Here’s What Happened at GOA This Week!
At GOA, we’ve been hard at work fighting for your Second Amendment rights, here’s what we did…
We at Gun Owners of America have been hard at work fighting for your rights this week.
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From helping Ken Paxton defeat the anti-gun John Cornyn in the Texas Senate race, to introducing the first-ever Hughes Amendment repeal and legislation removing taxes on machineguns, to winning our lawsuit against the city of Winchester, Virginia — GOA has been busy.
You deserve an update.
Recently, GOA-endorsed Senate candidate Ken Paxton won his runoff election against RINO John Cornyn. Sen. Cornyn famously worked against gun owners to pass the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. This law has opened the door to some of the worst gun control abuses in recent history.
Two major pieces of GOA-backed legislation relating to machineguns were introduced to Congress: the “Firearm Freedom Act” by Rep. Patronis, and the “Freedom From Taxes Act of 2026” by Rep. Boebert.
And finally, GOA, GOF and VCDL won our lawsuit against the city of Winchester, Virginia. This lawsuit victory is just one of roughly 30 lawsuits that GOA is fighting across the country.
GOA-endorsed Ken Paxton defeated RINO John Cornyn in Texas Senate runoff election.
Cornyn, the four-term incumbent senior Senator from Texas famously worked to help pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022, the largest package of gun control in 30 years.
Ken Paxton on the other hand is a truly No Compromise gun rights supporter. He recently spoke at GOA’s 2025 GOALS and worked with us to halt Biden’s “Engaged in the Business” ATF rule and is a part of our Big Beautiful Lawsuit against the National Firearms Act’s registration requirements.
Paxton now proceeds to the general election in November, where he’s up against James Talarico, a radical left-wing gun control advocate.
Meanwhile in Louisiana, another RINO who voted for the anti-gun Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — Senator Bill Cassidy — lost his primary as well.
This is a major blow to the gun control movement, who promised these Senators in 2022 that they wouldn’t see any retaliation at the polls.
That was wrong. Gun owners remember.
Those who work to undermine the Second Amendment, take note. If you vote against the right to keep and bear arms, gun owners will vote you out of office.
Next up, two pieces of GOA-backed legislation on machineguns were introduced to the House.
First, Rep. Jimmy Patronis’ bill; the “Firearm Freedom Act” is the first-ever bill introduced in Congress that would totally repeal the Hughes Amendment.
For those unfamiliar, the Hughes Amendment is part of the 1986 Firearm Owners Protection Act, added via voice vote, which made machineguns after 1986 illegal to sell to anyone other than the federal government.
Rep. Patronis’ bill rights the wrong that was perpetrated on gun owners 40 years ago.
And, Rep. Lauren Boebert introduced the “Freedom From Taxes Act,” which removes the taxes from machineguns and destructive devices, which are currently subject to $200 tax stamps under the National Firearms Act.
Rep. Boebert’s bill removes the remaining taxes on items regulated by the NFA after the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” last summer, where taxes on short barreled firearms and suppressors were reduced to $0.
This bill also helps our lawsuit against the NFA.
Our aptly named “One Big Beautiful Lawsuit” will remove the registration requirement on these items, as Congress’s original intent with the NFA was a registration of a tax, not the item itself.
The Department of Justice — furious that they could lose a registry of gun owners — has fought back against us tooth-and-nail.
That’s why it’s so important to remove the taxes on these items. Registries of gun owners are blatantly illegal under federal law.
Whether it’s Suppressors or Machineguns, no registry should exist for these items. They are protected by the Second Amendment.
Finally, last but not least, GOA, GOF and VCDL won our case against the city of Winchester, Virginia!
When Winchester, Virginia banned firearms in city parking garages, we sued.
When the city council realized they’d lose — they capitulated and repealed the law.
This week, the court affirmed our victory.
No infringement, no matter how “small,” is constitutional.
This case is just one of over 30 lawsuits that Gun Owners of America is fighting across the country, in both federal and state courts.
That’s all for this week, but just know that we’ll be working hard to protect and restore the Second Amendment.
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