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Anti-Gun, Anti-Hunting Academics Should Educate Themselves

By Mark Oliva There was a time in America when universities taught young adults how to think, not what to think. Take an idea floated by two university professors who want to upend the funding…

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‘Moral and Ethical Concerns’ Prompt Proposals to Decouple Firearms and Ammunition Sales from Conservation

By John Casellas Connors, Texas A&M University and Christopher Rea, The Ohio State University Gun and ammunition sales in the U.S. have skyrocketed in recent years. And although it may come as a surprise, this…


Wildlife Conservation Made Possible Thanks To The Firearm Industry

By Trevor W. Santos Since 1937, America’s firearm industry has made conservation efforts possible around this great nation. Through the NSSF and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Partner with a Payer program, I…


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$14 Billion in Pittman-Robertson Dollars Have Helped Ensure Generations of Healthy Wildlife and Habitats [VIDEO]

From the National Shooting Sports Foundation . . . NSSF, the trade association for the firearm industry, previously announced an initiative designed to strengthen ties between all excise tax-paying manufacturers—firearms and ammunition, archery equipment, marine…



The Gun Buying Boom Means Huge Windfalls for Wildlife, State Agencies

By Larry Keane State wildlife agencies are facing something many haven’t seen for years, even decades. Their seeing flush budgets. Excise taxes paid by firearm and ammunition makers to the Wildlife Restoration Fund, managed by…