NSSF Articles

While handguns are far and away the most popular firearms among female gun owners, AR-style rifles are making a major impact in the women’s market.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Project ChildSafe, a national industry-wide program to encourage safe and responsible firearms ownership, has attracted 1,000 manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, ranges, instructors, and conservation groups to join its cause.

It’s ironic that the firearms industry’s chief trade group is located only a couple of miles from Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, where 27 people were shot to death in December 2012.

The study found that prices on ammunition for hunter would increase by about 300 percent on rimfire and centerfire rifle ammo, and nearly 400 percent for shotgun shells. The ban would also translate into nearly 40 percent fewer hunters, or hunters that hit the woods less often.

The leading industry lobby group for the firearms industry recently asked its members to send in their data on a federal government initiative some say is targeting banks who do business with ammunition and firearms retailers.

Industry group's report shows $48 billion in sales and nearly 1 billion jobs related to hunting and shooting in the U.S.