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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

- TOP STORY -
Acknowledging the votes weren’t there for confirmation, the White House has pulled the nomination of David Chipman to head the ATF. "Glad to hear reports the White House is taking my advice and pulling the terrible nomination of David Chipman," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tweeted. "Absurd that a vocal opponent of Americans' constitutional rights was ever picked to run ATF. This is a win for the Second Amendment and law-abiding American citizens.” In a statement, Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said “I’ve been opposed to David Chipman leading the ATF from the start. He’s an anti-Second Amendment, gun-grabbing radical that should not lead the agency that regulates firearms.” “The defeat of David Chipman is a victory for all Americans who value the right of self-defense,” said Young Americans for Liberty senior spokesman Eric Brakey,” “Chipman has called for a total ban on private ownership of commonly owned firearms—like the AR-15—while defending the ATF’s use of military-grade weapons to massacre American citizens. President Biden should have never nominated this rabid activist on the payroll of Bloomberg-funded anti-gun groups to lead the ATF in the first place.” “I want to thank every gun owner and concerned voter who contacted their Senators and helped us stop this dangerous nominee from being confirmed,” said the Second Amendment Foundation’s Alan Gottlieb, "This is a great grassroots victory for the Second Amendment. Gun rights lobby 1, Biden gun ban lobby zero!”
- COMPETITION -
The National Walleye Tour Presented by Bass Pro Shops & Cabela’s will host its championship event on Otter Tail Lake, Minnesota, September 22-24. The championship tournament features a must qualify, pro-am style format and guarantees over 100 percent payback.
Safariland CADRE, Julie Golob won titles at the NRA Steamboat Challenge Action Pistol Regional and Wyoming State Championships in a back-to-back match weekend hosted by the Otto Road Shooting Range in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Remington Ammunition congratulates multiple Team Remington members for impressive performances over the summer shooting season, culminating recently at the 2021 Grand American World Trapshooting Championships in Sparta, IL. Sean Hawley, Chase Horton and Zach Nannini all posted top finishes during the coveted competition.
Team Berger’s James Fox shot Berger 223 Remington 77 Grain OTM Tactical ammunition to finish first among all civilian competitors in the Service Rifle matches at the CMP National Matches.

- FISHING -
Fishing for Lake Erie walleye has never been more exciting thanks to several exceptional years of fish production in the western basin.
- GEAR -
This sizable tactical duffel provides efficient use of space and can be carried as a backpack or standard duffel with multiple carry handles.
If you’re looking for a holiday gift for the outdoorsmen and women on your list, consider the LiDCAM Action Camera from Outdoor Product Innovations.
- GIVEAWAYS -
TBA Outdoors announces the launch of two all-new giveaways from outdoor brands FIREDISC and frogg toggs.

- INDUSTRY -
USA Shooting has announced the retirement of National Rifle Coach Dan Durben, effective January 2021. Durben’s career with USA Shooting spans 40 years as an athlete and coach, 12 of those as the National Team Coach.
As a corporate sponsor, The Best of the West and Huskemaw Optics will be a key partner in SCI’s mission to promote and protect hunting and wildlife conservation in North America and across the world.
Hogue Inc President/CEO Aaron Hogue will be racing a highly modified, re-engineered Aero Vodochody L-29 Jet aircraft at the 2021 Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada during September 15-19, 2021.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearm industry trade association, is pleased to learn of President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the nomination of David Chipman to become the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

- INSTRUCTION -
The Civilian Marksmanship Program, which conducts National Matches, offers a lineup of educational courses for those new to the sport and those eager to develop their skills. The types of rifle and pistol courses span from junior to adult, competitive to maintenance and everything in between.
- JOBS -
Kinsey’s has a position opening for a full-time Sales Representative in their Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, headquarters.
- LITIGATION -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would move to vacate its 2019 decision to withdraw proposed protections for Bristol Bay and reinstate the agency’s earlier 2014 Proposed Determination.
- NEW PRODUCTS -
Built in the USA in small runs, these sunglasses feature the Realtree EDGE camo pattern made from UV- and scratch-resistant 2K automotive-grade urethane combined with Shady Rays premium optics to provide superior performance during your outdoor adventures.

DeSantis Gunhide now offers the #195 Veiled Partner Kydex OWB made to fit GLOCK 19/19 Gen5, G19X and others mounted with the Streamlight TLR-7A, with (or without) an RDS.
- NOTICES -
To accommodate an all-volunteer Michigan Cares for Tourism workforce, portions of Bond Falls Scenic Site in Ontonagon County will be closed Sept. 13-14.
- ONLINE -
In California Grasslands, DU Conserve Films travels to California’s San Joaquin Valley, home to thousands of migrating Pacific Flyway waterfowl.
- ORGANIZATIONS -
Official Licensed Partner of Ducks Unlimited Lux Row Distillers recently created a new Daviess County Bourbon variant that features a unique flavor profile, DU-branded packaging and a name that is certain to appeal to outdoor enthusiasts and bourbon drinkers alike.

