An Open Letter from Arsenal Inc. to the NSSF and the American Firearms Industry

May 18, 2026
Las Vegas, Nevada

To the National Shooting Sports Foundation and the American firearms industry:

Arsenal Inc., writes today from Nevada, but this issue does not stop at any one state line.

The newly signed assault weapons and high-capacity ban in Virginia is not simply a Virginia problem. It is an American problem. When any state falls to unconstitutional restriction, when law-abiding citizens and lawful businesses are forced into confusion, uncertainty, and legal risk over the exercise of a fundamental right, it affects all of us at our core as Americans.

The right to keep and bear arms is not regional. It is not conditional upon state lines. It is not a privilege to be managed by political convolutedness. It is a constitutional guarantee belonging to the people.

Governor Spanberger and supporting legislators have chosen to impose a sweeping and unconstitutional restriction on the rights of the very citizens they were elected to serve. The irony is especially bitter in the Commonwealth of Virginia, whose motto, Sic Semper Tyrannis, “Thus Always to Tyrants”, stands as a rebuke to government overreach. To see this happen in the same year America commemorates 250 years of independence from tyranny should concern every citizen, every manufacturer, every retailer, and every organization that stands for the Second Amendment.

The impact reaches far beyond Virginia.

This is not merely about sales. It is not merely about market access. It is not merely about whether one company can sell one product in one state. The greater danger is that laws like this create legal inconsistencies for everyone involved: citizens, dealers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, ranges, trainers, and advocacy organizations alike.

As a trade association representing the firearms industry, the NSSF is uniquely positioned to recognize that these laws do not merely restrict consumers. They destabilize the lawful businesses, dealers, manufacturers, and distributors that serve them.

These legal quagmires do not affect citizens alone. They affect every lawful business trying to serve those citizens. Manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and dealers are forced to navigate shifting definitions, unclear compliance requirements, shipping restrictions, transfer deadlines, product eligibility questions, and the constant threat of accidental violation. In practice, this creates the same paralysis for the industry that it creates for the individual people and businesses are not always stopped by one clear legal line, but discouraged, delayed, and intimidated by a maze of red tape and legal uncertainty.

That is how a constitutional right is weakened and part of the playbook for those who would want the right to bear arms abolished.

The Second Amendment does not have to be erased from the Constitution in order to be destroyed in practice. It can be buried under bureaucracy, compliance burdens, unclear definitions, and legal risk until ordinary citizens are discouraged from exercising it, and lawful businesses are discouraged from serving them. A right that becomes too complicated, too risky, or too expensive for the average American to use is no longer being treated as a right. It is being transformed into a permission structure.

That should alarm every serious person in this industry.

We have seen this pattern before in California, Washington, and other states. Sweeping restrictions are imposed on responsible citizens under the familiar banner of “public safety,” while criminals remain criminals and lawful citizens are left trying to interpret what they can own, what they can buy, what they can transfer, what they can keep, and whether yesterday’s lawful activity has become tomorrow’s legal hazard.

Businesses are left with the same uncertainty. Can a product be shipped? Can an order be fulfilled? Can a dealer complete a transfer? Can a manufacturer support its customers? Can a distributor proceed without creating legal exposure? This confusion is not incidental. It is part of the burden these laws place on the entire firearms community.

Each state that falls becomes a test case. Each new law becomes a template. Each new layer of red tape makes the next restriction easier to justify and harder to resist.

Enough is enough.

Arsenal Inc., believes the firearms industry must respond with more than private frustration and quiet concern. We need visible support. We need coordination. We need legal pressure. We need grassroots activation. We need manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and national organizations to make clear that when one state’s citizens are targeted, the entire firearms community takes notice.

That is why we are calling on the NSSF and the broader industry to stand with Virginia.

This is a moment for national leadership. The citizens of Virginia should not be left to fight alone. They need the support of Second Amendment organizations with the resources and resolve to challenge unconstitutional laws in court. They need manufacturers and retailers willing to speak openly. They need the industry to recognize that every restriction placed on lawful gun owners weakens the entire community, not just the customers inside that state.

Although Arsenal Inc., operates from Nevada, we believe every state that falls to tyranny affects all of us. Every legal perplexity created in one state becomes a warning to every other. Every lawful citizen pushed into confusion weakens the culture of responsible firearm ownership nationwide. Every lawful business forced to hesitate under unclear and hostile regulations weakens the entire industry’s ability to serve the American people.

At Arsenal Inc., we are taking immediate action in support of our fellow Americans in Virginia before this law takes effect on July 1, 2026.

Arsenal Inc., is offering heavy discounts to Virginia residents and will also prioritize their orders, along with K-VAR.com with firearm sales, during this period to help customers receive their products ahead of the July 1 deadline. This initiative begins immediately and will continue through June 19, 2026, the final date by which our shipping departments can reasonably prioritize and process Virginia orders for delivery before the deadline.

But this cannot end with one company’s response.

We urge the NSSF, industry leaders, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, ranges, trainers, media partners, and Second Amendment advocates to treat Virginia as a national issue. Because it is one.

Every state that falls to unconstitutional restriction affects the whole country. Every lawful citizen trapped in red tape weakens the Second Amendment. Every lawful business trapped in uncertainty weakens the industry that supports that right. Every industry voice that stays quiet makes it easier for the next state to be targeted.

The Second Amendment belongs to the people. It is not reserved for those with legal teams, compliance departments, or the time and money to decode hostile legislation. It belongs to the ordinary American citizen, and it must remain clear, accessible, and protected.

Arsenal Inc. stands with Virginia.

We ask the NSSF and the American firearms industry to stand with them as well.

Respectfully,
Arsenal Inc. Management