To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Support The NRA t the 2007 SHOT Show, Fla., members of the hunting, shooting sports and firearms industry made a commitment to support the National Rifle Association of America, recognizing it to be the gun owner’s strongest political representative body. The NSSF has contributed significantly to the cause to help raise membership, but there are actions dealers can take. First, hold a membership drive among your staff to make your company a “100 percent NRA member” business. BeSell NRA memberships in your store. come an NRA Dealer and sell memberships directly from your store. Provide a link from your store’s Web site to NRA’s recruitment site: www.insureyourgunrights.com. In addition, NRA has developed a discount plan that authorizes NRA Dealers to sell memberships for $25 and returns to you, the storeowner who recruited the new member, a $10 cash award. Participating in the NRA industry-driven recruitment campaign is not only good for the industry, for sportsmen and for preservation of the Second Amendment, but it is also good for your cash register. For more information, visit www.insureyourgunrights.com, or contact NRA representative Andrea Myers at (703) 267-3759, e-mail: amyers@nrahq.org. 9 not. Come election time, the goal of the gun-ban lobby remains to advance candidates by camouflaging political records, referring to themselves as “sportsmen” or “hunters” and making the same stale promises: “We’re not after your guns; we’re after the ‘illegal’ guns.” Understanding this is certainly important, but even that’s not enough — not for someone in the business of selling firearms. It is imperative that firearm retailers educate themselves on today’s political landscape — including the voting records of political candidates — and help their customers get informed, too. NSSF is giving you the tools through its Voter Education Web site: www.nssf. org/08election. Make sure you use it — and make sure your customers know about it, too. www.shootingindustry.com A Circle No. 206 on Inquiry Card Circle No. 237 on Inquiry Card JULY 2008 23