1st Quarter - Report

GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA, INC. for GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$303,367
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Firearms/Guns/Ammunition FIR

H.R. 58 - To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions. H.R. 126 - To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition. H.R. 227 - To prevent children's access to firearms. H.R. 263 - To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, and to transfer business inventory firearms. H.R. 308 - To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices. H.R. 496 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the carrying of a firearm near a place where a senior Federal official is holding an official public event or carrying out an official or representational duty, or where any person is campaigning for Federal elective office. H.R. 505 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to place limitations on the possession, sale, and other disposition of a firearm by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children. H.R. 591 - To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows. H.R. 615 - To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department of Defense. H.R. 645 - To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia. H.R. 822 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State. H.R. 1093 - The `Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform Act of 2011'. H.R. 1181 - To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate. S. 32 - To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices. S. 34 - To permit the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists. S. 35 - To establish background check procedures for gun shows. S. 176 - To establish minimum standards for States that allow the carrying of concealed firearms. S. 381 - To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. S. 436 - The `Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011'. S. 570 - To prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns. BATFE - Study on the Importability of Certain Shotguns

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRAIG FIELDS —
MICHAEL HAMMOND —
ERICH M PRATT —
LAWRENCE D PRATT —
JOHN VELLECO —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives

Bills named: H.R. 822 (112th), S. 436 (112th), H.R. 496 (112th), H.R. 126 (112th), H.R. 308 (112th), H.R. 505 (112th), H.R. 645 (112th), H.R. 615 (112th), S. 35 (112th), S. 381 (112th), H.R. 263 (112th), S. 32 (112th), S. 176 (112th), H.R. 1093 (112th), H.R. 1181 (112th), H.R. 58 (112th), S. 34 (112th), H.R. 227 (112th), H.R. 591 (112th), S. 570 (112th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.