Jay Leno was scheduled to speak at the 2015 SHOT show but has cancelled under pressure from gun-control groups. This came from his spokesperson:
When it came to his attention that this was actually a pro-gun lobby show, he immediately cancelled his appearance. He found out that it was not what he was originally told it was, and he decided to cancel.
OK, what else would the National Shooting Sports Foundation be? I find it incomprehensible that he would be ignorant of that, or of what the SHOT Show promotes. He could at least have been honest about it.
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (formerly the National Coalition to Ban Handguns) had this to say:
The writing is now on the wall for celebrities who would consider getting in bed with the gun lobby: Don’t do it. Because if you do, your reputation and brand will be damaged forever, without repair.
And these are the guys who talk about respecting the 2nd Amendment in their rhetoric?
The NSSF covers a lot of bases. Hunting and safety are foremost among them. Guess who distributes education literature to dealers to advise them on responsible selling practices? It’s the NSSF, not CSGV. I’ve yet to hear one word from Moms Demand Action, and I’ve never seen Everytown for Gun Safety distribute a single piece of literature on, well, gun safety.