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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
Gun Owners of America, Inc.

2. Address

Address1
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 202
 Address2
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City
Springfield
 State
VA
 Zip Code
22151
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

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State
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Zip Code
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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Mr.
​John Velleco
​7033218585
​jvelleco@gunowners.org
5. Senate ID#
​17192-12
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​Gun Owners of America, Inc.
6. House ID#
​311730000
TYPE OF REPORT 8. Year
​2021
 Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) Q4 (10/1 - 12/31)

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

10. Check if this is a Termination Report Termination Date
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​875,136.00
Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options.
Method A. Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only

Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code

Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

Signature
Digitally Signed By: John Velleco
 Date
2/4/2022 3:13:06 PM

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code FIR

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 6281 - National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2021
H.R. 6247 - PROTECT the Second Amendment Act
H.R. 6225 - Federal Firearm Licensee Act
H.R. 6213 - Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
H.R. 5764 - Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
H.R. 5678 - Firearms Retailer Code of Conduct Act of 2021
H.R. 5465 - SECURE Firearm Storage Act
H.R. 5436 - Gun Suicide Prevention Act
H.R. 5428 - School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
H.R. 5427 - Closing the Bump Stock Loophole Act of 2021
H.R. 5273 - Gun Safety Board and Research Act
H.R. 5245 - Gun Trafficker Detection Act
H.R. 5080 - Secure Background Checks Act of 2021
H.R. 4992 - 21 to Buy Act
H.R. 4953 - National Firearms Amendments Act of 2021
H.R. 4836 - Firearm Owners Responsibility and Safety Act
H.R. 4804 - Unlawful Gun Buyer Alert Act
H.R. 4423 - Gun Theft Prevention Act
H.R. 4312 - No Frivolous Application for Short-Barreled Shotguns Act or the NFA SBS Act
H.R. 4276 - Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2021
H.R. 4271 - Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2021
H.R. 4238 - Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2021 or the MASS Act
H.R. 4225 - 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2021
H.R. 4060 - Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021
H.R. 3998 - Fairness in Firearm Testing Act
H.R. 3989 - Defective Firearms Protection Act
H.R. 3960 - Brian A. Terry Memorial Eliminate the ATF Act
H.R. 3929 - Disarm Hate Act
H.R. 3823 - Protecting Individual Sovereignty Through Our Laws Act or the PISTOL Act
H.R. 3820 - Firearm Due Process Protection Act
H.R. 3740 - Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2021
H.R. 3536 - Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2021
H.R. 3509 - Safe Gun Storage Act of 2021
H.R. 3480 - Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
H.R. 3101 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the firearm transfer tax
H.R. 3088 - Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021
H.R. 3015 - Raise the Age Act
H.R. 2890 - To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee
H.R. 2814 - To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
H.R. 2715 - To prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers
H.R. 2707 - Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
H.R. 2544 - To regulate firearm silencers and firearm mufflers
H.R. 2510 - To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
H.R. 2469 - To provide that silencers be treated the same as firearms accessories
H.R. 2427 - NFA Modernization Act of 2021
H.R. 2426 - State Access to Firearms Evading Revocation Act
H.R. 2377 - Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
H.R.2282 - To repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws
H.R.2280 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to combat straw purchases of firearms and deter firearms trafficking
H.R.1961 - ATF Accountability Act of 2021
H.R.1952 - Stopping the Iron Pipeline Act of 2021
H.R.1858 - U.S. Military Right To Carry Act
H.R.1827 - Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
H.R.1808 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2021
H.R.1787 - Ensuring Second Amendment Freedoms are Executed Timely Act
H.R.1782 - Empowering Law Enforcement for Safer Firearm Transfers Act of 2021
H.R.1771 - Defending Veterans Second Amendment Rights Act
H.R.1769 - NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021
H.R.1758 - Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021
H.R.1752 - COOL OFF Act
H.R.1691 - Second Amendment Protection Act
H.R.1680 - Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act
H.R.1642 - Prosecuting Gun Crimes Saves Lives Act
H.R.1620 - Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2021
H.R.1604 - STOP Straw Purchases Act
H.R.1576 - National Gun Violence Research Act
H.R.1560 - Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2021
H.R.1534 - Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021
H.R.1518 - 21st Century NICS Act
