SureFire’s E2D LED Defender Ultra Now Available
The SureFire E2D LED Defender Ultra is now available. It now produces 500 Lumens on its high setting, and still features our Crenellated Strike Bezel® for when 500 lumens is not enough. Read more
CCRKBA Says Coburn Amendment Made Sense, Blasts Senate
BELLEVUE, WA – A proposal by Sen. Tom Coburn to expand gun rights made sense, and Senate anti-gunners who opposed the measure should be held accountable by voters, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said Thursday.
Sen. Coburn’s proposal would have allowed armed private citizens to legally carry firearms on Army Corps of Engineers lands in states where carrying firearms for personal safety is already legal. The vote was 56-43, four votes shy of a required 60-vote threshold. Read more
AMERISTEP Announces the Non-Typical Revenge XL
CLIO, MI – AMERISTEP®, one of the leading manufacturers of tree stands, ground blinds, and other hunting accessories, is proud to add to their line of tree stands. AMERISTEP has extended its innovative design and manufacturing excellence to the NON TYPICAL® REVENGE XL HANG ON, designed for the avid hunter. Read more
Firearms Industry Praises Carter for Introducing Secure Firearms Act
NEWTOWN, CT — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, today praised U.S. Rep. John R. Carter (R-31, Texas) for his introduction of the bipartisan Secure Firearms Act. Read more
NSSF Dumps Reed, SHOT Management Still Undecided
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Reed Exhibitions to terminate the agreement the parties had for the management of the SHOT Show®. Accordingly, effective immediately, Reed Exhibitions will no longer be manager and producer of the SHOT Show. Read more
One Man’s Turkey Hunting Strategy
By Glen Wunderlich
Recent rains have increased water levels across the state in our rivers and lakes, and for those among the fishing and boating industry, more water is generally welcomed. However, for ground-nesting birds such as the wild turkey, the diminished ground cover is going to make raising a family more difficult than ever.
Hunters may have already noticed that wild turkeys have changed their spring movement patterns relative to years past and will do well to perform some advance scouting. Birds may not be where they are normally found.
The typical success rate of turkey nests can range from 0 to 50 percent and only Mother Nature will dictate how environmental conditions continue to affect this season’s survival rate, but we are not off to a good start. Read more
Is Giving to HSUS an Efficient Use of Money?
This from Humane Watch…
Donors want their dollars used effectively. There’s only so much money that each person has budgeted for charity. So is the Humane Society of the United States deserving of animal lovers’ donations? We certainly don’t think so.
For starters, the American Institute of Philanthropy gives HSUS a “D” grade for high spending on fundraising and overhead and low spending on programs. This is similar to a finding from the animal rights newspaper Animal People.
But in terms of actual animal care, we looked a little closer. Read more
Statement on Endangered Species Talks in the House of Representatives
GW: Can I get an Amen!
MISSOULA, Mont. (May 9, 2013)–As the two oldest sportsmen groups with decades of commitment to fundamental wildlife policies, the Boone and Crockett Club and Wildlife Management Institute welcome the initiative of members of the House who have joined to consider the Endangered Species Act. We encourage Democratic members to do likewise and for the two parties to come together on this issue. Read more
CCRKBA: Data Conflicts with Gun Control Rhetoric
BELLEVUE, WA – Newly-released data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) proves that more guns in private hands do not lead to more murders, and a Pew Research study showing widespread ignorance of this fact suggests that the public has been misled, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Read more
Gun Crime Down. Period.
11,101 FATAL AND 467,300 NONFATAL FIREARM VICTIMIZATIONS OCCURRED IN 2011
WASHINGTON–Firearm-related homicides declined 39 percent and nonfatal firearm crimes declined 69 percent from 1993 to 2011, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. Firearm-related homicides dropped from 18,253 homicides in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011, and nonfatal firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million victimizations in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011. Read more