[GOA News] Help GOA Make Machineguns Great Again!

MAKE MACHINEGUNS GREAT AGAIN! GOA-backed legislation introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert works to gut the NFA and make machineguns more accessible… Representative Lauren Boebert has just introduced her GOA-backed bill: the “Freedom From Taxes Act of 2026.” This bill reduces the $200 tax stamp on Machineguns and Destructive Devices to $0. This legislation helps to gut the National Firearms Act, and helps our lawsuit …<br/> <a class="postReadMore" href="https://www.gunowners.org/na052026/">Read more<i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a>


https://www.gunowners.org/na052026/

[FPC News] FPC Asks Supreme Court to End Maryland's Public Carry Bans

<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Maryland defied the Supreme Court. FPC is going to make them answer for it.</span></em></p>
<p><strong>What: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/6756/attachments/original/1779301447/2026.05.20_Cert_Petition.pdf?1779301447"><span style="font-weight: 400;">petitioned</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> the United States Supreme Court in </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/novotny"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Novotny v. Moore</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, seeking to strike down provisions of Maryland’s Gun Safety Act of 2023 (</span><a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0001?ys=2023RS"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Senate Bill 1</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, 2023 Reg. Sess.), which imposed new bans on the constitutionally protected right to carry firearms in public. The district court previously</span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/federal-judge-declares-multiple-maryland-public-carry-bans-unconstitutional"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">ruled</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that parts of the challenged laws were unconstitutional, followed by the Fourth Circuit wrongly </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/6756/attachments/original/1768925497/2026.01.20_087_OPINION.pdf?1768925497"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ruling</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that all provisions but the state’s “Vampire Rule” are constitutional.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-asks-s...carry-bans

I personally witnessed atf present evidence that I knew was destroyed as original. In that case they got the right perp but they were dirty. It really opened my eyes to how far they'd go to obtain a conviction so I find this story believable.

Take your blood pressure medicine before reading this one.
https://freedomfortate.org/the-case/

[FPC News] FPC WIN: Second Circuit Strikes Down New York Public Handgun Carry Ban

<p><strong>What: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Second Circuit Court of Appeals </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/6597/attachments/original/1779111420/2026.05.18_072-1_OPINION.pdf?1779111420"><span style="font-weight: 400;">ruled</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in Firearms Policy Coalition’s (FPC) </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/boron"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christian v. James</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lawsuit that New York’s ban on firearms at all publicly accessible private property without the express consent of the owner (also known as the “vampire rule”) violates the Second Amendment. The court however also facially upheld the state’s ban on carry in public parks.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-win-se...-carry-ban

There’s part of me that always thinks a rifle or carbine will always get better velocity/energy than a pistol/handgun/shorter barrel. This seems not to be true for 10 mm ammo (and others). There’s a diminishing increase above about 10”-12”, right? Is it actually diminishing out to 16”, or just no appreciable increase?

But, it seems that one can reload with slower burning powder and get better performance out of carbine/rifle length barrels. There’s also a bolt & barrel combination that delays the blow-back.

But, then, where’s the advantage? if i need pistol ammo for my G20 (clone) and different, specially loaded rifle ammo for a PCC, what have I gained? If that’s so, i may as well build a 10 mm AR pistol instead of a PCC.

Thoughts?


(Oh. I’m specifically thinking whitetail deer hunting in Iowa.)

[FPC News] FPC Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Virginia Gun Ban

<p><strong>What: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/17072/attachments/original/1778812510/2026.05.14_001_Complaint.pdf?1778812510"><span style="font-weight: 400;">filed</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> a new federal lawsuit, </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/mcdonald"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">McDonald v. Katz</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, after Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed legislation to ban so-called “assault firearms” and “large capacity” magazines. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">FPC is seeking a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the Virginia bans as well as other relief.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-files-...ia-gun-ban