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		<title>National Shooting Sports Foundation Issues Statement After Senate Votes</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2013/04/national-shooting-sports-foundation-issues-statement-after-senate-votes.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn. &#8212; Today, the U.S. Senate voted on several measures that would have impacted the firearms and ammunition industry and our Second Amendment rights. Thanks to the hard work of our allies in the Senate, in the end no anti-gun measures were adopted. The flawed Manchin-Toomey amendment, opposed by NSSF, was defeated as was Senator Feinstein&#8217;s (D-Calif.) amendment to]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NSSF Grant Helps Florida Lift Hunting License Sales</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/05/nssf-grant-helps-florida-lift-hunting-license-sales.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn.&#8211;A pilot program launched last year by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) used e-marketing campaigns to boost hunting license sales by 4.2 percent, one of the largest increases demonstrated in test promotions funded by grants from the National Shooting Sports Foundation. NSSF, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, supports state]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More Obama, More Guns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Aanalysts say and gun owners know that the &#8220;Obama effect&#8221; has translated into a financial windfall for the gun industry. The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates that firearms and ammunition had a $31 billion economic impact in 2011, up from $19 billion four years ago.   Funny, you never hear Obama pat himself on the back for his work on stimulating the firearms]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Firearms Industry Helps Lead Economic Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn. &#8212; The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, has released a newly commissioned report detailing double-digit gains in jobs and other data showing the industry has been a leader in the nation&#8217;s economic recovery. The report can be viewed at http://nssf.org/impact. Firearms industry members were briefed on]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EPA Denies Latest Anti-Hunting Group Petition to Ban Traditional Ammunition</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn. &#8212; The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday denied yet another frivolous petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) &#8212; an established anti-hunting group &#8212; calling for a ban on the traditional ammunition (containing lead-core components) for hunting and shooting. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NSSF Invites Shooting Ranges to Apply for $400,000 in Grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn. &#8212; The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, invites public and private shooting facilities to apply for up to $400,000 in grants that can assist in developing strategies to put more target shooters on their firing lines. By providing this funding to qualifying ranges, NSSF&#8217;s Range Partnership Grant Program will continue]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In Ten Years NSSF Awards $4.7 Million to State Agencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn. &#8212; The National Shooting Sports Foundation® has in ten years awarded $4.7 million in grants to 40 state wildlife agencies to fund projects providing novice and experienced hunters with more opportunities to go afield and new resources to plan hunts. Some 121 grants have been awarded over the past decade, including some to regional wildlife agencies. NSSF, the]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sportsmen’s Heritage Act Clears Key Hurdle</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/03/sportsmens-heritage-act-clears-key-hurdle.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The newly introduced House Resolution 4089—strongly supported by the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) – has cleared the U.S. House of Representatives’ Natural Resources Committee and awaits a vote before the full House.  The bill passed the committee by a vote of 27 to 16. HR 4089, which is a package of four high-priority bills will: Classify BLM and US Forest]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hillsdale College Receives NSSF Grant</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2012/02/hillsdale-college-receives-nssf-grant.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hillsdale, Mich. &#8211; The Hillsdale College Shooting Sports Center has received a $5,000 grant through the Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative of the Newton, Connecticut-based National Shooting Sports Foundation-the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry. Proceeds from the estate of Roland L. Ebersole were used to purchase and develop the 77-acre Hillsdale College Shooting Sports Center]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CCRKBA Offers Explanation for &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; Gun Buying Surge</title>
		<link>https://thinkingafield.org/2011/12/ccrkba-offers-explanation-for-black-friday-gun-buying-surge.html</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BELLEVUE, WA &#8211; While some people are struggling to explain a gun buying surge reported on &#8220;Black Friday,&#8221; the day after Thanksgiving, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms suggests there are several plausible explanations, all reflecting the times in which we live. &#8220;Despite claims to the contrary,&#8221; observed CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, &#8220;for many American]]></description>
		
		
		
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