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The National Shooting Sports Foundation is a national trade association for the firearms industry that is based in Newtown, Connecticut in the United States. Formed in 1961, the organization has more than 7,000 members: firearms manufacturers, distributors, retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen's clubs and media.
The organization's website states that its mission is "To promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports". In addition to promoting gun ownership and the shooting sports, the NSSF helps write safety and instruction standards. The NSSF also sponsors industry's annual Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show, the. The NSSF has advocated specific positions on gun rights, arguing against limits on high capacity magazines and the broad use of the term "assault weapon". It has also supported legislation allowing concealed carry and has offered proposals to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating chemicals in ammunition. According to the Sunlight Foundation, the NSSF has spent $1.7 million on lobbying efforts since 1998, .
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