CLEVELAND, Ohio - The National Shooting Sports Foundation canceled a trip to Cleveland on Wednesday to talk about holding an NSSF Industry Summit here, citing sweeping gun-control legislation passed by City Council on Monday night.

The Newtown, Connecticut-based organization promotes hunting, the shooting sports and firearm ownership. It hosts the annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Show in Las Vegas each year, the largest firearms trade show in country.

"I'd enjoyed my previous trip to Cleveland, and found it to be a vibrant, growing city we really felt would be a good site for the 2016 or 2017 NSSF Industry Summit," said Senior Vice-President Chris Dolnack, the group's chief marketing officer. "When Cleveland City Council passed its firearms regulations on Monday, I knew we'd have to look to another city."

The NSSF is holding its 2015 Industry Summit in Savannah, Georgia on June 1-3. The gatherings usually draw more than 200 people in the firearms industry, as well as state wildlife officers, sportsmen and media.

"I was really taken with Cleveland, and have nothing but praise for the new convention center, the great restaurants and entertainment venues and the help we'd received from Destination Cleveland," said Dolnack.

The new Cleveland gun laws prohibit using a gun while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, defacing a gun's serial number or allowing a minor to use a gun without supervision, as do state laws. Cleveland is also requiring gun offenders to register with the city's safety department within five days of either being released from prison or moving to Cleveland; report a lost or stolen gun to police; and require people selling or transfering a gun to report those transactions.

Dolnack said he expected the laws to be quickly challenged in court, and he was right. Ohioans for Concealed Carry have sought an injunction in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to stop the city from enforcing the new law.