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FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025

- APPAREL -
The versatile, comfortable and great-looking Rapids Fishing Shirt from Whitewater is available in new long-sleeved and short-sleeved colors. Made for fishing functionality without compromise, the Rapids Fishing Shirt is crafted from a lightweight poly-spandex blend offering supreme flexibility.
- ARCHERY -
Elite Archery is raising the bar for competitive archers with the launch of the Victra—a meticulously engineered target bow that blends cutting-edge innovation, refined shooter feedback, and next-level tunability into one Elite-level platform.
- COMPETITION -
Team Berger's James Fox continues his extraordinary 2025 Highpower season by clinching the CMP Individual National Highpower Championship grand aggregate.
Team Winchester and Team White Flyer locked up more wins on the world sporting clays stage at the 47th FITASC World Sporting Clays Championship, July 24-27, in Kornos, Cyprus.
Celebrate National Shooting Sports Month by participating in the Steel Plate Challenge on Aug. 9 at the Roger G. Sykes Outdoor Heritage Education Complex at Platte River State Park. This is a speed-shooting competition, using .22 caliber rifles and handguns, consisting of standardized stages with five steel targets.

The 2025 Lapua Monarch Cup culminated in a historic moment for Team SK's Jake Stine, who cemented his legacy by becoming the first-ever two-time Monarch Cup Champion.
- CONTESTS -
All artists are invited to enter their artwork in the 44th annual Waterfowl Stamp Design Contest, but the clock is ticking. Artwork must arrive at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation headquarters in Oklahoma City by 4:30 p.m. Aug. 29.
- COURTS -
The Second Amendment Foundation and its partners have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review in Brown v. ATF, SAF’s challenge to the federal ban that prevents adults aged 18 to 20 from purchasing handguns from licensed dealers.
- EVENTS -
TriStar Arms will join Gun Owners of America’s GOALS Summit, August?7–10 at the Knoxville Convention Center. Attendees are invited to Booth?907 for hands?on previews of TriStar’s newest shotguns and pistols, plus exclusive GOA member incentives.

Kimber, Mfg., Inc., will be exhibiting at the Upcoming Ducks Unlimited Expo in Memphis, Tennessee on August 1st through the 3rd at the Renasant Convention Center.
GForce Arms is proud to announce our attendance at the Ducks Unlimited Expo—join us at Booth #381. Come get hands-on with our rugged and reliable 12GA Lever Action Hunting Shotgun, built for hunters who demand performance in the field.
More than 23,000 passionate duck hunters gathered at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds July?25 to 27 for the fourth annual Delta Waterfowl Duck Hunters Expo, presented by Federal Ammunition. From champion duck-calling competitions to historic breakthroughs for the future of waterfowl conservation, Delta’s Expo had a slice of everything duck hunters live for.
Winchester Ammunition will attend Rogers Sporting Goods 25th Annual Waterfowl Weekend August 1-2 in in Liberty, Missouri, to showcase its impressive lineup of new products for Dove and Waterfowl.

Winchester Ammunition will be exhibiting in booth 373 at the 2025 DUX - Ducks Unlimited Expo Friday, August 1, through Sunday, August 3, in Memphis, Tennessee. Mack’s Prairie Wings, a Winchester retailer, will also be attending and selling Winchester waterfowl ammunition products in its booth.
The Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife is featuring winning entries from its annual photo contest, poetry contest, and art show at the Ohio State Fair’s Natural Resources Park until Sunday, Aug. 3.
The Texas Trophy Hunters Association® (TTHA) announces the return of the Hunters Extravaganza®. This year’s Hunters Extravaganza promises to be bigger than ever. TTHA’s parent organization Safari Club International (SCI) will be joining the show floor at all three major stops.
Kimber, Mfg., Inc., will be exhibiting at the Upcoming Ducks Unlimited Expo in Memphis, Tennessee on August 1st through the 3rd at the Renasant Convention Center.

