Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
The Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, has announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System, opening up new hunting programs on six refuges and expanding existing hunting and fishing programs on another 20 refuges. Read more
Overland Park, Kan. – Bushnell, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics for more than 60 years, has introduced two new popular riflescope configurations to the AR Optics line. The new 3-9x 40mm and 3-12x 40mm riflescopes offer versatile power ranges, high-quality optics and a new bullet-drop compensation (BDC) reticle. Read more
Obama Administration Signs United Nations Arms Trade Treaty
Fairfax, Va. – Today, Secretary of State John Kerry signed the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty on behalf of the Obama administration. The National Rifle Association strongly opposes this treaty, which is a clear violation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
“The Obama administration is once again demonstrating its contempt for our fundamental, individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms,” said Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action. “This treaty threatens individual firearm ownership with an invasive registration scheme. The NRA will continue working with the United States Senate to oppose ratification of the ATT.” Read more
Federal Premium® Ammunition announces Vital-Shok™ TruBall® slugs are now available in hard-hitting 3-inch loads for 12 and 20-gauge smoothbore. Read more
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has launched an improved, redesigned website at www.nssf.org — the organization’s hub for providing timely news and educational materials to industry members and consumers. The new site features improved navigation, better search functionality and quick access to news and information about the industry and hunting and the shooting sports. Read more
The only pump shotgun that can deliver three shots in half a second has two new models in its lineup. New in Winchester Repeating Arms Super X® Pump line is the Super X® Pump Field and Waterfowl Hunter. Read more
The ongoing IRS scandal that is hitting Washington has yet another twist with new questions surrounding the number one group on our Dirty Dozen List, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The latest twist comes after the person at the heart of the IRS scandal, Lois Lerner, was found to have ties to this anti-hunting organization.
Lerner is the Director of the IRS’s tax-exempt organizations division, which has come under investigation for improperly targeting conservative groups. Lerner’s involvement might not stop there, however. Now questions are being raised as to whether the IRS ignored accusations regarding HSUS’s tax exempt status because of Lerner’s active membership with HSUS. Read more
Recent news reports have noted al Qaeda’s calls for attacks inside the United States and on U.S. ambassadors around the world. The calls for attacks are justified–according to an al Qaeda spokesman–because these diplomats are “representative of the empire of evil and corruption, America.” Read more
SAN CARLOS, CA – The Calguns Foundation filed a new federal civil rights lawsuit this morning on behalf of three California residents, naming Attorney General Kamala Harris and DOJ Bureau of Firearms Chief Stephen Lindley as defendants. The case challenges the California Department of Justice’s practice of denying individuals’ fundamental rights protected under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Read more
If smaller means better, then Nikon’s all-new ACULON Rangefinder is at the top of its class. With its ultra-compact size (3.6″x2.9″x1.5), this new rangefinder redefines “portability” and is small enough to fit inside almost any pocket. Weighing just 4.4 ounces (without batteries), the ACULON Rangefinder is built to be taken everywhere. Read more