Federal Firearm Laws

May 1, 2009 (Springfield, VA) — Gun Owners of America today slammed Senator Orrin Hatch for meddling in a Pennsylvania election. Senator Hatch this week assailed the candidacy of pro-gun former Representative Pat Toomey, claiming that Toomey could not get elected in Pennsylvania in a race against liberal Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter. “Orrin Hatch seems more [...]

(Springfield, VA) — New revelations today from Fox News showed that several high ranking U.S. officials were lying about the number of guns going into Mexico from the United States.  For several weeks, Americans have been told that 90 percent of the guns used by drug cartels in Mexico have come from this country. “Well, [...]

Source: Gun Owners of America

Source: Gun Owners of America

The hunting accident that occurred when Vice President Dick Cheney shot a hunting buddy during a bird hunt is only of interest because it involved the Vice President. Hunting accidents happen every year, although it is also true that fatal gun accidents of all kind are continuing to decline. Most recently there have been 770 [...]

GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC.& GUN OWNERS’ FOUNDATIONPRESS RELEASE SUPREME COURT REWRITES LAUTENBURG AMENDMENTIN DECIDING UNITED STATES V. HAYES February 24, 2009 Springfield, Virginia.  On February 24, 2009, by a vote of 7 to 2, the United States Supreme Court handed the notorious anti-gun New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenburg (D-NJ) a  victory in his war [...]

Supreme Court’s Historic Opportunity To Restore The Constitution For Immediate Release November 20, 2007 Contact: Eddie Isler or Ellie McDaniel 703-321-8585 “The decision by the Supreme Court to rule on the DC gun ban gives them an historic opportunity to return to the original meaning of the Second Amendment,” said Gun Owners of America’s executive [...]

Gun Lobby To Sen. Hutchinson: Pull Down Your Bill To Repeal The DC Gun Ban For Immediate Release March 29, 2007 Contact: Eddie Isler or Ellie McDaniel 703-321-8585 “Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s bill to overturn the DC gun ban is the right idea at the wrong time,” said Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners [...]

For 31 years, the DC gun ban has been the criminal classes best friend. DC victims have been legally disarmed and helpless in the face of savagery from home invaders and street assailants,” said Larry Pratt about today’s ruling by the DC Court of Appeals overturning the DC law.

Victory in court now frees the 42 percent of San Franciscans who voted against violating a constitutional right to own a handgun in the city,” Pratt said. “Unhappily it is for practical purposes impossible to get a concealed carry permit there, so, lots of luck when venturing forth from one’s San Francisco dwelling. Unless, that is, you are someone important such as Mrs. Gun Ban, a.k.a. Sen. Diane Feinstein.