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Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget is a gateway to tyranny and would deal a death blow to the Second Amendment.

If passed by the Senate, this bill would give the IRS unprecedented authority to track every purchase you make over $600.

That means a firearm that you purchase for over $600 would automatically be tracked and registered with the federal government.

But it doesn’t end there… Biden’s budget gives money for states to pass Red Flag Gun Grabs, meaning more gun confiscations for innocent citizens.

And while honest and law-abiding citizens are targeted by the IRS and SWAT teams, this budget grants amnesty to illegal aliens — a group that favors anti-gun candidates by an 8:1 margin, according to a Pew poll.

We need to raise hell upon the 50-50 Senate to stop this budget or be prepared to say goodbye to our God-given rights.

Please add your name to our pre-written letter to urge YOUR two Senators to VOTE NO on Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget.

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Anti-gunners and lobbyists for illegal aliens have been going to extreme lengths to try and pressure swing-vote Democrats in the Senate to pass Biden’s budget.

Some radicals have been caught stalking and harassing swing-vote Democrat Kyrsten Sinema on airplanes and even in the bathroom to try and force her to vote for this massive government overreach.

We cannot let the hysterical anti-gun, open borders Left be the only voice heard by the Senate.

That’s why it’s IMPERATIVE that you pressure YOUR two Senators to strike down this unprecedented government takeover.

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And I assure you: Senators are paying attention to the letters they’re receiving…

…Mitch McConnell just reported that he’s received over 14,000 messages from his constituents in opposition to the proposed IRS surveillance rule.

But we cannot let up now. We all know that Republicans can turn on us in a matter of seconds.

That’s why we need to keep up the pressure until this bill has been officially pronounced dead on the Senate floor.

So please, add your name to our pre-written letter to urge YOUR two Senators to VOTE NO on Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget.

Congress is about to vote on red flag Gun Confiscation Orders (GCOs)!

GOA just discovered “Red Flag” GCOs for those subject to the United States Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) in the 1,362 page 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

We need gun owners to demand their Representative and Senators oppose Gun Confiscation Orders. 

Like the proverbial camel’s nose in the tent, allowing this provision to remain in a bill pertaining to the military will eventually work its way into legislation applying to the rest of the population. 

That’s why we need to raise our voices in unison against these gun confiscation orders. 

GOA raised the alarm and defeated similar language last year.  

In conference, GOA insisted on the elimination of gun confiscation orders and, in the end, gun owners won. 

But now, gun control is back in the authorization for the 2022 NDAA. So please, contact your Representative and Senators urge them to VOTE NO on H.R. 4350. 

Specifically, GOA is opposed to SEC. 529 of H.R. 4350 entitled Authority of Military Judges and Military Magistrates to Issue Military Court Protective Orders.  

This language would create a Military Court GCO program—a disgusting violation of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of our armed service personnel who offer their lives to defend those same constitutional rights every day. 

These proposed Military Court Gun Confiscation Orders could be “issued on an ex parte basis” and therefore would “restrain a person from possessing, receiving, or otherwise accessing a firearm” without constitutional Due Process (SEC. 529’s proposed §1567b(j)(1)(A)). 

In fact, the emergency Military Court GCOs are explicitly exempted from the “Protection of Due Process” provided for in SEC. 529’s proposed §1567b(h)(1). 

Again, this is just the foot in the door. If Nancy Pelosi gets this into the military code, then it becomes the “precedent” for enforcing gun confiscation against the rest of the population. 

So please contact your Representative and Senators in only a few clicks with GOA’s TAKE ACTION tool to oppose this gun control! 

Seizing firearms first and “getting the Due Process later” will never constitute sufficient Due Process, no matter how much anti-gunners may pretend it does. 

That’s why Gun Owners of America strongly opposes H.R. 4350’s gun control, and we need our two million members and activists to help deliver this message on Capitol Hill, as well.

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Biden Arms Taliban & Bans Ammo for Americans

Springfield, VA – Aidan Johnston, Director of Federal Affairs for Gun Owners of America (GOA), released the following statement today:  

The Biden Administration’s failure to competently draw down American forces in Afghanistan has allowed the Taliban to acquire nearly 600,000 American weapons. But instead of triaging the catastrophe, and bringing Americans – military and civilian – home, the Biden State Department is trying to score political points.

Biden is once again trying to disarm the American people.

Biden unilaterally, and without a vote in Congress, decided to ban the import of all Russian made ammunition into the United States.

In the midst of an international embarrassment and humanitarian crisis of Biden’s own making, the Administration announced it would proceed with so-called ‘increased sanctions’ on the Russian Federation.

