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The Modern Sporting Rifle remains very popular with Americans all across the country.

A growing number of companies withdrawing from the world’s largest annual trade show for the electronics industry—the CES Show, scheduled Jan. 5 to 8—may be a harbinger of things to come for the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT), which takes place in Las Vegas 10 days later.

Volume of firearm purchases in October that resulted in an FBI NICs background check was the second highest for the 31-day reporting period on record, lagging only behind the scalding pace in 2020 when the pandemic and social unrest drove transfers to all-time highs.

NSSF recently announced that the 2021 SHOT Show in Las Vegas has been cancelled.

The COVID-19 crisis has had a tremendous impact on the shooting industry, from firearms and ammunition manufacturers to retailers.

A variety of recent figures, including adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Checks for last year, indicate the “new norm” in firearm sales is fading fast.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation and the National Rifle Association partnered in a monthlong celebration of the shooting sports, and manufacturers are giving away guns and gear as well.

In addition to the main show at the Sands Convention Center, SHOT Show also plans to add additional exhibit space at nearby venues in 2020.

The firearm and sporting goods industry is removing its inventory from the shelves of Dick's Sporting Goods after the company's recent actions against the Second Amendment.