Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
EAST ALTON, Ill. (Feb. 12, 2013)– Don’t blink. That’s enough time for North America’s wild hog population to grow larger. The explosion of wild hog numbers from California’s coast to the Florida swamps means hunters need tough ammo for tough boars. 
The Razorback XT™ line from Winchester® Ammunition is the perfect medicine for the wild hog epidemic. Read more
CONTACT LEGISLATORS VIA NSSF . . . Severely restrictive gun-control legislation has been introduced throughout the country, including in the U.S. Congress and in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota and New Jersey. Other states are expected to follow suit.
New York has already hastily passed new anti-gun laws, the severe impacts of which are only just being realized. Firearms owners are turning out by the thousands at state hearings, but just as important is letting your legislators know by letter or phone call that these proposed bills are unwarranted and an assault on your Second Amendment rights.
NSSF makes it easy for you to contact your federal or state legislator through our Legislative Action Center website http://capwiz.com/nssf/home/. Take action today to protect your right to own firearms and magazines for target shooting, hunting, personal and home protection and collecting.
Daniel Boone and Davey Crockett and the hunting element within us today. A glimpse into history is here…
“Apparently Obama’s Secret Service doesn’t trust the USMC. Simply searching each guy to make sure he didn’t have a live round hidden on him wasn’t enough, they had to make sure the guns were inoperable.” Gun control for the Marines is here…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has stockpiled over 1.6 billion rounds of ammo for its various agencies, and one of the worst side effects of this appears to be a shortage of ammo for private gun owners. Details here…
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Amid a national ammo shortage this is probably the last thing you want to hear. Winchester has issued a recall for some of their 5.56mm centerfire rifle ammo. Read more
Under the proposal, the cost of a Michigan firearm deer license would increase from $15 to $30 for residents (which includes a $10 base fee for all hunting licenses), and go from $138 to $170 for nonresidents. Senior citizens would pay $12 for deer license under the plan, double the current fee of $6.
The federal government has cut the number of IRS employees in the past couple of years. Let’s do some math. With an $11.8 million budget and 97,717 employees, the taxpayer cost per employee is $120,700. Of course, there’s more to expenses than payroll, but the fact remains: A flat tax can broom a good portion of them.
The Nebraska Firearms Owners Association (NFOA), in conjunction with 36 other national, state, and local organization members of the National Coalition to Stop the Gun Ban, released an Open Letter to Congress and the American people announcing their opposition to any effort to institute government controls on private transfers of personal firearms between law-abiding individuals. Read more
An old Italian man is dying. He calls his grandson to his bedside, Guido, I wan’ you lissina me. “I wan’ you to take-a my chrome plated .38 revolver so you will always remember me.”
“But grandpa, I really don’t like guns. How about you leave me your Rolex watch instead?”
“You lissina me, boy. Somma day you gonna be runna da business, you gonna have a beautiful wife, lotsa money, a big-a home and maybe a couple of bambinos. Somma day you gonna come-a home and maybe finda you wife inna bed with another man. Whatta you gonna do then ? Pointa to your watch and say, “times up” ?