- OUTREACH -
Seventy-five youths and their families lined the banks of the lagoon at Chicago’s Columbus Park alongside volunteers from Chicago Fire Fighters Local 2, Chicago Police Sergeant’s Association, Black Fire Brigade and New Concept Benefit Group at the first Chicago Fish with a First Responder event.
- RADIO -
This week on America Outdoors Radio features a special youth hunt and deer camp coming up in South Dakota, share a fishing report from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, preview the Kenai River Silver Salmon Derby, and talk to author Jeffrey Miller.
This Sunday, Tom is broadcasting live from Calibers USA shooting range in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While there, Tom will be joined by co-owner Louie Sanchez who is running for governor of New Mexico, and Eddy Aragon, who is running for mayor of Albuquerque.
- RETAIL -
Carry needed tools and other gear to the field or job site with the new Multitool Outside the Waistband holster from Versacarry. The product is designed to carry a multitool, flashlight, and pen.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation surveyed firearm retailers recently, and estimates that over 3.2 million people purchased a firearm for the first time during the first half of 2021.
Just in time for hunting season, ElimiShield Hunt is offering its most popular ElimiShield Hunt products in new combination packs.
- STATES -
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is reminding successful bear hunters that a regulation requires them to submit a bear tooth so wildlife managers can collect important information on Vermont’s bear population.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is expanding the public hunting opportunities available within the Cosumnes River Preserve in southern Sacramento County to include, for the first time, three deer hunts this October.

A busy fishing summer has led to the certification of three new Florida Saltwater All-Tackle fishing records.
The M. Barnett Lawley Forever Wild Field Trial Area (FWFTA) in Hale County, Alabama, will host a series of deer hunts for hunters with physical disabilities from late November 2021 through January 2022.
In September and October, kokanee salmon — which are a shade of silver most of the year — change to a bright red before they travel up rivers and streams to spawn. To celebrate the annual spawn, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is holding two free viewing events.
- TELEVISION -
Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel launch Year Five of Outdoor Sportsman Group Networks’ #DeerWeek presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors – on September 13-19 (7 p.m.–Midnight) – the theme of the anniversary will be amended to “woods” in honor of the special time of year in which deer hunters wait to celebrate.

Now airing new episodes on Sportsman Channel on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. ET, Live the Wild Life features one man’s quest for big game and big adventure.
This week’s episode of Sporting Classics with Chris Dorsey features two hunts for 500+ pound black bear along the North Carolina coastline.
- WASHINGTON -
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today the withdrawal of anti-gun lobbyist David Chipman’s nomination to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is “a victory for gun rights and a much-deserved defeat for the gun prohibition lobby and Joe Biden.”
 

Last Friday, I found myself walking the rows of Boston’s Granbury Burying Grounds. During my weekend walk I found myself wondering what the Revolutionary War figures buried there would think of the state of affairs in which we find ourselves today.

Would Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine still feel the same about our version of the country as they did about theirs? Would the five men killed in the Boston Massacre feel the collective sacrifices since their deaths still worth it?

Walking Boston’s Granbury Burying Grounds is a lesson in American history. If the coins still have meaning, not all of us have forgotten the lessons.

For that matter, do the pennies still left on those Revolutionary gravesites have meaning today? Or have we run from our history to the point that the pennies are nothing more than a tourist tradition?

Today, as some prepare for “just another weekend” others are reflecting on tomorrow’s twentieth anniversary of radical Islam’s first victory over the United States.

We’re also stinging from the realization we just handed them a second great win. They’re going to celebrate that victory by inaugurating a new Afghani government that has several “leaders” that sit atop our “most wanted terrorist” list.

Are friends who lost their limbs fighting over the past twenty years re-evaluating the cost they paid? Two decades of veterans paid the freight for politicians who ultimately chose expediency over victory. They might not feel betrayed, but I certainly do.

Watching uncivilized terrorists in pajamas tied up with ropes parade around high-tech weaponry given them by the same politicians who want to outlaw my modern sporting rifle makes me as uncertain about our future as I was on the afternoon of September 11, 2001.

But terrorists don’t concern me as much as incompetent politicians. The latest polls say I’m not alone. More than half of Americans say they feel less safe than before 9/11.

As a nation, we are troubled. We’ve watched violent protests replace civil discourse. When we express that concern, we’re berated by “leaders” who have discarded any pretense of caring what we think or want.

Like nearly everything else they’ve done, that’s not smart.

They’ve forgotten our founding fathers were dissidents. They were peaceful until provoked, but so dedicated to their fundamental rights they were more than willing to die - or kill- to protect them.

They took on the most powerful nation on earth and won. Later, they repeated the win, proving to the world it was no fluke.

From their work, our ancestors built the nation that grew to become a superpower, but never a despot.

When presented with facts, Americans have never failed to do the right thing. I believe that’s still the case today.

Unfortunately, facts are in desperately short supply. Instead, “thought leaders” try to force-feed us narrative.

Facts don’t fit their design for our futures. So they ignore them.

The same way they ignore the fact there are still Americans stranded in Afghanistan.

Twenty years ago, I watched in shock as New York City, Washington, DC, and a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania became ground zeroes. I knew people who died simply because they went to work that morning.

Since then I’ve known others who willingly put their lives on the line to try and prevent another 9/11. Not all of them came home. Many who will bear scars that will never heal.

Some of them are obvious. Others aren’t. But the damage is undeniable.

Twenty years later, it appears our leaders appear to have provided our enemies with the additional means to bring their anger to our homes.

I’m not forgetting the importance of 9/11. Neither should you.

Forgetting history risks repeating it.

— Jim Shepherd

 
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