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<h2 id="locations">Locations</h2> <p>Source for all attendance information:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Dates</th><th>City</th><th>Attendees</th></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/St._Louis/22beLecX">St. Louis, Missouri</a></td><td>0~5,600</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco, California</a></td><td>0~8,500</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/New_Orleans/IgCn61KH">New Orleans, Louisiana</a></td><td>~17,800</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Atlanta/8hPVGb78">Atlanta, Georgia</a></td><td>~17,850</td></tr><tr><td>1983</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Dallas/f3c7MQn0">Dallas, Texas</a></td><td>~20,000</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Dallas/f3c7MQn0">Dallas, Texas</a></td><td>~22,000</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Atlanta/8hPVGb78">Atlanta, Georgia</a></td><td>~19,200</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Houston/1v8AwQUN">Houston, Texas</a></td><td>~20,950</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/New_Orleans/IgCn61KH">New Orleans, Louisiana</a></td><td>~19,500</td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~19,800</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Dallas/f3c7MQn0">Dallas, Texas</a></td><td>~23,500</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~23,523</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Dallas/f3c7MQn0">Dallas, Texas</a></td><td>~25,525</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/New_Orleans/IgCn61KH">New Orleans, Louisiana</a></td><td>~23,262</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Houston/1v8AwQUN">Houston, Texas</a></td><td>~25,030</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Dallas/f3c7MQn0">Dallas, Texas</a></td><td>~27,800</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~29,600</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Dallas/f3c7MQn0">Dallas, Texas</a></td><td>~28,500</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~35,102</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>Jan 27–30</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~32,756</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Atlanta/8hPVGb78">Atlanta, Georgia</a></td><td>~25,814</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~29,607</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/New_Orleans/IgCn61KH">New Orleans, Louisiana</a></td><td>~25,496</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~31,342</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Orlando,_Florida/QeW5fkCp">Orlando, Florida</a></td><td>~27,494</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~33,264</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~37,730</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~40,892</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Orlando,_Florida/QeW5fkCp">Orlando, Florida</a></td><td>~42,216</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></td><td>~58,769</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Jan 15–18</td><td><a href="/facts/Orlando,_Florida/QeW5fkCp">Orlando, Florida</a> (<a href="/facts/Orange_County_Convention_Center/m3gkJxM7">Orange County Convention Center</a>)</td><td>~48,907</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>Jan 19–22</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~58,444</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Jan 18–21</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~57,390</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>Jan 17–20</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~61,017</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Jan 15–18</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~62,371</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Jan 14–17</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~67,000+</td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Jan 20–23</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~64,000</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>Jan 19–22</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~54,547</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>Jan 17–20</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~65,000</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Jan 23–26</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~60,000</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>Jan 22–25</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~58,000+<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>Jan 21–24</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>?</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>Jan 19–22</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>cancelled<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2022</td><td>Jan 18–21</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>~43,000</td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>Jan 17–20</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>52,000<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>Jan 23–26</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td>55,400+</td></tr><tr><td>2025</td><td>Jan 21-24</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>Jan</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2027</td><td>Jan</td><td><a href="/facts/Las_Vegas_Valley/FoIh2AFN">Las Vegas, Nevada</a> (<a href="/facts/Sands_Expo/5NzunaIK">Sands Expo</a>)</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to SHOT Show. <ul><li><a href="http://www.shotshow.org">SHOT Show</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Henigan, Dennis A. (2011). Lethal Logic: Exploding the Myths That Paralyze American Gun Policy. Potomac Books, Inc. ISBN 978-1-59797-629-9. <a href="978-1-59797-629-9" target="_blank">978-1-59797-629-9</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Valentine, Matt (Sep 12, 2013). "The Gun Lobbying Group You Don't Hear About". The Atlantic. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Dolnack, Chris (20 August 2012). "SHOT Show's Host Cities: SHOT Show at 35". SHOT Show. Retrieved 14 December 2012. <a href="http://www.shotshowblog.com/shot-shows-host-cities-shot-show-at-35/" target="_blank">http://www.shotshowblog.com/shot-shows-host-cities-shot-show-at-35/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Prince, Todd (20 January 2019). "More than 58K attending SHOT Show in Las Vegas". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved 15 June 2019. <a href="https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/conventions/shot-show/more-than-58k-attending-shot-show-in-las-vegas-1577754/" target="_blank">https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/conventions/shot-show/more-than-58k-attending-shot-show-in-las-vegas-1577754/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Cox, Matthew (30 October 2020). "Organizers Cancel SHOT Show as COVID-19 Cases Spike". Military.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020. <a href="https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/30/organizers-cancel-shot-show-covid-19-cases-spike.html" target="_blank">https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/30/organizers-cancel-shot-show-covid-19-cases-spike.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Las Vegas Celebrates Trade Show Success". Trade Show News Network. Tarsus Media. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023. The Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show) welcomed over 52,000 professionals and delivered the largest event in its history, marking the second year of the expanded showfloor across The Venetian Convention and Expo Center and CAESARS FORUM. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230418195457/https://tsnn.com/las-vegas-celebrates-trade-show-success" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20230418195457/https://tsnn.com/las-vegas-celebrates-trade-show-success</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>