GunBroker.com Returns as Exclusive Sponsor of NSSF Member Lounge and Business Center at SHOT Show

GunBroker.comGunBroker.com, the world’s largest online auction site for firearms and related accessories will return as exclusive sponsor of the NSSF Member Lounge and Business Center for the 2013 SHOT Show

GunBroker.com continues to be an extraordinary partner of NSSF and SHOT Show. GunBroker.com is a great example of an NSSF member that makes the extra effort to help grow the hunting and the shooting sports, from supporting SHOT Show, the Shooting Sports Summit and distributing NSSF’s “Pull the Trigger” newsletter to its list of nearly 1 million opt-in email subscribers. GunBroker.com’s SHOT Show sponsorship demonstrates the company’s commitment to all that the industry’s premier trade show stands for.

NSSF members will find free wireless service among many other amenities in the NSSF Member Lounge and Business Center, which serves as a central point for NSSF members to take a break from the show floor or to network and conduct business.

“Throughout our history, GunBroker.com has strived to be an effective partner of those organizations that are working in support of our hunting and shooting sports industry,” commented Steve Urvan, GunBroker.com founder and CEO. “Clearly, the National Shooting Sports Foundation is a leader in those efforts and we are proud to return as the exclusive sponsor of the NSSF Member’s Lounge and Business Center and to seeing our fellow NSSF members at the show. Indeed, I would like to take this opportunity to urge any SHOT Show exhibitor that is not a member of NSSF to make a point of coming on board before the 2013 SHOT Show,” Urvan said.

GunBroker.com provides marketers of hunting and shooting sports equipment with extraordinary exposure to an active audience averaging 3 million unique visitors each month. GunBroker.com is a member and active supporter of NSSF and is the official host site for each year’s SHOT Show Auction.

The NSSF Member Lounge and Business Center sponsored by GunBroker.com will be located in the Venetian Hotel, Level 3, Lido Ballroom. The Venetian Hotel adjoins the Sands Expo Convention Center.

How SHOT Show Revenue Works for the Betterment of Our Industry and Sports Year-Round

NSSF makes no secret of the fact that the SHOT Show provides 80 percent of our revenue, allowing us to keep membership dues low and to provide the member services, government relations, communications and customer recruitment programs critical to the industry’s growth.

Here are just a few things that the SHOT Show’s revenue is helping to support:

  • Research: NSSF offers ground-breaking industry and market research, helping all of its members make informed and data-based decisions.
  • First Shots: Thanks to this fast-growing NSSF program, thousands of newcomers have been introduced to the shooting sports in a fun and safe environment at their local ranges.
  • Government relations: NSSF represents thousands of industry businesses, making the industry’s collective voice heard all the way from state capitols to Capitol Hill.
  • Communications: NSSF is actively engaging hunters and shooters as well as reaching out to the media and our entire industry with key information and updates across multiple platforms.
  • Modern sporting rifle campaign: This NSSF campaign continues to erase misconceptions about AR-15-style rifles, commonly labeled “assault weapons” by the anti-gun crowd, by educating the masses about these popular firearms.
  • Youth programs: NSSF actively contributes to many programs helping to introduce the next generation of shooters and hunters to our sports in a safe, educational and fun environment.

And that’s just scratching the surface of what NSSF is doing for our industry and our sports on a daily basis.

The most recent illustration of how your participation in the SHOT Show benefits the entire industry is the recently held 2011 Shooting Sports Summit in Louisville, Ky. The Summit brought together more than 175 leaders from throughout the industry and the hunting and shooting sports communities — not to mention 2012 presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty and new-media icon Brian Solis.

All Summit attendees were there with the same goal: to increase participation in hunting and the shooting sports. We encourage everyone to read a complete recap of what took place in Louisville last week. It really demonstrated the unity of our industry and our sports in meeting tomorrow’s challenges.

So, the next time you send in your booth deposit or enter your credit card information for attendee registration, remember that the SHOT Show truly is the show that supports everything you stand for.

NSSF Marks 50th Anniversary at SHOT Show

The year 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the owner of the SHOT Show and the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry. Appropriately, NSSF kicked off the celebration at the SHOT Show at the State of the Industry dinner Tuesday night. Take a look back at 50 years of NSSF by watching the video below.

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