Category: GOA

Gun Rights Advocates Sue ATF Over Zero Tolerance Policy

Two Virginia-based gun rights organizations sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over policy changes concerning federal firearms licensed (FFL) gun dealers. Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) claim the policy was rewritten to advance the Biden administration’s anti-Second Amendment agenda. “This zero-tolerance policy towards lawful commerce…


Second Amendment Advocacy Groups, State Attorneys General Take on the ATF Over Pistol Brace

Two gun rights organizations are supporting separate lawsuits over the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rule on pistol stabilizing braces. “This rule demonstrates a clear abuse of power by the ATF,” Jason Ouimet, executive director, National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action said in a statement on the NRA website announcing the…


Pistol Brace Rule Submitted by ATF

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it has submitted its final rule to “Address Stabilizing Braces, Accessories Used to Convert Pistols into Short-Barreled Rifles” for publication in the Federal Register. The Jan. 13 announcement doesn’t say when the 293-page rule will be published. “The rule allows for a 120-day period for manufacturers,…


Second Amendment Groups Expect New House Majority to Stand and Fight For Gun Owners

Newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tried to make hay with Republicans by starting the 118th Congress with a move to defund 87,000 new Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, but Second Amendment groups see the new Congress as a mixed blessing at best. While McCarthy was touting efforts to rein in the IRS, Gun…


Gun Rights Groups Respond to Senators’ Bipartisan Gun Control Framework

The National Rifle Association (NRA) and Gun Owners of America (GOA) both issued statements Sunday after a bipartisan group of senators announced they’d reached an agreement on a gun control and safety package. “Here we go again, Republican legislators compromising your rights and getting nothing in return,” GOA wrote in a Twitter post, referring to…