- FISHERIES -
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) and the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) announce the opening of the new Sportsman’s Bridge Fishing Access Site (FAS) on the west side of the Flathead River near Bigfork this Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP), in partnership with the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) and C3 Energy Partners, will begin a highway widening project to install a left-hand turn lane on US Highway 93, which will help accommodate increased traffic entering the forthcoming Conclow Fishing Access Site (FAS).
- FISHING TOURNAMENTS -
Summer is in full swing in southern Michigan, which means the smallmouth are starting to feed up just in time for the 2025 Yokohama Tire Bassmaster Elite at Lake St. Clair according to Michigan native Aaron Jagdfeld.
- HUNTING -
Certified volunteer hunter and bowhunter education instructors across Nebraska host classes throughout the year, but late summer and early fall are when most classes are offered. Hunters ages 12 through 29 must take firearm hunter education to hunt any species with a firearm or air gun, and bowhunters age 12 through 29 must take bowhunter education to hunt deer, antelope, elk or bighorn sheep with a bow or crossbow.

- INDUSTRY -
Yamaha U.S. Marine Business Unit recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Coastal Conservation Association® (CCA®) of Georgia to encourage responsible use and conservation of aquatic natural resources in the state while also advocating for legislation and regulation designed to conserve fisheries and maintain fishing access.
Christensen Arms announces the promotion of Shane Meisel to Vice President of Sales and Marketing, effective immediately. Meisel previously served as the company’s Vice President of Marketing.
NSSF® invites everyone to celebrate the shooting sports during the 2025 National Shooting Sports Month® this August. Whether you’re an experienced marksman, a first-time gun owner or someone simply curious about the shooting sports, there’s no better time to get involved, improve your skills and introduce someone new to the range.
- ORGANIZATIONS -
Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA) announces our involvement in National Shooting Sports Month, in partnership with the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). Created to encourage participation in the shooting sports and emphasize firearms safety, National Shooting Sports Month will take place throughout the month of August.

- PRODUCT NEWS -
Reptilia® announces the release of the 35mm ROF™-Diving Board, an accessory mounting platform designed specifically for use with Reptilia AUS™ and Geissele® Super Precision™ 35mm mounts.
Laser Ammo USA Inc. highlights its "CQB in a Box," a cutting-edge system designed for tactical entry, dynamic room clearing and active shooter simulation training. Featuring three adjustable humanoid-sized reactive targets that are portable and easy to set up, the CQB in a Box provides instant feedback to both the shooter and evaluator.
Modular Driven Technologies (MDT) announces the latest expansion to the HNT26 ultralight hunting chassis lineup. Two highly requested configurations are now available: Tikka T3 Short Action Left Hand with ARCA forend and folding buttstock; and Remington 700 Long Action CIP (3.850") Left Hand with ARCA forend and folding buttstock.
The Hornady® Precision Lab Scale is the ultimate tool for reloading enthusiasts who demand absolute precision. The scale is designed with cutting-edge features and is the most advanced and accurate measuring tool available for any reloading bench.

- PROMOTIONS -
Global Ordnance announces a new consumer rebate offer. From August 1st through October 31st, 2025, customers who purchase any Monolith firearm—whether rifle, pistol, or short-barreled rifle (SBR)—from a participating dealer or directly through www.globalordnance.com, will receive a free Vortex SPARC AR red dot optic, a $279.99 value.
Silencer Central wants its customers to know they don’t have to wait for January to enjoy free tax stamps. For more than 100 different suppressor models, Silencer Central is covering the $200 tax stamp fee, beginning on August 1, 2025.
Taurus, alongside its sister brands Rossi and Heritage Manufacturing, announced the return of its exclusive rebate promotions this August. Now August 1st through August 31st, customers will once again have the chance to unlock exceptional savings and rewards on a wide range of firearm platforms— available at TaurusPromos.com.
- RADIO -
This week, Outdoors Radio features Range of Richfield president Jim Babiasz, Pappas Trading Post archery expert JC Chamberlin, and Sawyer founder Kurt Avery.

