Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. ing Program, where employees are paid full wages to teach children to read. Jay’s also has provided generous support to the United Way. Auto-Ordnance Corp. recently donated one of its Tommy Guns with a 50-round drum magazine to the Memphis Division of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, to be auctioned off at its Roaring 20s-themed gala benefit. The gun brought in $1,600. Smith & Wesson, Crimson Trace, Leupold, SureFire, Hornady, Yamaha and FMG Publications are the founding companies of Honored American Veterans Afield (HAVA). Streamlight sponsors The organization Life Hunts for termi- assists disabled nally ill youth. veterans with their healing process through guided hunts, shooting events and other outdoor sports. Hodgdon Powder Co., via its Family Donor Advised Fund, has supported funding to over 145 charitable organizations. Beretta’s Project Allegiance supports police officers and their families. Trijicon supports the Wounded Warrior Project. Sig Sauer supports the Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS) program. Streamlight also supports COPS, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and Buckmasters American Deer Foundation’s Life Hunts for terminally ill youth. Crimson Trace supports the National Blind and Disabled Hunter Program and a fallen police officers fund. Ruger, Winchester Ammunition and Beretta support the Sportsmen For Charity shooting events. The list goes on. DSA announces the TP-9 Range Demo Gun Program! Put the fun in your range rental program with one of the most innovative tactical pistols to come along in years . The B&T TP-9 Pistol or TP-9 Short Barreled Rifle! FFL holders with a shooting sports facility, indoor or outdoor range qualify for DSA’s TP-9 Range Demo Gun Program and special promotional pricing. A wide variety of accessories including transferable sound suppressors are available to customize your B&T TP-9 for a unique shooting experience in the economical 9x19mm cartridge! For more details, call DSA. TP-9 Pistol: $925 TP-9 SBR: $1075 Suppressor: $750 SBR & Can Combo Deal: $1725 DSA Inc. / P.O. Box 370 / Barrington, IL 60011 / Tel: 847-277-7258 Fax: 847-277-7259 / customerservice1@dsarms.com / www.dsarms.com Circle No. 215 on Inquiry Card Giver Also Benefits In addition to feeling better when businesses give to causes that help those in need, a study reported in the Chronicle of Philanthropy in 2007 suggests there is an economic benefit to corporate charitable giving. The study maintains that sales and revenues increase when companies give to worthy causes. While this may be hard to quantify, it makes sense that www.shootingindustry.com a company with a charitable outlook will attract likeminded consumers through that goodwill. Dealers have a host of opportunities not only to support causes in their communities, but also to join in national efforts by partnering with manufacturers that donate a portion of sales for select products to charitable causes. If you needed another reason to feel proud of the firearms industry, now you have one. If you want to extend that feeling of shared generosity to your customers and give them more reasons to do business with you, seek out causes you can support, either on your own or in partnership with others in the industry. In accepting the 2008 Citizenship Award from the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence for Brownells in September, CEO Frank Brownell said, “If you really believe it, you have to put your money where your heart is, and that’s what we do.” The deadline to enter a company or dealership for the 2009 Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence Citizenship Award is Feb. 16, 2009. Visit www.shootingindustry.com for more information. 9 NOVEMBER 2008 19