--- title: Message From Ruger Regarding Shareholder Proposal description: Message From Ruger Regarding Shareholder Proposal image: https://nasgw.org/hubfs/Blog%20Images/2018/5-May/RugerStacked.png --- [Go Back Up](https://nasgw.org/news/message-from-ruger-regarding-shareholder-proposal#top) [Skip to Content](https://nasgw.org/news/message-from-ruger-regarding-shareholder-proposal#body) [![nasgw-logo](https://nasgw.org/hubfs/nasgw-logo.svg "nasgw-logo")](https://nasgw.org/) Toggle Menu - Solutions Toggle children for Solutions Main Menu (Press to Return) \> Solutions - [Distribution Is The Solution](https://nasgw.org/distribution-is-the-solution) - [VAULT](https://itsonvault.com) - [Get SCOPE™](https://nasgwscope.org/) - [NASGW EXPO](https://nasgwexpo.org/) - [Fortify Insurance](https://www.choosefortify.com/) - [Bill Tracker](http://members.nasgw.org/bill-tracker) - Membership Toggle children for Membership Main Menu (Press to Return) \> Membership - [Join NASGW](https://nasgw.org/join-nasgw) - [New Member Info](https://nasgw.org/new-member-info) - [NASGW Directory](https://members.nasgw.org/membership/directory) - News / Media Toggle children for News / Media Main Menu (Press to Return) \> News / Media - [News](https://nasgw.org/news) - [Insight](https://nasgw.org/insight-newsletter) - [Webinars](https://nasgw.org/nasgw-webinars) - About Toggle children for About Main Menu (Press to Return) \> About - [Our Association](https://nasgw.org/about-nasgw) - [Board of Directors](https://nasgw.org/board-of-directors) - [FAQ's](https://nasgw.org/nasgw-faqs) - Industry Toggle children for Industry Main Menu (Press to Return) \> Industry - [Our Involvement](https://nasgw.org/industry) - [Partner Organizations](https://nasgw.org/partner-organizations) - [Affiliate Partners](https://nasgw.org/affiliate-partners) - [Join Now](https://nasgw.org/join-nasgw) - [Member Login](https://nasgw.memberclicks.net/login#/login) # Message From Ruger Regarding Shareholder Proposal [Member News](https://nasgw.org/news/tag/member-news) 5/11/18, 2:51 PM [NASGW](https://nasgw.org/news/author/nasgw) 2 min read [mailto:?subject=Message%20From%20Ruger%20Regarding%20Shareholder%20Proposal&body=https%3A%2F%2Fnasgw.org%2Fnews%2Fmessage-from-ruger-regarding-shareholder-proposal](mailto:?subject=Message%20From%20Ruger%20Regarding%20Shareholder%20Proposal&body=https%3A%2F%2Fnasgw.org%2Fnews%2Fmessage-from-ruger-regarding-shareholder-proposal) ![Ruger Logo](https://nasgw.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog%20Images/2018/5-May/RugerStacked.png?width=300&name=RugerStacked.png)Dear Media Professional and Friend of Ruger: At our recent Annual Meeting of the Ruger Stockholders, a shareholder’s activist proposal -  a thinly disguised call for gun control – was passed despite a recommendation against passage from the Ruger Board of Directors.  Below is Ruger’s formal response to the resolution. Please share this response with your readers.  Please help us counter the mainstream media’s spin that this is somehow a win for foes of the Second Amendment. Nothing could be further from the truth. **No Changes to What Ruger Makes and Sells to Law Abiding Citizens, Despite Shareholder Proposal** *Please understand that Ruger was obligated by applicable law to include a shareholder’s activist resolution with its proxy materials for a shareholder vote.   With its passage, the proposal requires Ruger to prepare a report.  That’s it.  A report.  What the proposal does not do . . . and cannot do . . . is force us to change our business, which is lawful and constitutionally protected.  What it does not do . . . and cannot do . . . is force us to adopt misguided principles created by groups who do not own guns, know nothing about our business, and frankly would rather see us out of business.  As our CEO explained, “we are Americans who work together to produce rugged, reliable, innovative and affordable firearms for responsible citizens.  We are staunch supporters of the Second Amendment not because we make firearms, but because we cherish the rights conferred by it.  We understand the importance of those rights and, as importantly, recognize that allowing our constitutionally protected freedoms to be eroded for the sake of political expediency is the wrong approach for our Company, for our industry, for our customers, and for our country.  We are arms makers for responsible citizens and I want to assure our long-term shareholders and loyal customers that we have no intention of changing that.”* Please see [www.Ruger.com/Brand](http://www.ruger.com/Brand) for a video that shows who we are and who will continue to be. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your support. 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