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. Act Now, Before The November Election he November elections are only weeks away. On Nov. 4, 90 Next, please encourage your customers to visit the NSSF million American gun owners, including 40 million sports- site, too. Education is key, and the NSSF site can play a pivmen who hold dear our hunting and shooting heritage, will have otal role in reaching would-be voters. It can even help them the opportunity to head to the polls and support candidates for register to vote. office that will preserve and protect our way of life. As a firearms Do you need proof that elections matter? Consider this. The retailer you can help ensure that these people take full advantage Supreme Court’s decision earlier this year in the Heller case, afof another essential American right, the right to vote. firming that the Second Amendment is an individual right, was The sportsmen and gun-owner voting bloc has long been consid- decided by just one vote, 5 to 4. Now imagine what could have ered one of the most influential in American politics. When gun own- happened if President Bush had not appointed Justices Robers vote to ensure their freedom, we can’t lose. Similarly, when gun erts and Alito to the court. No Roberts, no Alito — no Second owners stay at home rather than fight for what Amendment. The next president is likely they believe in, we can’t win. Understanding to appoint as many as three new justices this simple fact and acting upon it now will to the court who will have to be confirmed make all the difference come November. by the U.S. Senate. So, how to act on it? First, take a few Still need convincing that elections minutes to visit the National Shooting matter? Okay, have you considered that Sports Foundation VoterEd Web site: www. the next president will appoint the next nssf.org/08election. This easy-to-navigate ATF director, the next U.S. Fish and Wildsite is loaded with information on the presilife Service director and a whole host of dential candidates and key Senate races, other federal bureaucracies that regulate and the site is updated regularly. NSSF Voand control your business? terEd provides vital information on where This is no time for industry members, candidates stand on Second Amendmentgun owners or individual rights advocates related issues, links to public opinion pollto take a back seat. ing data and relevant news articles. NSSF is For more information about the working to educate and mobilize sportsmen NSSF VoterEd Web site, visit www.nssf. throughout the United States. org/08election. — NSSF www.nssf.org/08election T Circle No. 202 on Inquiry Card 10 SEPTEMBER 2008 www.shootingindustry.com