SHOT Show 2025: Range Day Unofficially Opens Event

Jan. 21, 2025
Retired Lt. Frank Borelli, Officer Media Group's editorial director, is in Las Vegas for SHOT Show 2025, the firearms industry's largest trade show involving law enforcement, hunting and other shooting sports.

The new year is still just that—new—and that means it's time for the largest trade show dealing with law enforcement, shooting sports and hunting. SHOT Show 2025 opens in Las Vegas this week, with Monday's Range Day marking the event's unofficial first day.

Retired Lt. Frank Borelli, Officer Media Group's editorial director, is attending the event this week. He was out at Range Day, and he will be checking in throughout the show, with updates here on the website and on OFFICER Magazine's Facebook page. And if you are at the event, drop by OFFICER Magazine's exhibition table to chat.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation's annual event, which runs through Friday, is expected to draw thousands to the Venetian Expo and Caesar Forum in Las Vegas. Over 2,000 exhibits featuring roughly 10,000 products and fills more than 800,000 square feet at the Venetian Expo and Caesars Forum.

Before heading out the Las Vegas, Borelli, and OFFICER Magazine Editor Paul Peluso previewed SHOT Show 2025 as part of the latest episode of the Officer Roll Call podcast.

Go to the website for SHOT Show 2025 for a full schedule of events, as well as a blog from the show.

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Officer Roll Call: Previewing the 2025 SHOT Show and More

  • Managing Editor Paul Peluso and retired Lt. Frank Borelli, talk about this year's SHOT Show in Las Vegas and what to expect at the annual police and law enforcement event.
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Lt. Frank Borelli (ret), Editorial Director | Editorial Director

Lt. Frank Borelli is the Editorial Director for the Officer Media Group. Frank brings 20+ years of writing and editing experience in addition to 40 years of law enforcement operations, administration and training experience to the team.

Frank has had numerous books published which are available on Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, and other major retail outlets.

If you have any comments or questions, you can contact him via email at [email protected].

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.

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