The first full business week of 2025 opened with a flurry of tariff speculation, as President-Elect Trump denied a Washington Post article that teased a pared-down tariff agenda for the incoming administration.

The mobile-focused guns and ammo e-tailer plans to merge with special purpose acquisition company Colombier Acquisition Corp. II by this summer, aiming to trade on the NYSE under the symbol “PEW”.

Finishing the year with a 7.5% decline in Dec. to 1,642,270 from 1,775,834, NSSF’s adjusted NICS checks fell by 3.8% last year to 15,239,011 from 15,848,058, including eight months of year-over-year losses.

The co-founder of Hickory Stick and the first president of Callaway Golf passed away on Jan. 1 at the age of 85.