CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS WRITE ATF

The American Wildlife Conservation Partners (AWCP), a consortium of 42 organizations representing more than six million individual members, today sent a letter to ATF Director B. Todd Jones expressing concern about how a proposed framework will impact the amount of Pittman-Robertson excise taxes collected on the sale of ammunition, which provides vital funding for wildlife management activities across the country.

That letter follows one from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) also asking for a comment-period extension (90 days) and which notes “… Not only does this run the risk of decreasing interest and participation in these sports as ammunition choices become more limited and more expensive, but as participation potentially decreases, so do sales of taxable goods and hunting licenses.”

Earlier, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) also called for an extension of the comment deadline. Read the NSSF letter.