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		<title>NSSF Dumps Reed, SHOT Management Still Undecided</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 15:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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. Reed Exhibitions provided excellent service to]]></description>
		
		
		
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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 Offers Ranges $30,000 in Grants for Steel Targets</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has announced a Steel Target Grant Program to provide support for shooting ranges that plan to begin or expand Ruger Rimfire Challenge target-shooting events. A total of 26 steel target grant packages worth $30,000 are available, with targets suitable for both indoor and outdoor target shooting ranges. The Ruger Rimfire Challenge focuses on introducing]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NSSF Objects to Government Position On UN Treaty</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn. &#8212; The National Shooting Sports Foundation has strongly objected to the last-minute reversal of the U.S. government position regarding the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. In the closing hours of negotiations on Thursday, March 28, the government abandoned its previous insistence that the treaty be approved only through achieving &#8220;consensus&#8221; of all the member states. Requiring consensus had]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FFL Retailers Overwhelmingly Oppose &#8216;Universal Background Checks&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn. &#8212; An online survey of federally licensed firearms retailers conducted this week by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, reveals that those who would be on the front line of implementing what is touted as &#8220;universal background checks&#8221; have serious concerns both about whether such proposals would work as well as]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>States Benefit from Economic Impact of Hunting</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Wunderlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEWTOWN, Conn. &#8212; The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has released a major new report documenting the importance of hunting activities to the U.S. economy. NSSF is the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry.   Produced by Southwick Associates, the report, Hunting in America: An Economic Force for Conservation, provides detailed information on 40-plus categories of]]></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>Hillsdale College Receives NSSF Grant</title>
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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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