H.R.1477 - Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act
H.R.1454 - Ghost Guns Are Guns Act
H.R.1446 - Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021
H.R.1441 - No Guns for Abusers Act of 2021
H.R.1217 - Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
H.R.1210 - LEOSA Reform Act
H.R.1207 - Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2021
H.R.1132 - Gun Owner Privacy Act
H.R.1120 - Illicit Arms Trafficking Security Enforcement Act
H.R.1027 - Safe Bases Act
H.R.1013 - Protect Our Military Families 2nd Amendment Rights Act
H.R.1008 - Handgun Trigger Safety Act of 2021
H.R.1007 - Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2021
H.R.1006 - Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2021
H.R.1005 - NICS Review Act of 2021
H.R.1004 - Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2021
H.R.993 - Second Amendment Preservation Act
H.R.988 - Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2021
H.R.933 - Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021
H.R.882 - Keeping Guns from High-Risk Individuals Act
H.R.881 - To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health
H.R.880 - Firearm Safety Act of 2021
H.R.825 - Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021
H.R.647 - Closing the Loophole on Interstate Firearm Sales Act
H.R.545 - No Congressional Gun Loophole Act
H.R.355 - Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act
H.R.225 - To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition
H.R.194 - To require the Inspector General, Department of Justice, to submit a report to the Congress on the number of firearm transaction denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation, the number of prosecutions resulting from such investigations, and the number of firearms recovered by the Bureau in cases in which such a denial was issued after the firearm was transferred
H.R.167 - To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer
H.R.137 - Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2021
H.R.135 - Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2021
H.R.130 - Kimberly Vaughan Firearm Safe Storage Act
H.R.127 - Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act
H.R.125 - Gun Safety: Not Sorry Act of 2021
H.R.121 - Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act of 2021
H.R.95 - Hearing Protection Act
H.R.38 - Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act
H.R.30 - Gun Trafficking Prohibition Act
H.R.8 - Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021
S. 3387 - National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Data Integrity Act of 2021
S. 3179 - Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act
S. 2948 - Recreational Lands Self Defense Act
S. 2908 - SECURE Firearm Storage Act
S. 2725 - Accountability for Online Firearms Marketplaces Act of 2021
S. 2320 - Keeping Gun Dealers Honest Act of 2021
S. 2319 - 3D Printed Gun Safety Act of 2021
S 2325 - Making America Safe and Secure Act of 2021 or the MASS Act
S. 2090 - Disarm Hate Act
S. 2050 - Hearing Protection Act
S. 1920 - ATF Accountability Act of 2021
S. 1916 - Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021
S. 1825 - Safe Gun Storage Act of 2021
S. 1819 - Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2021
S. 1801 - Crime Gun Tracing Modernization Act of 2021
S. 1605 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (red flag provision)
S. 1558 - Untraceable Firearms Act of 2021
S. 1522 - Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2021
S. 1373 - To reduce, from 21 years of age to 18 years of age, the minimum age at which a person may obtain a handgun from a Federal firearms licensee
S. 1338 - To repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act
S. 1237 - To prevent the purchase of ammunition by prohibited purchasers
S. 1155 - Virginia Plan to Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2021
S. 1131 - To regulate firearm silencers and firearm mufflers
S. 1108 - To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
S. 974 - Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act
S. 878 - Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2021
S. 803 - Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act of 2021
S. 788 - Firearms Safety Act
S. 770 - Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
S. 736 - Assault Weapons Ban of 2021
S. 720 - U.S. Military Right to Carry Act
S. 702 - Gun Owner Registration Information Protection Act
S. 675 - NICS Denial Notification Act of 2021
S. 591 - Background Check Completion Act of 2021
S. 556 - Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2021
S. 529 - Background Check Expansion Act
S. 527 - Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2021
S. 525 - Lawful Interstate Transportation of Firearms Act
S. 292 - Extreme Risk Protection Order and Violence Prevention Act of 2021
S. 281 - Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021
S. 1 - For the People Act of 2021

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
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Johnston
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Pratt
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Velleco
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Hammond
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

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ISSUE UPDATE

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
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City State/Province Zip Country
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?

Lobbyist Name Description of Offense(s)