Report Highlights: Three quarters of states in the U.S. do not impose bureaucratic hurdles, permits to purchase, or unnecessary restrictions on gun owners.   West Virginia, Montana, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Idaho, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Georgia, and Kentucky are the easiest states in which to buy a gun. West Virginia …

Report Highlights: The United States has more civilian-owned guns than any other nation. Estimates suggest the country has hundreds of millions of firearms. The United States has between 400 million and 500 million privately owned firearms. 46% of American households, approximately 65.19 million, contain at least one firearm. In 2026, …

The gun rights movement has been optimistic since the Supreme Court issued its 2022 NYSRPA v. Bruen ruling. This case shot down the state of New York’s “may issue” concealed carry licensing laws that enabled the government to decide who was fit to exercise their Second Amendment rights. The case also struck …

The United States is not only known for having some of the most intriguing politicians but is also a nation of gun owners. With more civilian-owned firearms than any other country in the world, it’s clear that guns are deeply ingrained in our culture. However, gun ownership in America isn’t …

Asking how many guns are in the U.S. is like asking how many grains of salt are in the Dead Sea—there are simply too many to count. Due to privacy rights and the right to keep and bear arms, which governments in the U.S. are bound to respect, it’s nearly …

Tim Walz built his career feigning support for the Second Amendment and fundraising as a “pro-gun” Democrat who backstabbed gun owners nearly every chance he got. Gun Owners of America first rated Tim Walz as a “D.” Later, we downgraded him to an F after a litany of anti-gun votes. …

For America’s gun owners, including the 22.3 million new first-time gun owners since 2020, the latest shocking news about former U.S. Representative and former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) being placed on the U.S. Government’s Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) Quiet Skies “list” should be gravely concerning. The knowledge that …

I have spent a great deal of time over the last two decades debating gun-control advocates both within the United States and abroad. Naturally, the circumstances and details of these debates can be different, but the fundamental claims they make are broadly the same. Here is an attempt to distill into …

Early last February, Mike Gill, a former Trump administration official at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was fatally shot in a carjacking attack in Washington, D.C. Gill recently served as senior vice president for capital markets at the Housing. Policy Council. He was the father of three children. A …

While most gun owners are aware of the incredible work the NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) does in Congress protecting gun owners from damaging legislation and in courtrooms around the country fighting anti-Second Amendment laws, the ILA also does yeoman’s work in the states. And that hard work has …