- RANGES -
Head to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Fiocchi Shooting Sports Complex and its Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Nature Center Shotgun Range this August to celebrate National Shooting Sports Month. The AGFC has a host of special deals to make it easier than ever to enjoy recreational shooting and knock the rust off before hunting season begins in September.
- SHIPPING -
Federal Ammunition recently added two 20-gauge options to its Premium® Gold Medal Paper shotshell product line. These new loads feature the one-piece Podium wad, delivering improved pattern consistency and performance for serious clay target shooters. These new products are currently being delivered to retailers nationwide.
- SHOWS -
Kimber, Mfg., Inc., will be exhibiting at the Upcoming Ducks Unlimited Expo in Memphis, Tennessee on August 1st through the 3rd at the Renasant Convention Center.
- SPONSORSHIPS -
AirForce Airguns and its sister brand Rapid Air Worx (RAW) announce their role as G7 Match Sponsors of the first-ever TRT Sniper Challenge, a long-range precision shooting event taking place August 1-3, 2025, in White Sulfur Springs, Montana.
NSSF® announces that Mark Barnes & Associates has once again committed as Gold Sponsor of the 2025 NSSF Annual Import/Export Conference, taking place August 5–7 at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C.
- STATE AGENCIES -
Roger Kuhn, assistant director of program development at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, is retiring Oct. 1 after nearly 45 years with the agency. Kuhn, a native of Louisville, Nebraska, has been instrumental to the agency and the state parks system throughout his career.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will implement a temporary closure of the Cheboygan Lock and Dam next week to conduct essential underwater repairs.
- TELEVISION -
The thrill of competition meets the art of angling every Saturday night on World Fishing Network with "Reel Rivals Saturdays" starting at 6 p.m. ET. This action-packed lineup brings the fiercest rivalries in fishing straight to the screen.
 

The California Department of Justice (CalDOJ) released a report that ignores what the data examined reveals and instead is being used by gun control groups to push antigun state legislators to pass a strict gun control bill that could have far-reaching consequences for law-abiding Californians.

The report is being used in a “name-and-shame” effort against GLOCK, Inc., and their popular handguns. GLOCK pistols are used by millions of law enforcement officers across the country and are popular with millions of law-abiding civilian gun owners.

California legislators, however, are using the report to add fuel to their fire in an all-out blitz against GLOCK and other semiautomatic handguns in the state by pointing to the fact that popularly-owned handgun models are sometimes used in crime, just like popular cars are sometimes used in drunk driving accidents.

It’s another example of commonsense being in short supply among California antigun politicians.

Name And Shame

CalDOJ was required by previously enacted laws to collect data on firearms recovered at crime scenes and report on the findings, specifically to name the gun manufacturers behind the models found. Of course, the manufacturer most often has nothing to do with the sale of the firearm to a consumer by a neighborhood federally licensed firearm retailer. The firearm retailer obtains the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Form 4473 and processes the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) verification before the buyer takes the gun home. In California, the process is even more burdensome. The buyer must fill out state-mandated paperwork that CalDOJ keeps on file, be fingerprinted, pay a fee to the state, wait 10 days and pass a background check run by CalDOJ.

None of that matters, especially when the report finds its way to gun control “journalists” like The Smoking Gun’s Greg Lickenbrock. That’s Everytown for Gun Safety’s Bloomberg-funded “independent” media arm whose stated mission is to “expose” the gun industry. Apparently, a math exam and basic data analysis are not required for the staff writers.

Lickenbrock took the CalDOJ data and reported that GLOCK handguns were recovered by law enforcement at nearly 19 percent (18.7 percent) of crime scenes involving firearms. That is followed by other popularly-owed semiautomatic firearm brands like Smith & Wesson (11.6 percent) and Ruger (7.1 percent).

Lickenbrock states these manufacturers, firmly at the top of the CalDOJ list, show “strong” indicators that the companies “manufacture and sell crime guns,” as if handguns on display at retailers are labeled “crime gun.” Manufacturers don’t make and sell “crime guns.” They lawfully produce and sell constitutionally-protected firearms. Manufacturers and retailers are not legally responsible when unaffiliated remote third parties, criminals, obtain firearms through illicit and illegal means in order to commit illegal acts of criminal violence. This is precisely why Congress passed the commonsense, bipartisan Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) that antigun zealots and politicians hate.

