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The current issue of the InSight newsletter from the National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers.

| View in browser President's Message: The Journey is the Reward I wasn’t going to get a D1 scholarship, but back in high school I was considered a fairly respectable basketball player. As a kid, my dad used to encourage us to run up and down the road bouncing the basketball as we went. He said if we could handle the ball on gravel (we had a mile-long gravel driveway), then surely we’d be able to handle the ball on the flat, obstruction free basketball court. I thought the man was losing his marbles. Seemed like a silly, if not nearly impossible thing to do. After giving it much thought, and a bit of practice, I came to understand the wisdom. He knew that in order to be good at something you had to put in the work, sometimes ridiculously hard work, to get there. He never forced us to play basketball, but he and mom always said we could be good, as long as we didn’t just dream about great results, but put in the time needed on the journey to get there. We didn’t have a lot back then. But my parents always seemed to find the money to send me to basketball camps, though it probably meant some other really important need didn’t get fulfilled. I understand now they did it because they saw the hard work, the effort, the desire I had. They honored that work by saving their pennies to help me get even better. Read More FEATURED ARTICLES 2nd Expo Exhibitor Payments Due March 3rd Exhibitors, reminder that Monday, March 3rd is the deadline for making your 2nd installment payment on your booth. If you have a booth balance, you should have received an email yesterday that included your current balance, login information and instructions for making your next payment to avoid a late fee. If you have any questions, or did not receive an email, please contact either staff@nasgw.org or mpawelski@nasgw.org Tax Payer Dollars Funded Gun Control Gun owners are getting exactly what they voted for with President Donald Trump. There’s an accounting for government malfeasance. He’s turned up the receipts.   President Trump is delivering on his promise to break open the secretive spending habits of government officials. It is exactly what voters wanted, and frankly, expected. The results, however, have been jaw-dropping. Gun control proponents have been smashing open the government piggy bank to swipe dollars for their pet gun control projects.   That’s right. Gun control advocates were using taxpayer dollars to fund their campaign to rob Americans of their Constitutionally-protected rights to keep and bear arms. That’s insult to injury after the Biden-Harris administration installed a taxpayer-funded office dedicated to pushing gun control. Read More SCOPE DLX Update As mentioned over the last few months NASGW has completed the buyout of our technology partner on the SCOPE platform, meaning NASGW now owns this industry data asset outright. This is a big step for this organization and will allow our team to be more nimble and progressive when it comes to updates, improvements, and automations. With this transition we recently migrated NASGW to a new and improved system. You may have noticed some slight user experience changes or the forced password change. Currently our team is verify distributor data feeds and double checking product tagging. Once we have finalized this process we will continue with our weekly email updates. We appreciate your patience as we wrap up this initial step and look forward to getting going on a list of improvements to help streamline your SCOPE experience. Stay tuned for more to come soon. Log Into SCOPE Firearms Shipments Ammunition Shipments Optics Shipments Login to SCOPE Legislation Introduced to Block Credit Card Gun Registry U.S. Representatives Riley Moore (R-WV-02), Richard Hudson (R-NC-09), and Andy Barr (R-KY-06) have introduced H.R. 1181, the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act. This crucial legislation would prohibit credit card companies from tracking constitutionally protected purchases like firearms and ammunition.   This privacy protection bill is important for law-abiding gun owners everywhere, and NRA-ILA has written extensively on the issue. In 2022, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approved a new Merchant Category Code (MCC) for firearm retailers.  Read More Stay Up To Date in 2025 on Bills Impacting the Shooting Sports Industry As expected, 2025 has started fast and furious in federal and state politics. Stay current on all bills impacting our industry at the state and federal level.    The NASGW Bill Tracker monitors pending legislation that directly affects the firearms industry, at the Federal and State level. The bills are reflective of the current legislative sessions based on jurisdiction and include defeated, passed and pending bills until the current legislative session ends. Sort bills by their current progress, category, state or region and bill year. Stay informed about current legislation in the works before it impacts your business.    Click below to view the latest bills of interest.  Learn More ARTICLES OF INTEREST Privacy and Gun Ownership Data Security Gone in California? US Consumer Prices Rise More than Expected in January Pittman-Robertson & The Ohio Connection CA Congressman Makes Actual Threats of Public Violence in Congress 8 Supply Chain Trends in 2025 Podcast: What's In Store from Trump's Executive Order on Guns Narco-Terrorism Corruption Continues as SCOTUS Review Draws Near UPCOMING EVENTS April 24-27, 2025 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits Atlanta GA   May 13, 2025 NSSF Marketing & Leadership Summit Clearwater Beach, FL   June 23-25, 2025 POMA Annual Meeting Oregon, OH   October 15-17, 2025 NASGW Expo Grapevine, TX   National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers, 1255 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy, Ankeny, IA 50023, United States, (515) 334-1484 Unsubscribe Manage preferences National Association of Sporting Goods Wholesalers (NASGW). and the individual authors of the materials contributed or referenced in InSight. 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