Posted on 05/28/2019 5:15:47 PM PDT by Twotone
On May 10, President Trump signed the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act into law. This NRA-backed law will help promote firearm safety and training and enjoyment of the shooting sports by freeing up more federal funds for use in public shooting range development and construction.
Beginning in 1937 with the passage of the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act – commonly known as the Pittman-Robertson Act (P-R Act) – federal excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment have been returned to the states to help promote wildlife conservation and restoration. Participating states must ensure that hunting license fees are used exclusively for the administration of the state’s fish and game department.
Fifty percent of the excise tax revenue from handguns, bows, and arrows may be used for hunter education programs and the development and operation of archery and firearm shooting ranges. Additionally, there is an $8 million annual set-aside for firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants within the states, which can also help fund ranges.
The P-R Act has been critical in preserving America’s hunting and sport-shooting heritage. State wildlife management programs have brought back species that in the early 1900s were in severe decline or on the brink of extinction, including white tailed deer, wild turkey, and wood ducks. Managed hunting, of course, plays a critical role in this responsible stewardship.
The Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (S. 94/H.R. 1222) amended the P-R Act to provide states greater opportunities to use the P-R funds apportioned to them for public range development.
(Excerpt) Read more at thetruthaboutguns.com ...
Did a little work on my shooting range just today. Nice having one in the backyard!
Agreed. Organized shooting ranges are a bummer.
Hopefully these shooters clean up their messes.
Here in the West we have fed lands that are crawling with big monster piles of trash and debris left behind by shooters. Monsterous amounts of trash, and when it gets cleaned up by volunteers that don’t even shoot, the crap is back within weeks.
If you are involved in shooting groups that use state and fed lands, be sure to get your people to clean up after themselves!
Dittos to that!
Ping
Most shooting areas on BLM land out here in the west are piles of junked cars, appliances, and people shooting up propane bottles regardless of fire danger.
GOOD
https://us.glock.com/en/buy/blue-label-program
Glock has a great sale going on now till veterans day ...... for veterans to share Blue Label Program that law enforcement enjoys ..... I saved 180$ on a Glock 19 Gen 5 with the MOS cut for my RMO Trijicon Type 2 and front serrations on the slide ...... DD-214 or VA card Retired or Active Duty or LEO / FLEA ID Card ..... 3 mags included .
Good Combat Tupperware !!
Nice. If I were in the market for a Plastic Fantastic.... Let me check with Lurker Control.
L
As an FFL holder I’ve learned in life, you don’t knock a person gun, wife, dog, truck, or choice of firearm. If it works for you go for it. There’s a lot of glocks in the world. More of any of all is better to me.
Wise words.
“you don’t knock a person gun, wife, dog, truck, or choice of firearm. If it works for you go for it.”
Sage advice.
Best,
L
ugly , reliable like a norinco ....... makes a great ham sandwich for hungry crooks
More public shooting ranges are a good idea, but you take your life into your own hands when you expose yourself to the idiots that you find there.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.