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School shooting hits close to home for firearms group

National Shooting Sports Foundation has headquarters in same town where 27 people were killed in school shooting Friday The community where 20 children and seven adults were gunned down during the second worst school shooting in U.S. history Friday is also the home of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the association that represents the nation's firearms industry. The $26M-revenue NSSF has long been based in Newtown, Conn. Its offices are located roughly two miles southwest of Sandy Hook Elementary School. There was no word whether any of the group's 44 staff had family in the school at the time of the shooting. In a statement on its website, NSSF said it is… Read More