" will do nothing to benefit public safety but will penalize law-abiding businesses and Seattle taxpayers, who will bear the costs of defending against one or more lawsuits due to its violation of Washington State's firearms preemption law. NSSF testified against the ordinance and will continue to work on this issue.
- FEDERAL AND STATE ROUNDUP
- NSSF has donated $25,000 to the Fraternal Order of Police to honor the nation's fallen law enforcement officers.
- USA Today writes about firearms manufacturers moving to more gun-friendly states.
- Oregon's "Universal Background Check Law" is going into effect with many county sheriffs saying they will not enforce the new law.
- NSSF members are encouraged to invite state legislators to visit their facilities to promote understanding of our economic contribution to our communities.
Read NSSF's latest Government Relations Update.
Retailers/Ranges
- FBI ANNOUNCES NEW DEPLOYMENT DATE FOR NEW NICS . . . The FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division has rescheduled the delivery date of Phase 1 of the New NICS to January 12, 2016. This date was selected to avoid potential risks to Federal Firearms Licensees, the public and the NICS team associated with going live during peak season; provide additional time for the CJIS Division's NICS Section employees to build proficiency with the system; and allow for additional performance testing of the system and to support NICS Index data migration.
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- RENTAL GUNS AND YOUR FFL . . .Innovative retailers are always on the lookout for ways to increase their profits by expanding their businesses.
 One way to do this is to add a shooting range to a retail storefront. Adding an indoor or outdoor shooting range to your facility, when done right, can certainly improve your customer traffic. However, what some retailers leave out of their range investment equation is the value of a rental gun program. Read more.
- ATF Q&A . . . More great questions came in on our 24/7 NSSF member compliance hotline last week. One question asks if a United States-issued passport is a valid form of identification for a firearms purchaser to provide to an FFL. Another question asks if the federal firearms law requires licensees to comply with state laws and local published ordinances when selling firearms.
 DID YOU KNOW? . . . NSSF members receive a significant discount from a web-design company that specializes in firearms and outdoor businesses to provide customized online business solutions. Find out more.
Research
 USITC FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION DATA FOR JUNE 2015 . . . NSSF tracks and reports monthly U.S. import and export units for several sporting arms, ammunition and optics categories from the U.S. International Trade Commission.See a complete breakdown for June 2015 compared to June 2014, in addition to second quarter (April-June) figures. NSSF members may access additional historical import and export data by logging in and clicking NSSF Industry Research.
2016 SHOT Show
 KUTAK ROCK LLP SIGNS AS BRONZE SPONSOR OF SHOT SHOW UNIVERSITY . . . NSSF is pleased to announce that Kutak Rock LLP has signed on as a Bronze Sponsor of the 2016 SHOT Show University. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, Kutak Rock LLP is a national law firm with locations from coast to coast providing counsel on firearms, corporate law, litigation, intellectual property, environmental law and other areas. Read more.
News of Note
- RIFLE MAKER HONORS WAR HEROES AT NASHVILLE CONCERT . . . A sold-out Bridgestone Arena in Nashville was brought to a standing ovation
when four war heroes were invited onstage and presented with Henry Military Service Tribute Rifles during Charlie Daniels' 40th Anniversary Volunteer Jam. Henry Repeating Arms President Anthony Imperato presented the rifles to the veterans and donated $200,000 to Daniels' The Journey Home Project.
- GRESHAMS HIGHLIGHTED IN FORBES . . . It's not often that one of our industry's small companies is highlighted in a major business magazine, but that's what happened this month when Forbes magazine technology writer Karsten Strauss focused on Tom and Ryan Gresham's new GunDealio app for iOS and Google operating systems. Known for their Gun Talk Radio show, the Greshams recently launched the app to inform shooters about deals on guns, ammunition and accessories at thousands of retail outlets. Read the story
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- NSSF REPORT HIGHLIGHTED ON NRA ONLINE MAGAZINE . . . NRA Family picked up on the release of the groundbreaking NSSF report released last week, "A Hispanic Market Study: Firearms and the Shooting Sports," and informed its readers
about the size of this market–57 million people with a buying power approaching $1 trillion–and its interest in the shooting sports. The report is free to NSSF members by logging into the member shopping cart, and to media by request. Non-members can purchase the report via nssf.org/research.
- NAME AND LOGO CHANGE FOR SPORTSMEN'S ALLIANCE . . .
 The Sportsmen's Alliance announced last week
that it has dropped the U.S. from its name and unveiled a new logo to reflect the new energy at the 40-year-old organization, which aggressively works to protect hunting, fishing and trapping in America. As part of the branding overhaul, Sportsmen's Alliance has also changed its website address to www.sportsmensalliance.org
. The new look can be seen on the organization's Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages as well.
- OWAA NAMES SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS . . . The Outdoor Writers Association of America has awarded six scholarships for the 2015-16 school year to undergraduate and graduate students studying for a career in outdoor communications. The awards in each category were for $5,125, $4,125 and $3,125. The news release
details the winners and what they're studying. For more information and to learn about how to apply for the Bodie McDowell Scholarship, visit the OWAA Scholarship Page
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- SCI STATEMENT ON CONSERVATION . . . In the wake of the Cecil the Lion incident, Safari Club International last week issued a statement on its defense of hunting and support for wildlife conservation. "Some people may question the propriety of hunting, but no one can refute the tremendous dedication and accomplishments of hunters when it comes to true conservation of wildlife around the world," reads the statement
. "In several key ways, hunters are better at conserving species than anyone else."
- ARTIST AUCTIONS 'CECIL' PAINTING . . . Wildlife artist and hunter Ryan Kirby of North Carolina has made a fine art painting of Cecil the Lion and is auctioning it on eBay with 100 percent of the proceeds going to a North Carolina-based charity that assists in bringing clean water to African communities. Kirby says Cecil was not a "glorified zoo animal," but rather a wild animal that killed for food and territory–"Cecil was a hunter." Read more
. Check out the bidding for this painting here
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Jobs
 FIREARMS INDUSTRY JOBS . . . Visitjobs.nssf.org for current employment opportunities in the shooting, hunting and outdoor industry. Unmatched job listing exposure, easy online job management, résumé search and résumé uploading for job seekers gives NSSF members and non-members more opportunities than ever before.
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