Gun Owners of America

A Virginia judge rejected Attorney General Jay Jones’ request to remove an injunction that prevents universal background check enforcement.

President Donald Trump’s DOJ on Thursday dropped its appeal to a ruling that found the Biden-era ATF exceeded is statutory authority by issuing the “engaged in the business rule.”

During Wednesday testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Gun Owners of America’s senior vice president, Erich Pratt, warned that Congress must do away with Biden-era gun controls if they want to get the gun vote this November.

GOA senior VP Erich Pratt said Thursday GOA’s comments on exercising 1st and 2nd Amendment rights together were not specific to Alex Pretti. 

Gun Owners of America secured a judgment Thursday in Wilson v. Hanley that blocks the enforcement of Virginia’s universal background check law.

The Supreme Court of the United States agreed Friday to hear Wolford v. Lopez, a case that centers on Hawaii’s ban on concealed carry on private property that is open to the public.

The NRA, the National Association for Gun Rights, and other 2A groups have spent two days deriding and rejecting the trans gun ban being weighed by the DOJ.

Texas and 14 other states have joined the One Big Beautiful Lawsuit to do away with NFA registration requirements for suppressors and short-barreled rifles and shotguns.

Breitbart News’s AWR Hawkins speaks at the Gun Owners of America Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit (GOALS) on Sunday, August 10.

Gun groups have filed a lawsuit to eliminate the NFA regulations that were initially targeted in the Big Beautiful Bill but then allowed to stand.

The American Suppressor Association is urging Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R) to keep the provisions in the budget reconciliation bill removing the National Firearms Act tax on short-barreled rifles and shotguns.

Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) Second Amendment weakness, the result of his high profile support for gun control under Joe Biden, is hampering his reelection prospects.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the National Rifle Association (NRA) are both warning that Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee are passing over an opportunity to deregulate suppressors. 

Rep. Andrew Clyde is pushing a bill to “remove the unconstitutional taxation, registration, and regulation of suppressors” currently in place.

California non-residents may now apply for a concealed carry permit, thanks to a court victory achieved by Gun Owners of America, the Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owners of California, and the California Rifle & Pistol Association.

FBI director Kash Patel — who is also ATF acting director — plans to cut “as many as 1,000 ATF agents” and move them to the FBI.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a rule Wednesday reversing the ATF’s decades-long ban against the restoration of gun rights. 

Having Kash Patel in the position of ATF Acting Director is spurring optimism among gun rights groups that the ATF will be reined in.

Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) introduced the Protecting Privacy in Purchases Act on Tuesday to prohibit credit card companies from implementing a backdoor gun registry to track purchases.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is urging Republican state lawmakers to pass legislation legalizing the open carry of handguns.

Over the weekend, Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) used a post on X to describe the National Firearms Act (NFA) as “government overreach” and renewed his call for its repeal.

An order issued by U.S District Judge Sherilyn Garnett on Friday allows members of Gun Owners of America and the Second Amendment Foundation to apply for nonresident concealed carry licenses in California.

Rep. Tracey Mann (R-KS) is introducing legislation to put the ATF’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy in check, halting the agency’s seemingly unchecked FFL closures under former President Biden.

Former President Joe Biden’s Office of Gun Violence Prevention has been scrubbed from President Trump’s White House website.

Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced legislation Thursday designed to block Joe Biden from using Medicaid funds for “gun violence prevention” projects.

In the wake of Tuesday’s myriad wins for pro-Second Amendment candidates, including that of President-Elect Donald Trump, gun rights groups are ready to “make America pro-gun again.”

Gun Owners of America is filing suit in a federal court in Florida, describing the state’s ban on open carry as a “blatant infringement.”

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation on Monday designed to simplify the purchase rules related to firearm suppressors.

The Supreme Court overturned Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council, which federal agencies have relied on for gun control.

Gun Owners of America, the State of Texas, and Gun Owners Foundation secured a preliminary injunction against the ATF’s background check rule.

U.S. District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk who issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) lasting until June 2, 2024, against the ATF’s background check rule has extended the TRO to June 16, 2024.

ATF Director Steven Dettelbach could not define a precise threshold for when private citizens are considered “engaged in the business” of selling guns during a House Judiciary hearing on Thursday.

U.S. District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk issued a temporary restraining order on May 19, 2024, against the ATF’s universal background check rule.

U.S. District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk granted the GOA’s request for an “expedited briefing” on the ATF’s background check rule.

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) joined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in suing Biden’s ATF over the new rule requiring background checks on private gun sales. 

Oregon Court of Appeals refused Friday to override a hold in place on certain state-level gun controls by Harney County Circuit Judge Robert Raschio.