But, the proposed sanctions on firearm and ammunition exports affects less than 1% of the Russian economy.

It is clear that sanctioning Russia was never the Administration’s only goal. Rather, Americans are the target of Biden’s latest gun control push.

Gun owners are abhorred by President Biden’s direct assault on Americans’ ability to exercise their Second Amendment rights.

This administration should be laser focused on fixing the military, humanitarian, and moral disaster it caused in Afghanistan.

Gun Owners of America mourns for the loss of at least thirteen brave Marines who gave their lives in Afghanistan this week.

Gun Owners of America is a grassroots nonprofit which represents more than two million gun owners who are dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. For more information, visit GOA’s Press Center.

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GOA Wins a 2A Sanctuary Victory in Court!

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF) beat Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety in court this Thursday.

The issue involved a Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance (SASO) passed by the citizens of Columbia County, Oregon.

Bloomberg’s group tried to torpedo the 2A sanctuary movement by challenging a local 2A sanctuary ordinance.

But GOA, who was joined by the Oregon Firearms Federation (OFF), came to the defense of the ordinance. And we are very thankful that the court sided against Everytown.

Over 60 percent of municipalities in the United States have passed 2A sanctuaries. So this case marks a huge victory for not only gun owners in Columbia County, Oregon, but Second Amendment supporters nationwide.

You can read the GOA and OFF brief here and the judge’s decision here.

NRA Joins GOA’s Bump Stock Case

We reported to you earlier this week that GOA and GOF have submitted a supplemental brief in our bump stock case before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ours is the only case that has been victorious in getting a court to admit what gun owners already knew — that a bump stock is not a machinegun.

Now, the NRA announced yesterday that it is joining this effort, as they have submitted their own amicus brief.

We are glad to see the NRA join Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation in our battle to protect the Second Amendment, as the ATF’s Final Rule could force all semi-automatic firearms to be unconstitutionally regulated as machineguns.

Ammoland recently interviewed GOA’s attorney in this case, Rob Olson, who said that:

Congress did not delegate to ATF the authority to define or redefine the term “Machinegun.” This fact is important because the courts have ruled that only Congress has the power to write new federal criminal law.

Olson, who is also one of the attorneys in the 2A Sanctuary case mentioned above, makes the point that giving “deference” to the ATF “will only further embolden ATF’s lawless actions.” As stated by Ammoland:

Many consider the ATF to be out of control. The ATF is trying to use deference to shut down the unfinished firearm frames and pistol-stabilizing brace markets. Many do not believe that the agency has the power to do so because they would be making de facto laws. If GOA is successful in the bump stock case, then it could throw a monkey wrench into the ATF’s future plans.

This is exactly why this case is so important. A win in this case can help stymie other lawless attempts by the ATF.

GOA will make oral arguments before the court in October. Please stay tuned!

GOA Reaching Millions Via Traditional and Social Media

• GOA’s Erich Pratt appeared on Newsmax to discuss the Supreme Court’s latest case and the potential relief that could be coming for gun owners. But make sure to watch to the end: you’ll see a debate that will explain the ultimate problem with being forced to prove your innocence before exercising a protected right.
• Do you believe in the Second Amendment? Consider yourself a patriot? Well, know that Big Tech now thinks you’re an “extremist” and is placing you in a database. Read GOA Federal Director Aidan Johnston’s article in the Daily Caller on this point.
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her anti-gun cabal are attempting to pass gun control such as gun licensing, “red flag” gun confiscation orders, and gun buybacks into the appropriation bills (H.R. 4502 and H.R. 4505). See this Guns & Gadgets video, as it breaks down GOA’s opposition to the Pelosi-backed gun control.
• The ACLU is facing backlash for claiming that racism is “foundational” to the Second Amendment. GOA’s Antonia Okafor Cover went on Fox News to explain that it’s actually gun control that has the racist past.

Next Empowered 2A Meeting is this Wednesday!

Attention to all the female GOA members.

The Empowered 2A meeting for August will have a special guest speaker: Rhonda Mary.

Join Antonia Okafor, GOA’s Director of Outreach, on Wednesday, August 4 at 7pm EST. And spend some time with Rhonda Mary – a gun rights advocate with a very unique perspective on the 2nd Amendment.

Learn from this young, rising star in the 2A community. Also, learn about the way she successfully advocates for the 2A through social media.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIlfuiupzMtE9xH7okp0Rh8jrdz5fQRXk6u

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

So ladies, please be sure to attend. And guys, please encourage your wives, moms and daughters to check it out, as well.