This Week: Election Day, PAC Milestones, Garbage Supporters and More! November 4 2024 | Vol. 26 No. 43      l        . NSSF - The Firearm Industry Trade Association • FEATURED NEWS • #GUNVOTE ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW. #GUNVOTE®… Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day. NSSF urges all voters who have not already voted early to get to their polling place and #GUNVOTE. Don’t Risk Your Rights®! Biden Calls Trump Supporters Garbage ‘GARBAGE’ VOTER INSULTS… President Joe Biden called supporters of President Donald Trump “garbage” in a video call with voters, echoing earlier denigrations of gun-owning and conservative voters as “bitter clingers” and a “basket of deplorables." Former President Donald Trump trolled President Biden by riding in a Trump-branded garbage truck at a Wisconsin rally. Browning Auction for Project Childsafe PROJECT CHILDSAFE® 25TH ANNIVERSARY AUCTION… In support of Project ChildSafe, please bid at GunBroker.com on the unique Browning Citori CXS shotgun. This one-of-a-kind, Project ChildSafe 25th Anniversary branded Browning Citori CXS shotgun will be a highlight to anyone's collection. The auction ends Sunday, November 17, at 8 pm EST. Bid today! VP Harris on Club Shay Shay VP HARRIS GASLIGHTS ON 2A SUPPORT … Vice President Kamala Harris was gaslighting former President Donald Trump’s – and her own – Second Amendment records when she claimed he would strip gun rights and she embraces them. NSSF PAC NSSF PAC $1 MILLION MLESTONES… NSSF Political Action Committee (PAC) achieved new milestones by surpassing $1 million raised in this election cycle and $1 million donated to candidates who will stand up for the firearm and ammunition industry, Second Amendment rights and the heritage of hunting and the shooting sports.. GunVote #GUNVOTE® 2024: HELP SPREAD THE WORD… There is only 1 day left before Election Day! Are you registered? Do you know where you vote? With approximately 10 million hunters who are unregistered to vote, NSSF encourages everyone to spread the #GUNVOTE message to as many gun owners as possible and encourage them to register to vote and on Election Day, “Don’t Risk Your Rights® - #GUNVOTE.” Where to Shoot    Steve Hornady Gunvote GOVERNMENT RELATIONS * NSSF weighed in with Outdoor Life on what a potential second Trump administration would mean to hunting and conservation in America. NSSF’s Larry Keane said gun owners and hunters have reason to expect positive change. * NSSF released a statement dismissing unfounded accusations that Tim Sheehy, Montana Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, allegedly mishandled a revolver and negligently shot himself. * Colorado voters have two ballot initiatives to decide on Election Day. Prop. KK would levy a 6.5 percent excise tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition. Prop. 127 would ban hunting for big cats in the state. NSSF urges voters to reject both proposals. * Visit NSSF's Government Relations section for more. IN MEMORIAM: GENEVA SOLOMON * NSSF was saddened to learn that Geneva Solomon, owner of Redstone Firearms in Burbank, Calif., passed away last week. Solomon was a fierce advocate for responsible firearm ownership, having testified before Congress and was featured on NSSF’s Real Solutions. Safer Communities® outreach campaign. COMPLIANCE CORNER * Join NSSF Compliance Consultants Wally Nelson and Harry McCabe for an enlightening session where they will address prevalent compliance issues observed during their FFL site visits. Be prepared as they review uncommon scenarios prone to errors, such as sales involving military personnel, snowbirds, foreign nationals, out-of-state residents purchasing long guns, gift gun transactions and special-order firearms. * View more NSSF compliance resources here. RESEARCH * The October 2024 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,302,857 is a decrease of 5.0 percent compared to the October 2023 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,370,719. For comparison, the unadjusted October 2024 FBI NICS figure 2,298,383 reflects a 4.7 percent increase from the unadjusted FBI NICS figure of 2,194,313 in October 2023. October 2024 marks the 63rd month in a row that has exceeded 1 million adjusted background checks in a single month. Log in and click on the Industry Research link. * The NASGW Scope report for October providing data insights on 9MM Pistol Ammunition been posted. Login to the member portal and click on the Industry Research link. Please note that there was no report for September. * More research reports are available in the NSSF online store. RETAILERS / RANGES * Did you know the SHOT Show®️ brings in more than $88 million to the Las Vegas economy? See the “How Big is the SHOT Show” infographic and “Facts and Figures” sheet, both updated for the 2025 SHOT Show, in the show’s Newsroom. * Throughout the hunting season, be sure to review the Project ChildSafe® S.A.F.E hunting resources. To join the Hunt S.A.F.E Challenge, share Project ChildSafe resources or pictures or videos of a successful hunt on your social platforms – and don’t forget to tag @ProjChildsafe with the hashtag #HuntSAFEChallenge. * As a proud partner of Project ChildSafe® and NSSF, the SCI Foundation is also committed to promoting safe hunting practices for everyone. Read and share the latest blog by Laurine Wolf, Deputy Director of Education and Humanitarian Services for the SCI Foundation, where you can review “Ten Tips for a Safe Fall Hunt” and more. * More research reports are available in the NSSF online store. Login for member pricing. CYBERSECURITY TIPS * Implementing Multifactor Authentication (MFA) wherever possible makes it more difficult for a threat actor to gain access to information systems, even if passwords are compromised through phishing attacks or other means. MFA adds a strong protection against account takeover by greatly increasing the level of difficulty for criminals. NEWS OF NOTE * GLOCK, Inc., filed a Motion to Dismiss a frivolous lawsuit filed by the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago clearly colluded with The White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention and the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety to bring the baseless allegations against the handgun maker after GLOCK refused to bend to The White House’s demands to alter designs. * A three-judge appeals panel at the Oregon Court of Appeals heard arguments to either overrule or uphold a lower court’s decision that Oregon’s Measure 114 is unconstitutional. Measure 114 was a ballot initiative passed in 2022 that would require permits, a firearm safety course and ban standard-capacity magazines. * The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District dismissed a frivolous lawsuit that attempted to hold Academy Sports + Outdoors responsible for harm caused by a criminal who stole a firearm and later criminally misused it to injure a victim. The court dismissed the case under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA), which protects firearm manufacturers and retailers from frivolous lawsuits that attempt to saddle them with responsibility for criminals misusing firearms. * A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the District’s ban on standard-capacity magazines in a 2-1 decision. * Beretta USA Corp., recently opened the doors to their Gallatin, Tenn., manufacturing facility for a peek behind the scenes to see what’s making conservation in America a success. That was the point of the visit by NSSF, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. * Please join with Steve Hornady and donate to NSSF’s Protect Liberty Political Action Committee (Protect Liberty PAC) for the 2024 Election! Your donation, corporate or personal, will help keep the television commercials supporting pro-gun U.S. Senate candidates on the air to win back the U.S. Senate! GUNVOTE NSSF encourages everyone in the industry to spread the #GUNVOTE message to as many gun owners as possible to encourage them to register to vote and on Election Day, “Don’t Risk Your Rights - #GUNVOTE.” Find Voter Information Download and Share #GUNVOTE Images • NSSF EVENTS • November 18 Are You Compliance Ready for the Holiday Season? 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