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Holder Adopts “Sergeant Shultze Defense” on Fast & Furious

As Attorney General Eric Holder Continues to Sizzle on the Hot Seat …

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Rep. Gosar Continues to Push “No Confidence” in Holder Resolution

Holder Adopts “Sergeant Shultze Defense” on Fast & Furious Continues to claim ignorance that DoJ was helping send guns to Mexico

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As Attorney General Eric Holder Continues to Sizzle on the Hot Seat … GOA is on the ground, advising House committee members

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A Special Election Message from GOA The key to stopping the radical Obama agenda is to elect as many Second Amendment supporters as possible in the Senate. Read the Full Story

Rep. Gosar Continues to Push “No Confidence” in Holder Resolution Rep. Paul Gosar increases pressure for Eric Holder's ouster

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Holder Adopts “Sergeant Shultze Defense” on Fast & Furious

As Attorney General Eric Holder Continues to Sizzle on the Hot Seat …

A Special Election Message from GOA

Rep. Gosar Continues to Push “No Confidence” in Holder Resolution

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New Hampshire on the Verge of Passing Constitutional Carry
-- House-passed bill to be voted on in the Senate soon New Hampshire could soon become one of the most pro-gun states in the country – a sanctuary where the Constitution is paramount and Americans don’t need the government’s permission to exercise their God-given rights. The bill is House Bill 536, sponsored by...

Concealed Carry Reform Bill Moving in Kansas House

A bill to allow concealed carry permit holders to carry in many of Kansas’ public buildings is scheduled for a hearing this week. Currently, many publically-owned buildings are posted with “no firearms” signs. Legislation introduced by Rep. Forrest Knox (R-13) requires that the signs be removed from any of these buildings that do...

Gun Owners Scores a Victory for Individual Privacy in the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court yesterday unanimously sided with Gun Owners of America in finding that the placement of a Global Positioning Device on an automobile constitutes a “search” for purposes of the Fourth Amendment. The majority opinion in U.S. v. Jones was written by Justice Antonin Scalia and follows GOA’s reasoning...

Constitutional Carry in the Old Dominion Virginia Delegate Mark Cole (R-District 88) is the lead sponsor of legislation to eliminate a requirement that gun owners must have a government permit to carry a concealed firearm. Rep. Cole notes that it is already legal for Virginia gun owners to carry openly. “If you’re carrying openly, in my mind you’re more likely to cause a disturbance...

US V. Jones And The Fourth Amendment

Law enforcement’s most recent effort to turn America into a Soviet-style surveillance society through the use GPS technology has been rebuffed by a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court. The Court based its opinion on, and breathed new life into, the Fourth Amendment’s protection of the American People against unreasonable governmental searches and seizures. ...

Capitol Hill Report

Analysis of the National Defense Authorization Act

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see what’s wrong with Section 1021 of the Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 1540), which the President signed into law on New Year’s Eve. Let’s assume you’re a member of the Michigan Militia. That’s all it would take. Because you once...

This week, Representative Ben Quayle (R-AZ) became the 57th member of Congress to call for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder over the Fast and Furious scandal. In a statement, Rep. Quayle said:

"Fast and Furious was a fundamentally flawed operation. Since its implementation, U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and numerous...

Illinois Rep. Spearheads Letter to President on Fast & Furious

For the second time in two months, Congressman Joe Walsh has sent a “call to action” in the direction of the Obama administration.

Rep. Walsh’s concern? The federal government’s growing Fast and Furious scandal, a government operation that allowed thousands...

Rep. Gosar Calls for Accountability and Transparency Over Fast & Furious; Encourage Congress to Keep up the Pressure! Congressman Paul Gosar is playing an important role in demanding accountability from the Obama administration over the growing Fast and Furious scandal. This week the Arizona Republican...

The Obama administration drafted rules to prohibit the use of firearms on millions of acres of public land. According to an article in U.S. News & World Report:

“Gun owners who have historically...

Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn offered an amendment this week to bar taxpayer funds from being used in investigations such as the disastrous "Fast & Furious" operation, in which guns were transferred to Mexican drug cartels with the help of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). His amendment passed the Senate...

GOA comments on ATF Study on the Importability of Certain Shotguns

GOA and the Gun Owners Foundation's friend of the court brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down anti-gun Obamacare.

Virginia House Moves to Nullify NDAA Detention of America Citizens

Virginia may be on the verge of saying “NO!” to one of the most blatant abuses of federal power in recent years.

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Opinion Editorials

NDAA: Open Season for the Police State
NDAA: Open Season for the Police State
How the New Indefinite Detention Provisions can be used on Americans
by Jim Babka, DownsizeDC

Congress just passed, and the President just signed, a bill that gives legal authority to...
Sheriffs Standing with the People against the Feds
I have reported earlier that sheriffs in New Mexico are threatening to arrest federal agents if they attempt to enforce unconstitutional federal acts in contravention of state law. The even better news is that sheriffs...
New Mexico Sheriffs Standing Tall
GOA member Dr. Ray Seidel alerted me to the stirring of freedom that is taking place in his village of Ruidoso, New Mexico. I have already reported on the first battle with Mayor Ray Alborn and how he tried to impose an unconstitutional gun ban...