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Beretta Holding, Ruger's largest shareholder with 9.95% ownership, clarified that it proposed a strategic minority investment on market terms to improve performance, not to seek control. The company criticized Ruger's board for maintaining longstanding leadership despite underperformance and nominated independent director candidates including William F. Detwiler, Mark DeYoung, Fredrick DiSanto, and Michael Christodolou.

The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit against the NRA Foundation, asserting ownership of intellectual property and alleging the foundation's leadership is operating in bad faith and withholding funds. NRA CEO Doug Hamlin stated the foundation has declined to approve 2026 grant funding, jeopardizing programs like the NRA National Firearms Museum and Eddie Eagle GunSafe program.

Daniel Defense has announced it will no longer sell firearms to Academy Sports due to their decision to remove MSR's from their website and in-store displays. The company is asking their distributors to place Academy on a "Do Not Sell" list for all Daniel Defense products.