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A pair of leading firearms trade associations will hold an annual import and export policy conference at Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington, D.C. next month—right as the administration finalizes a controversial change to federal gun-trading rules for which both groups have pressed.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Firearms & Ammunition Import/Export Roundtable will hold their annual Import/Export Conference at the Trump International Hotel beginning on July 30. The venue is a shift from Washington’s Grand Hyatt hotel, where the confab took place last year.