SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus supplement, including the documents incorporated by reference herein, may contain or incorporate forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this prospectus supplement, including the documents incorporated by reference herein, are
forward-looking statements. These statements may include words such as aim, anticipate, assume, believe, can have, could, due, estimate,
expect, goal, intend, likely, may, objective, plan, potential, positioned, predict, should, target,
will, would and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events or trends. For example, all statements we make
relating to our plans and objectives for future operations, growth or initiatives and strategies are forward-looking statements.
These
forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about our business and the industry in which we operate and our managements beliefs and assumptions. We derive many of our forward-looking
statements from our own operating budgets and forecasts, which are based upon many detailed assumptions. While we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, we caution predicting the impact of known factors is very difficult, and we cannot
anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results.
All of our forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that may cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include, but are not limited to:
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our retail-based business model is impacted by general economic conditions and economic and financial uncertainties may cause a decline in consumer spending;
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current and future government regulations, in particular regulations relating to the sale of firearms and ammunition, may impact the demand for our products and our ability to conduct our business;
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our concentration of stores in the Western United States makes us susceptible to adverse conditions in this region, which could affect our sales and cause our operating results to suffer;
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we operate in a highly fragmented and competitive industry and may face increased competition;
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we may not be able to anticipate, identify and respond to changes in consumer demands, including regional preferences, in a timely manner; and
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we may not be successful in operating our stores in any existing or new markets into which we expand.
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The above is not a complete list of factors or events that could cause actual results to differ from our expectations, and we cannot predict
all of them. All written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements disclosed under Item 1A. Risk Factors, in our Annual
Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended February 3, 2018, as such risk factors may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the SEC, including subsequent
Annual Reports on Form
10-K
and Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q,
and in any prospectus supplement.
Potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements we make. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and are not guarantees of future performance or developments and involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are in many cases beyond our control. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements publicly, whether as a result of new information,
future developments or otherwise.
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