In reference to this, https://2awhiterook.com/glocks-commercial-vs-le-catalog/ Many things came across my radar. David Codrea, kindly posted a link to my previous blog post, https://waronguns.com/following-a-long-tradition/ and he also posted links to old, but very relevant articles.
First, I agree with Codrea’s thoughts on Glock being “suck ups”. Between being MIA during the California Glock ban hearings, the recent catalog shift, and Glock sucking up Bill Clinton- to be fair, MANY arms companies were also present, as noted in the link from Codrea’s blog, https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Clinton+applauds+gun+makers+at+historical+ceremony.-a020359274 I think I counted 22 arms companies listed for that. Most very well known, and major players in the industry, then and now.
Codrea’s link to this, https://web.archive.org/web/20060616065445/https://www.thegunzone.com/rkba/papabill.html I was extremely interested in. I was still just a baby when Bill Clinton signed the “assault weapons” ban. I’d known vaguely that Bill Ruger had sucked up to some degree, but had no idea, by just how much, nor that he was the originator of the magazine capacity limit.
In relation to Bill Ruger and the trade group’s support of the magazine capacity limit, and this, https://nssfrealsolutions.org/programs/dont-lie-for-the-other-guy/ I think it’s important to find out just who the leaders are of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Do you know? The list may surprise you, and it’s fairly well hidden on their website, https://www.nssf.org/about-us/nssf-board-of-governors/
NSSF Board of Governors,
Chairman, Robert L. Scott (S&W Chairman)- Major contracts with and goodies for “the only ones”. https://www.smith-wesson.com/defense And they now make a select fire M4 clones, https://www.smith-wesson.com/products/defense/mp4 Codrea notes, https://waronguns.com/unequal-protection-3/ Scott sat on the board while this happened, https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/smith-wesson-license-scandal/ It’s all who you know… And the NRA gives the rat an award!
Co-Vice Chairman, Brett Flaugher (Olin Corp. President)- They own Winchester Ammunition, and can you guess who has the contract to operate the United States Army’s Lake City Ammunition Plant? Olin. https://www.ammoland.com/2025/02/u-s-army-breaks-ground-on-new-6-8mm-ammo-factory-to-support-next-gen-weapons-video/ (Notice in the video in the article, Winchester’s “Born here. Built here.” is visible, but their name/logo blurred out. https://www.ammoland.com/2022/05/winchester-awarded-a-15-million-ngsw-ammo-plant-contract/
Co-Vice Chairman, Stephen Hornady (Hornady Mfg. Co. President)Guess who makes the Federal Bureau Of Intimidation’s 9mm ammo? He does! https://press.hornady.com/release/2022/04/28/hornady-critical-duty-awarded-fbi-9mm-full-size-service-ammunition-contract/ And Hornady Mfg. Co.’s VP (Steve’s son) Jason gets around, https://congressionalsportsmen.org/board-member/jason-hornady/
Secretary, Chris Killoy (Sturm, Ruger & Co. President & CEO) Ruger… Need I say more, given Codrea’s link about Bill Ruger? Odd, he’s a board member of a archery company? https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-killoy-7520bbab https://www.velocity-outdoor.com/
Assistant Secretary, Lawrence G. Keane (NSSF Senior Vice President & General Counsel) Says here, once upon a time he was an assistant district attorney in New York, https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrence-g-keane
Treasurer, Travis Hall (Browning Arms Co. CEO), his superiors have MAJOR contracts for “the only ones” here and all over the world, https://fnbrowninggroup.com/ https://fnbrowninggroup.com/our-group/
Assistant Treasurer, John Smith (NSSF Vice President & Chief Financial Officer) Nothing that really stands out here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-smith-0a5776b
Laurie Aronson (Lipsey’s, LLC. President & CEO) https://www.lipseys.com/ It looks like they distribute LOTS of guns and scopes etc. https://www.lipseys.com/itemfinder?items=lipseysexclusives Just look at the exclusives they have from S&W, Ruger, Glock and Sig, among others…
Joe Bartozzi (NSSF President & CEO)Now this guy gets around! He’s also on the board of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, https://congressionalsportsmen.org/who-we-are/our-board/ Joe is the President and CEO of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (“NSSF”), the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute (“SAAMI”) and the Chairman of the Project ChildSafe® Foundation. He has spent roughly 40 years in a variety of technical, legal, and executive management roles in the manufacturing sector.
He is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports (“CAHSS”), is a Corporate Representative to the World Forum on Shooting Activities (“WFSA”), and a Technical Advisor to the Association of Firearm and Toolmark Examiners (AFTE).
Joe also serves on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Red Cross and is a past Chairman of the Board of Goodwill Industries of Southern New England, where he is still serving as a member of the Goodwill Operations Committee.
Jim Chandley (Nation’s Best Sports President) https://www.nationsbestsports.com/ Founded in 1956 as the Southwest Buying Syndicate by Claude Manning and three fellow war-surplus store owners, Nation’s Best Sports (NBS) has grown into North America’s premier sporting goods buying group. Well that couldn’t happen today, being founded by “War-surplus store owners”!!! Oh the horror!
