GunLink Joins National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)
GunLink managment is proud to announce that we have joined the rolls of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) with media individual membership enrollment. Chartered in 1961 following a series of industry meetings, NSSF defines their mission as promoting, protecting and preserving hunting and the shooting sports. This trade association for the firearms industry boasts over 7000 members including manufacturers of firearms, ammunition, accessories and equipment as well as distributors, retailers, shooting ranges, publications and many other companies and organizations in the hunting and shooting sports community.
Coming Soon: 2013 SHOT Show Registration
The opening of Attendee and Media registration for the 2013 SHOT Show registration is rapidly approaching. If you’re not one of those obsessive types who has already been anxiously waiting for this moment since the January 20th close of this year’s show, now is the time to start planning for next year’s show. The 2013 SHOT Show, the 35th in a series of shows which began in St. Louis in 1979, will take place January 15-18 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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ATF Extends Public Comment Period on Information Collection
The ATF has extended the public comment period an additional 30 days on the Form 4473 information collection (OMB Control Number 1140-0020). The Office of Management and Budget estimates the total number of annual responses to the collection at just under 14.5 million with a total burden on the public of 7.2 million hours. This is the recently updated form that is filled out every time a firearm is purchased from a licensed dealer.
If you have comments on the process of collecting information via form 4473, you have until September 24, 2012 to submit them. Comments may be emailed to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to 202-395-7285.
The Federal Register entry for this extension reads as follows: Continue reading
NSSF Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Against Traditional Ammunition
NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, today filed a motion to dismiss a second lawsuit brought by the radical anti-hunting Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and six other groups demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban commonly used traditional ammunition containing lead components, representing 95 percent of the ammunition sold in the United States today. The suit is before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
The EPA already has twice denied attempts by CBD to have the agency ban traditional ammunition, noting correctly that it does not have the authority to regulate traditional ammunition under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The court has already dismissed an earlier case brought by CBD seeking the same relief.
The CBD’s transparent goal in petitioning the EPA and repeatedly filing lawsuits is to end hunting in America by banning the ammunition millions of Continue reading
ATF Urges FFLs to Prepare for Tropical Storm Isaac and Other Disasters
WASHINGTON — In preparation for Tropical Storm Isaac and other natural disasters, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) today urged federal firearms licensees (FFLs) and federal explosives licensees and permittees (FEL/Ps) to be prepared and protect their merchandise and facilities. ATF has prepared guidance, which is available online, regarding how to plan ahead before disasters strike.
For FFLs, an ATF brochure and video are available on ATF’s website with information regarding businesses that are affected by flooding or other such incidents. The brochure, “Disaster Preparedness for Federal Firearms Licensees,” (ATF publication 3317.7), is available at http://www.atf.gov/publications/download/p/atf-p-3317-7.pdf. The video, “Disaster Preparedness,” is listed under ATF’s Online Education Seminars at http://www.atf.gov/training/firearms/ffl-educational-seminars/.
FEL/Ps should review the brochure, “Voluntary Steps to Prepare for a Pending Natural Disaster,” (ATF Publication 5400.16, March 2011), which is available at http://www.atf.gov/publications/download/p/atf-p-5400-16.pdf.
FEL/Ps that have additional questions concerning preparedness are urged to contact their local ATF field office or the Explosives Industry Programs Branch at 202-648-7120. FFLs with additional questions, should contact their local ATF field office or the ATF Firearms Industry Programs Branch at 202-648-7190.
For other useful information on planning for a natural disaster, please visit www.ready.gov. Further information about ATF is available at www.atf.gov.
Wiki Weapon Project Dreams of Creating a Functional Print-it-Yourself Firearm
The group known as Defense Distributed has a three-fold mission plan: 1) Create the world’s first 100% 3D printable gun, 2) Adapt the design down to cheaper 3D printers and 3) Become The Web’s Printable Gun Wiki Redoubt. What does that mean? It means they want their project to result in a scenario where you can download formatted CAD blueprint files, feed them into a 3-D printer (see “additive manufacturing”) and end up with a firearm.
Sound like science fiction? Having visions of a Star Trek-esque replicator device? The idea isn’t quite so far-fetched. The use of 3-D printing for rapid prototyping has exploded over the past decade and, as the technology continues to mature, costs continue to fall. This could make the prospect of a D.I.Y print-at-home firearm a reality before you think.
One example of how this idea could come to fruition is the printable AR15 lower receiver by Michael Guslick. Although the majority of the complete firearm’s parts are existing off-the-shelf parts, the lower receiver Continue reading
