{"id":20938,"date":"2013-03-07T09:53:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T15:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=20938"},"modified":"2013-03-06T16:50:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T22:50:54","slug":"nssf-signs-on-to-sponsor-2013-a-girl-a-gun-national-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/nssf-signs-on-to-sponsor-2013-a-girl-a-gun-national-conference\/20938\/","title":{"rendered":"NSSF Signs On To Sponsor 2013 A Girl & A Gun National Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"nssflogo\"<\/a>AUSTIN, Texas \u2013 Julianna Crowder, president of A Girl & A Gun Women\u2019s Shooting League<\/a>, announced that the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF<\/a>), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, will sponsor the Welcome Dinner at the 2013 A Girl & A Gun National Conference, Presented by Smith & Wesson.<\/p>\n

\"WomensShootingLeague\"<\/a>The 2013 A Girl & A Gun National Conference, Presented by Smith & Wesson, will take place March 22-24 at T.I.G.E.R. Valley, the premiere training facility in Central Texas located in Waco. Bringing together some of the top women in the shooting industry, the conference offers participants training sessions, live-fire instruction and presentations on topics relevant to women participating in the shooting sports today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe National Shooting Sports Foundation has led the way in fostering programs specifically designed to bring more women into the shooting sports, as well as the firearms industry, and A Girl & A Gun is extremely grateful to NSSF and its members for their generous support,\u201d said Julianna Crowder.<\/p>\n

NSSF is the latest in a growing list of firearms industry sponsors supporting A Girl & A Gun\u2019s inaugural national conference. Additional sponsors include Comp-Tac Victory Gear, the Outdoor Wire Digital Network, Taurus and presenting sponsor Smith & Wesson, among others.<\/p>\n

“Women are\u00a0participating\u00a0in\u00a0target shooting\u00a0and hunting in unprecedented numbers, making this\u00a0conference very timely and important,” said\u00a0NSSF Director of Recruitment and Retention Melissa Schilling.\u00a0“We applaud A Girl\u00a0&\u00a0A Gun for all it has done to promote the safe and responsible use of firearms, and for encouraging women to share their enjoyment of the shooting sports with others.”<\/p>\n

A Girl & A Gun Women’s Shooting League is a ladies-only organization established by women shooters for women shooters for the pistol, rifle and shotgun sports. Founded in February of 2011 in Austin, Texas, A Girl & A Gun today has more than 1,000 members and 28 clubs in 11 states, making it the fastest growing women\u2019s shooting organization.<\/p>\n

For more information on the 2013 A Girl & A Gun National Conference, Presented by Smith & Wesson, or to find a club near you, visit www.AGirlAndAGunClub.com<\/a>. You can also join the conversation online on Facebook<\/a> or by following @AGAGClub on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Julianna Crowder, president of A Girl & A Gun Women\u2019s Shooting League, announced that NSSF, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, will sponsor the Welcome Dinner at the 2013 A Girl & A Gun National Conference, Presented by Smith & Wesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[2923,97],"class_list":["post-20938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-2013-a-girl-a-gun-national-conference","tag-nssf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}