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As we begin 2026, I want to take a moment to thank you — because last year, GOA didn’t just fight… we won.

With your support, GOA secured three major victories that will protect the Second Amendment for generations to come:

GOA’s Top 3 Legislative Victories In 2025

1️⃣ NFA Tax Crushed

GOA worked closely with Rep. Andrew Clyde to eliminate the $200 NFA tax on suppressors, SBRs, and AOWs.

With the help of our members, GOA pushed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” through Congress, securing this massive victory. We are now in court with industry partners, fighting to remove these items from the NFA entirely.

2️⃣ ATF-DEA Merger Thwarted

GOA worked with allies in Congress to kill the DOJ’s dangerous plan to merge the ATF and DEA into a “super-agency,” which would have tripled ATF’s budget, empowered future anti-gun administrations to target gun owners, let Big Pharma sway enforcement priorities, and weakened oversight of ATF leadership.

3️⃣ GOA Blocks Bans Across States

GOA’s lobbying team successfully worked to repeal Wyoming’s gun-free zones law, restoring carry rights in schools, public buildings, and the state capitol. In Pennsylvania, GOA helped block a slate of Bloomberg-backed gun control bills from passing. And in one locality in the Keystone State, GOA members defeated a proposal to ban homemade firearms and restrict 3D printing, which resulted in one councilmember crediting the flood of calls and emails from gun owners as a decisive factor in stopping the ordinance.

These aren’t just political wins. They are real victories for freedom… and they were only made possible because gun owners across America refused to back down.

But the fight is far from over. Anti-gun politicians are already rewriting their playbook for 2026, and the media is preparing to help them. If we want to continue blocking their agenda and advancing ours, we must stay on offense.

That’s why I’m asking you today: Will you chip in a donation to help GOA continue defending the Second Amendment?

Your support fuels our legal battles, supports our lobbying muscle, and amplifies the voices of millions of gun owners nationwide.

This year proved something important: When GOA fights, we win.

Now let’s build on those victories.

Please donate today and help us stand ready for the next fight.

Will Republicans ask him? How about Ranking Member Chuck Grassley? [More]

I'm going to end up sending questions about infringements by "AFT" to Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans to put to the nominee while he's under oath, so feel free to leave your own in the article's "Comments" section.

I have two articles in this month's issue, on sale now at discerning newsstands throughout the Republic. [More]

I'm not resuming regular blogging because of the unresolved censorship issue but will continue to promote my work here as I prepare a new landing site.

Two recent appearances:

• The Michael Dukes Show, April 8.
• Armed American Radio's Daily Defense, April 12.

I'm not resuming regular blogging because of the unresolved censorship issue but will continue to promote my work here as I prepare a new landing site.

I'll be joining host Mark Walters at 4 pm Eastern to talk Biden and more.  Listen, watch or find a station near you at the Armed American Radio website.

Perhaps if he was better at picking them in the first place, he wouldn’t need to end up angrily attacking so many he had nothing but high praise for in the beginning. [More]What does "winning" mean if you end up losing?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-airs-its-ultimate-revenge-plan-for-america/ar-AAW5HB1

In other words, police should be “Les Seules” armed and authorized to use force to stop criminal attacks, even in the home. [More]

You have to wonder at what point some of these people will get tired of surrendering and start rolling out the tumbrels again...

I'll be joining up with Michael Dukes this morning to talk about the Google leviathan "unpublishing" my work.  Hopefully, this notice won't be taken down as a "community standards" violation before then.

Go to the show website to find an Alaska station or to listen online. They'll be calling me at 10:24 Eastern.

And no, this post doesn't mean the blog is back for business as usual. It means I'll continue using it for announcements promoting my stuff until I can settle in a new home, something I should have some time to seriously look into over the weekend.

“As such, they have an interest in the outcome of this case because a positive ruling in the instant matter will assist them in their efforts to have their lawful property returned to them in the future and will help guide other courts in reaching the correct conclusion which is that bumpstocks are not machineguns,” the brief elaborates. [More]

I'm not resuming this blog per normal practices-- as I said in the last post, I will still use it to promote my articles, assuming this one doesn't get "unpublished" as well.  In the meantime, I will be using this weekend to scout out a new home.

It linked to "blue check" correspondent Paul Bedard's Washington Examiner report on a peer-reviewed study by John Lott published in the journal Public Choice. 
Incidentally, its link appears on a general Google search including on Google Cache, but is suppressed in a "News" search, with an article attacking Lott's work appearing at the top of the page by two "researchers" of undisclosed political affinity that my money says will turn out to be sympathetic to Democrats. 

My suspicion is an algorithm went searching to erase it from existence. If this is all it takes to get booted from a personal opinion and commentary blog, everything I post here is subject to being undone and Blogger is no longer a viable platform to publish on. Either that or some troll saboteur complained, and the same applies. Until I see if I can get this reversed, I'm going to need to limit activity here to promoting my articles as I search for a reliable repository for my work.
Remember when Facebook booted a post for wishing everyone a contemplative Bill of Rights Day?
UPDATE:

Democratic Rep. Ami Bera of California says he was attacked by a rogue fox outside the US Capitol. [More]

Maybe if he wasn't an anti-gun fanatic he could have done something about that.

The thought strikes: That fox ended up being a bigger danger to a member of Congress than every one of the Jan. 6 "insurrectionists."

Then again, so did this Democrat.