Pro-gun rights

Brief argues the Second Amendment does not allow the government to permanently disarm people based solely on nonviolent felony convictions

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 1, 2026) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that it joined the National Rifle Association and Second Amendment Foundation in filing an important brief with the United States Supreme Court in Johnson v. United States, urging the Court to hear a challenge to the federal government’s permanent disarmament of people convicted of nonviolent crimes.

Breaking news, ATF just reported to Congress that their digital, searchable registry of guns and gun owners now contains over 1.4 billion records.

In a response to Congressman Michael Cloud, the ATF reported that they currently have 1,414,088,513 records in their illegal registry.

This is unacceptable.

Not only does this registry violate federal law & the Second Amendment, it’s also a massive national security risk.

Every American who has conducted a commercial transaction, where the FFL has turned over records upon close of business, has their personal information in ATF’s illegal registry.

We at Gun Owners of America have been sounding the alarm on this issue for years.

That’s why we’re asking all GOA members to contact their elected representatives and urge them to pass the No REGISTRY Rights Act.

Click below to send an email to your elected officials!

Because of the alarming growth of ATF’s registry, 24 members of Congress have sent a letter to President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, urging them to end the registry once and for all.

Here’s what the Congressmen wrote:

“We write to alert you to an illegal national gun registry now containing 1,414,088,513 records of guns and gun owners… We ask for your decisive leadership to end this registry.”

A gun registry is illegal under federal law, thanks to the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act.

ATF claims that what they have is not a registry.

Don’t believe your lying eyes, says ATF.

Gun owners know better.

A digital, searchable database of guns and gun owners is a registry, no matter what ATF claims.

We’re urging Congress and President Trump to take swift action to dismantle this illegal registry and protect the Second Amendment.

Recently, an ATF database was hacked by the ransomware group Qilin. 

While ATF reports that the system itself was a legacy system, rather than the main ATF enterprise network, the breach is certainly concerning.

The FBI also suffered a major data breach recently as well, and no digital system is truly 100% secure.

Considering the massive amount of personal information contained in the ATF’s illegal registry, Congress and the President could dismantle it in the interest of National Security.

Gun owners data is at risk being in this registry. Not to mention, the registry itself already violates federal law.

GOA will continue lobbying and fighting to ensure that ATF’s illegal registry is dismantled permanently, and we won’t stop until we accomplish that goal.

But we can’t do it alone.

That’s why we’re asking GOA members to click the link below and tell their elected officials to pass the No REGISTRY Rights Act!

New lawsuit continues FPC’s nationwide litigation campaign against residency-based restrictions on the right to bear arms

DENVER, CO (September 29, 2026) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that it filed a new federal lawsuit challenging Colorado and Denver laws that combine to deny peaceable residents of 15 states and the District of Columbia any lawful means to carry a handgun for self-defense while in Denver. The complaint for Hoffman v. City and County of Denver can be viewed here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

September 29, 2026 

Jacksonville, FL — Gun Owners of America (GOA), Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), Florida Carry, and individual plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit challenging firearm restrictions enforced at City-owned venues across Jacksonville.

The suit (Case No. 16-2026-CA-006676-AXXX-MA) names the City of Jacksonville, Sheriff T.K. Waters, and Mayor Donna Deegan—and challenges local firearm restrictions that violate Florida’s firearms-preemption law by going beyond what is authorized under state law. 

The complaint details incidents at the Moran Theater, Florida Theatre, Jacksonville Fairgrounds, and EverBank Stadium where lawful concealed carriers were forced to disarm or denied entry. 

GOA Florida State Director Luis Valdes, a plaintiff in the case, issued the following statement: 

“Jacksonville does not get to invent its own gun laws. Florida law is clear that it preempts localities from imposing stricter gun control. I was lawfully carrying at a city-owned venue that wasn’t a gun-free zone when a JSO officer told me to disarm or be trespassed. We are taking Jacksonville to court to end these unlawful restrictions and protect the rights of every law-abiding gun owner in Florida.” 

GOA spokesmen are available for interviews. Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying organization dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. GOA represents over two million members and activists. For more information, visit GOA’s Press Center.   

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