National Policy

Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) sent a February 8, 2023, letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland making it clear that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosive’s (ATF’s) pistol brace rule will not be enforced in Montana. Breitbart News reported that the pistol brace rule was published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2023, [...]

The NRA and 25 states filed a challenge against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) pistol brace rule on Thursday. Breitbart News reported that the ATF pistol brace rule places pistol stabilizer braces under the auspices of the National Firearms Act (NFA) and mandates that current owners of said braces take one of the [...]

The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler has a long discussion about our research on the FBI’s Active Shooting cases. One benefit from Kessler’s piece is that he was actually able to get the Texas State University people to respond to two of the cases that we provided. Dr. Lott has tried numerous times over the years [...]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — NSSF®— The Firearm Industry Trade Association — Columbia Mayor Daniel Rickenmann, the Office of Congressman Joe Wilson and local law enforcement agencies, along with local veterans, conservation, youth, faith and sporting organizations today launched “Project ChildSafe® Columbia,” a citywide initiative to help prevent firearm accidents, theft and misuse, including suicide. “We’re launching Project ChildSafe [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, is committed to reducing suicide – particularly suicide of America’s military veterans – that will be highlighted as part of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union to the nation tonight. The White House released a Vision to Advance Progress on Unity Agenda in Year Ahead, which [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, presented an award to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for his longstanding support of Project ChildSafe®, the firearm safety program that has partnered with 15,000 law enforcement agencies in all 50 states and five U.S. territories to distribute over 40 million firearm safety kits, which include [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, applauded U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer’s (R-N.D.) introduction of the Fair Access to Banking Act, S. 293, which would work to end the discriminatory lending practices of major banking institutions that seek to circumvent the legislative process and set social policy from the boardroom. The legislation has 36 [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Natural Resources Committee Member Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) announced the re-introduction of H.R. 615 - Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2023. This bill, which currently has over 30 co-sponsors, would prevent the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture from banning the use of lead [...]

HOUSE BILL NO. 2387 House Amendments in [ ] – February 6, 2023 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 58.1-339.14, relating to firearm safety device tax credit. Read more...

A bill introduced in the Washington state legislature would prevent police officers in the state from stopping drivers for most misdemeanor warrants and non-moving violations. The bill states that a peace officer may not stop a vehicle driver to enforce any non-moving violation such as an expired vehicle registration, broken tail light or other equipment [...]