Paul Chartier (O.F. Mossberg & Sons Executive Vice President & CFO) Remember the list of suck ups from Codrea’s link? Mossberg was one of them. Also, look what goodies they have for “the only ones”, https://lawenforcement.mossberg.com/law-enforcement.html And of course, military sales, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mossberg_500
Jacquelyn Clark (Bristlecone Shooting, Training & Retail Center
Founder and Co-Owner) I think this is hers, https://bristleconeshooting.com/
Marty Daniel (Daniel Defense, Inc. Founder and Chairman), they’ve got pages for all of “the only ones”, look at all the goodies we DON’T get, https://danieldefense.com/mile-program And it’s not written in the text of the page, nor mentioned in the video, but at about 1:50 the shooter fires off two bursts of full auto… https://danieldefense.com/mk18-sbr.html LOTS of “the only ones” contracts, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defense
Lisa Davis (NSSF Vice President, Human Resources)Most recently, she served as Human Resources Director at industry manufacturer Gwynedd Manufacturing (Geissele Automatics), where she was a key member of its executive team. https://www.nssf.org/articles/nssf-welcomes-lisa-davis-as-vice-president-human-resources/ Guess what Geissele does? https://geissele.com/firearms/border-patrol-5-56.html https://geissele.com/our-brands/alg.html
Tom DeBolt (Benelli USA CEO) Who owns Benelli? Ever hear of Beretta? Ever here of the M9, among others? https://www.beretta.com/en-us/law-enforcement-and-mil/military-and-le-products https://www.berettadefensetechnologies.com/ Are you one of “the only ones”?
Chris Dolnack (NSSF Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Officer)I’ve never even heard of this group, and I hunt deer! https://deerassociation.com/bios/chris-dolnack/
Bill Dunn (NSSF Vice President, Marketing)Not much on him that I could find, besides working at NSSF, https://www.linkedin.com/in/billdunn4
Carlos Guevara(GLOCK, Inc. Vice President & General Counsel) GLOCK!!! This is almost too painful to admit, that GLOCK’s one of the worst of theSUCK UPS!… https://us.glock.com/en/products/law-enforcement https://waronguns.com/glockteasers/
Brandon Maddox (Silencer Central Founder & CEO) Remember the maybe, maybe not support, for keeping gun mufflers off the NFA? There’s too much grey area here for me to have an opinion on them and the HPA, https://waronguns.com/silencing-critics/ https://www.ammoland.com/2025/05/sources-say-chris-cox-and-rep-kustoff-want-suppressors-on-the-nfa/ https://www.ammoland.com/2025/05/silencer-centrals-suppressor-lobbying-sparks-controversy-over-nfa-deregulation-stance/ https://www.ammoland.com/2025/05/silencer-central-ceo-brandon-maddox-joins-gun-talk-radio-to-set-the-record-straight-on-hpa/ So I don’t know. Too much he said/he said. But he’s also the treasurer of the Congressional Sportsman’s Foundation, https://congressionalsportsmen.org/board-member/brandon-maddox/
Bruce Pettet (Leupold & Stevens, Inc. President & CEO)https://www.leupold.com/ Oh how lovely, they support the NRA too, and the Congressional Sportsman’s Foundation? https://congressionalsportsmen.org/ Any of these names stand out? https://congressionalsportsmen.org/who-we-are/our-board/
Patrick Rothwell (NSSF Vice President, Government Relations) BIG problem here, https://deltawaterfowl.org/about-us/our-team/patrick-j-rothwell/ in 2001, he moved to Washington, D.C., and began working on Capitol Hill as a paid intern with the office of Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. HE WORKED FOR THE TURTLE!!! The SAME Turtle Republicant Senate Majority Leader THUNE brown nosed for!
Derek Sevcik (Outdoor Sportsman Group Executive Vice President, Group Publisher and Operations) https://www.outdoorsg.com/
Richard Sprague (Sprague’s Sports Owner) I’m guessing this is him, https://www.spragues.com/
Bryan Tucker (Davidson’s CEO)https://www.davidsonsinc.com/ And they sell Browning and Beretta exclusives among others, https://www.davidsonsinc.com/firearms?davidsons_exclusive=1
Jason Vanderbrink (Vista Outdoor President & CEO, Sporting Products) So, this get’s a little confusing, but bear with me, this is military industrial complex at it’s finest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vista_Outdoor Vista breaks up, Vista Outdoors makes ammo. Vista Outdoors turns into https://www.thekineticgroup.com/ Guess who they own? Federal, Remington Ammo, Hevi-Shot, CCI and Speer- “the only ones” preferred ammo, that’s what a cop shot a wounded buck in our yard with Speer .223 Rem. Who owns them The Kinetic Group? https://czechoslovakgroup.com/en They ain’t American no more!
And the NSSF, the true gun lobby, was behind the “fix NICS” effort? https://fixnics.org/ What’s their idea of fixing NICS? https://fixnics.org/about/
LOOKING AHEAD
NSSF is committed to advocating for all prohibiting records to be submitted to the FBI’s NICS database. The industry depends on background checks being run against a complete system. The failure of states or federal agencies to submit prohibiting records must be addressed to keep firearms out of the hands of those prohibited from purchasing under current law. It is time for lawmakers at all levels to step forward and FixNICS®.
That’s nice, the gun lobby, wants Uncle Sam to have papers and lists. Government lists never end well…
And the NSSF works with the ATF to “secure gun stores”?… https://operationsecurestore.org/ Yeah, let’s work with the federal agency that’s sole priority is to disarm the American civilian population. Brilliant, the NSSF is just as brilliant as the NRA! Well, the NRA’s almost insolvent and NSSF isn’t.
Should I thank or curse Codrea for writing that blog post of his which sent me down an all night rabbit hole? I’ll thank him, but later, it’s too late and I’m too tired.
Equip, train, pray and never disarm.
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