Why Your State Fish and Game Agency Needs to Build More Public Shooting Ranges
The surge in gun sales and shooting sports participation in recent years has fueled the need for ever-more places to shoot. Here’s an in-depth look at how state fish-and-game agencies use funds collected from excise taxes paid by gun and ammo buyers to build public shooting ranges.
COVID-19 Spurs Conservation Funding With Gun, Ammo Sales
Federal excise taxes collected during record spring sales months benefit hunting, shooting and wildlife management.
First Light: Our Gun Taxes Pay For It
True story: Your tax money does so much good for wildlife and our sports that it is impossible to quantify in one magazine article.
Ammo, Firearm, Archery Sales Boost Nation’s Wildlife Programs
Federal excise taxes collected on the sale of rifles, shotguns, handguns, ammunition and archery gear have nearly tripled during the past decade, boosting federal funding for the nation’s wildlife and hunter-education programs to record levels even though many handgun, ammo and archery buyers don’t hunt.
Gun Sales Potentially on the Rise in March
Gun sales have been good in 2016. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has released the numbers on its March 2016 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Back Ground Check Systems (NICS) tracking. March produced a figure of 1,297,275, an increase of 9.2 percent compared to March 2015.
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