Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Sturm-Ruger Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press Star 1-1 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press Star 1-1 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Chris Colloy, President and CEO. Please go ahead.

Good morning, and welcome to Sternberger & Company's second quarter 2024 conference call. I'll ask Patricia Shepard, our Deputy General Counsel, to read the caution on forward-looking statements. Tom Dineen, our Chief Financial Officer, will then give an overview of the second quarter 2024 financial results, and then I will discuss our operations and the market. After that, we'll get to your questions. Pat?

Thanks, Chris. I just want to remind everyone that statements made in the course of this meeting that state the company's or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements. It is important to note that the company's actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements It's contained from time to time in the company's SEC filings, including but not limited to the company's reports on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31st, 2023, and of course on the Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2024, which we filed last night. Copies of these documents may be obtained by contacting the company or the SEC or on the company's website at Ruger.com slash corporate or the SEC website at SEC.gov. We reference non-GAAP EBITDA. Please note that the reconciliation of GAAP net income to non-GAAP EBITDA can be found in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31st, 2023, and our Form 10-Q for the second quarter of 2024, both of which are also posted to our website. Furthermore, the company disclaims all responsibility to update forward-looking statements. Tom? Great.