There’s something the 10 million or so first-time gun buyers that have joined the ranks of America’s firearms owners in the last 18 months probably don’t know. Every gun and round of ammunition they buy carries an 11% excise tax that goes to fund something called the Wildlife Restoration Fund. It’s better known as the Pittman-Robertson Act.
The money is spent is distributed by the federal Fish & Wildlife Services to states to for wildlife and habitat conservation, increased hunter access and construction on new public gun ranges and improvements to existing ranges.
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