“Together, these five gun makers (including Taurus and Springfield Armory) produced over 47% of the crime guns recovered last year,” Lickenbrock wrote. The total percentages of the recovered firearms from 2022-2024 overall, compared to the above 2024 figures, are nearly identical. From 2022-2024, the percentage of recovered GLOCKs was 18.2 percent, Smith & Wesson was 12 percent and Ruger came in at 7.2 percent.

Writer Lucas Bennett took apart Lickenbrock’s “journalism” and summarized the flawed article succinctly. “Glock, Smith & Wesson, and Ruger aren’t only giants in law enforcement, they’re also among the most widely used options for responsible civilian gun owners,” Bennett wrote. “This is not evidence of criminal behavior on the part of the companies. Rather, it is evidence of the mere fact that the most commonly owned firearms are also most likely to be stolen or used illicitly not that manufacturers are redistributing arms to criminals.” Lickenbrock’s argument amounts to saying Ford cars are most often used in drunk driving accidents to insinuate that Ford purposefully sells cars to drunk drivers.

Gun Control Fuel

It’s no surprise to watch as antigun politicians in The Golden State use the report to go after lawful and highly-regulated firearm manufacturers in their attempts to restrict the Second Amendment rights of Californians even more than they currently do.

Cal Matters reported on the developments, writing “California’s Legislature is poised to ban the sale of one of the most popular types of handguns, like the one owned by arguably the state’s most recognizable Democrat, Kamala Harris.”

Democratic lawmakers are using Assembly Bill 1127 as a way to ban popular GLOCK handguns and other similar striker-fired handgun models. They don’t come out and say the bill targets GLOCK or other manufacturers by name. Their bill is written, though, in a highly-specified way that impacts GLOCK firearms and other popular striker-fired models, too.

“The bill aims to prohibit gun shops from selling new Glock-brand handguns and various off-brand imitators, because the guns can become fully automatic if a criminal inserts a converter, commonly known as a “Glock switch,’ into the weapon,” Ryan Sabalow reported. “The switches can be made illegally on a 3D printer.”

That’s the key here – illegally converting a legal firearm into an illegal one is illegal. It also has nothing to do with the manufacturer. It would be akin to legislation that bans Honda vehicles because they are commonly involved in incidents of drunk driving and where an illegal after-market accessory was illegally added to the vehicle.

AB 1127 is moving fast and could receive final approval by the state’s Democratically-controlled antigun legislature any day now. Reports suggest Gov. Gavin Newsom “hasn’t said” if he’d sign the bill into law but the governor has never met a gun control proposal he didn’t salivate over.

Federal Push

It’s not just the antigun politicians in California pushing to ban GLOCKs and other similar models. From the West Coast to the East Coast, gun control activists are celebrating a federal proposal to do the same in Washington, D.C.

Two of the staunchest gun control supporters in Congress introduced companion bills in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate that would punish lawful and highly-regulated federal firearms licensees (FFLs) for the crimes committed by criminals ignoring the laws to cause harm.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) introduced H.R. 4198 in the House while U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced the companion S. 2192 in the upper chamber. Similar to the existing law in California behind the released CalDOJ report, the bills would require the U.S. Attorney General to make publicly available a list of firearm retailers with a high number of short so-called “time-to-crime” firearm traces following the investigation of a criminal act and to prohibit federal departments and agencies from contracting with those businesses.

NSSF staunchly opposes these bills as even the ATF states that a firearm retailer that is contacted in a firearm trace does not mean that the retailer is complicit in a crime. NSSF recently confirmed that ATF’s Demand 2 program, abused by gun control groups and their aligned media arms like Lickenbrock’s The Smoking Gun, is ending.

Antigun politicians already have a stranglehold on California and the Second Amendment. The anti-GLOCK bill is moving quickly and could become law soon. It’s another example of antigun activists attacking the lawful firearm industry and the rights of law-abiding Californians while ignoring the criminals who are the ones causing problems.

— Larry Keane

Lawrence G. Keane is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel for NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association.

 
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