U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) attached an amendment to a bill providing funding to the District of Columbia that would prohibit the District from expending any funds to enforce certain gun control laws…
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U.S. House Passes Appropriations Bill Containing a Pro-Gun General Provision
Rep. Graves’ amendment would prohibit the use of funds to implement regulations to prevent law-abiding Americans from carrying firearms on Army Corps of Engineers property…
Justice Denied: Gura Files Renewed Petition in DC case
Alan Gura has filed a renewed writ of mandamus on the “right to carry” case in the DC court. The case has not had a ruling in nearly five years…
Senate’s 1st Vote on Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act Now Expected After July 4th Recess
NSSF now expects that the U.S. Senate will have an initial vote to move forward with the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act, S. 2363 soon after senators return from the July 4th recess…
2014 NRA Youth Education Summit Begins in Washington, D.C. ~ Video
Forty-five high school students from all over the United States have arrived in Washington, D.C. for this week’s 2014 NRA Youth Education Summit…
Appropriations Bill Passes with Pro-Gun Amendment
The amendment would prohibit the use of funds to implement or enforce regulations that prevent law-abiding Americans from carrying firearms on property managed by the Army Corps of Engineer…
Harry Reid May Call for Vote on Gun Control Legislation: Says, ‘We Need More Votes’
Anti-gun groups sponsored by Michael Bloomberg are trying to convince Congress to enact their proposals. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to help them do just that…
Gun Owners of America: Good News … and Some Bad News
With two anti-gun judges having been confirmed to the Supreme Court under Obama’s presidency, we now have an anti-gun decision authored by Justice Kagan…
Post-Heller D.C. Continues to Experience Historically Low Homicides
This ceaseless pattern of anti-gun fear mongering coinciding with any easing of a jurisdiction’s gun control laws, followed by a time which proves those fears to be unfounded, should now be familiar…
Bloomberg Sycophants Spring an Ambush Friday with Anti-Gun Amendment in House
Disciples of anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg staged an ambush in the House of Representatives on Thursday. And 76 Republicans fell right into the trap…
House Panel Approves Justice Department Appropriations Bill & Highlights Wait Times At ATF
Language addressing the backlogs at ATF, and the “e-Forms” website, was included in the committee report that accompanied the bill…
U.S. House Appropriations Bill Passes Without Anti-Gun Amendments
The National Rifle Association would like to thank those members of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee who voted for the Carter Amendment, as well as those who voted against the anti-gun amendments…
Boehner Secretly Plotting to Stab Gun Owners in the Back
In a closed-door meeting of wealthy contributors in Las Vegas, House Speaker John Boehner said he was “hell-bent on getting [anti-gun immigration amnesty] done this year.”…
Firearms Industry Honors U.S. Rep. Bob Latta as 2013 Legislator of the Year
Rep. Bob Latta was honored as NSSF’s 2013 Legislator of the Year at the organization’s recent annual dinner in Washington, D.C., preceding the firearms industry’s annual Congressional Fly-In…
NSSF’s Call is Heard for More ATF Resources to Support Industry
The decision of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to allocate additional staff to its Office of Enforcement Programs and Services has drawn the attention media…
Nation’s Firearms Industry Executives In Washington for Congressional Fly-in
Executives from many of the nation’s firearms companies are in Washington, D.C. this week for the seventh annual congressional “fly-in” sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation…
NSSF Congressional Fly-In Helps Ensure Gun Industry is Heard ~ Video
Firearms industry leaders who have attended the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Annual Congressional Fly-In speak highly of the opportunity it provides to make their priorities and concerns known to our federal lawmakers…
Pentagon Yet To Answer For Death Of Navy Seals
A House Sub-Committee on Government Oversight of National Security is set to grill Pentagon officials on the single largest loss of SEAL lives in history, today…
NRA Strongly Opposes Proposed New IRS Rules
The National Rifle Association this week submitted formal comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued by the Internal Revenue Service on November 29, 2013…
… The Winds That Will Blow Then!
He arrogantly thinks laws can be nonchalantly violated by him, with nary a whimper from that same Congress, from either party, nor from the Courts, & always to the cynical cheers of the leftist media…
Are Gun Owners Walking Into An Ambush?
For months, as you know, GOA has been battling against the anti-gun immigration amnesty bill, which would add 8,000,000 anti-gun voters to the voting rolls…
SHARE Act Backed by NSSF Passes U.S. House
The U.S. House of Representatives by an overwhelming 268-154 vote last Wednesday passed the bipartisan Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act…
Firearms Industry Praises House Passage of Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Legislation
The National Shooting Sports Foundation praised the passage today by the U.S. House of Representatives of the bipartisan Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act…
The Fight Against Obama Anti-gun Policies Continues on Multiple Fronts
Barack Obama is ruthless in his efforts to destroy those he regards as his enemies. And make no mistake about it: Gun owners are Obama’s #1 enemy…
Senate Bill Introduced to Protect Traveling Knife Owners
The right to carry a hunting knife or pocket knife while traveling should be protected, even if you pass through a city or state that isn’t knife friendly…
The Omnibus Appropriations Bill: Pro-gun or Anti-gun?
Like every “omnibus,” the bill has a number of gun-related provisions — some pro-gun, some anti-gun. And we suspect that a majority of our members will probably oppose this bloated monstrosity…
All Heck is Breaking Loose!
Four issues have come or are coming to a head this week. We are putting out this emergency alert to keep you apprised of the fast-moving legislative landscape…
Deaf and Dumb DC Gun Regulations
It isn’t the honest gun owners causing crime in DC, but honest gun owners are the target as DC politicians double down on stupid…
Senator Sessions Shows Courage, Blocks So Called ‘Undetectable’ Gun Ban
Why should Republicans give this up without something in return? If the Democrats want it so badly, then they should be made to give up something for it….
House Committee To Vote On Bill To Permanently Establish Hunting & Wildlife Council
The Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council would advise the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting and recreational shooting…