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NSSF

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National Shooting Sports Foundation

Founded in 1961

Newtown, Connecticut


“To create a better public understanding of and a more active participation in the shooting sports”
Harmon Williams (of Browning) motioned to establish the NSSF at the Second National Conference on the Shooting Sports
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms
industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting
sports. NSSF has a membership of more than 8,000 manufacturers, distributors,
firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen’s organizations and publishers

Warren Page

– 1960 Created the First National Conference on the Shooting Sports
– 1972 Director of National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)

NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits

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600 exhibitors

since 1879

  • Held once a year in
  • One of the largest shooting, hunting, and outdoor shows in the United States
  • typically 500,000 square feet
  • Different venues around the country each year
  • Every major firearm company, hunting, outfitters, collectors, gear, knives, accessories, and more
  • NRA Show 2023 – in Houston, Texas May 14-16, 2023
    700 people at the Member’s Meeting
    77,000 attendees
  • NRA Show 2022 – in Houston, Texas May , 2022
    500 people at the Member’s Meeting
    66,000 attendees
  • NRA Show 2021 – in Houston, Texas May 14-16, 2021
  • NRA Show 2020 – Nashville, Tennessee April 16 – 19
  • NRA Show 2019 – Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana April 26 to 28
    (80,000 members)
  • NRA Show 2018 – Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, Texas May 4-6th
  • NRA Show 2017 – World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia – 146th
  • NRA Show 2016 – Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau in Louisville, Kentucky
    (80,000 members)
  • NRA Show 2015 – Music City Center, Nashville, Tennessee 
    (78,865 Members)
  • NRA Show 2014 – Indiana Convention Center
    (75,000 attendees)
  • NRA Show 2013 – George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas
    (86,228 members)
  • NRA Show 2012 – America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri
    (73,740 attendees)
  • NRA Show 2011 – CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
    (71,000 members)
  • NRA Show 2010 – Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • NRA Show 2009 – U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona
    (70,000 members)
  • NRA Show 2008 – Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky
    (66,229)
  • NRA Show 2007 – America’s Center complex in St. Louis, Missouri
    (64,000)
  • NRA Show 2006 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    (54,335 members)
  • NRA Show 2005  – George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas
    (60,000 members)
  • NRA Show 2004 – Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 
  • NRA Show 2003 – Orlando, Florida
  • NRA Show 2002 – Reno, Nevada
  • NRA Show 2001 – Kansas City, Missouri on May 18-20.
  • NRA Show 2000 – in Charlotte, North Carolina
  • NRA Show 1999 – in Denver, Colorado
  • NRA Show 1998 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

http://www.nraam.org/