Nine months into her tenure, Attorney General Pam Bondi faces a bombshell challenge from one of America’s most influential gun rights organizations, which now demands her immediate termination for failing to protect constitutional freedoms.
On October 10, 2025, the National Association for Gun Rights called on President Trump to fire his top law enforcement official for what they call systematic betrayals of Second Amendment rights.
The bombshell announcement represents a dramatic escalation in tensions between gun rights advocates and the Trump administration’s Justice Department. NAGR is one of America’s most vocal Second Amendment organizations. As one of the loudest no-compromise organizations in the United States, NAGR pulled no punches in their scathing assessment of Bondi’s nine-month tenure, declaring that she has “failed the Second Amendment” and must go immediately.
The National Association for Gun Rights is officially calling for Attorney General Pam Bondi to be FIRED.
Those are not words we take lightly – but Pam Bondi has given us no choice.
While we all had major concerns with the nomination of Pam Bondi as AG, we hoped for the best… pic.twitter.com/gmB1aSL6Iz
— National Association for Gun Rights (@NatlGunRights) October 10, 2025
The final straw came when Bondi’s DOJ successfully obtained a federal court order forcing two major gun rights organizations to hand over their complete membership lists to the federal government. The October 7th ruling in Reese v. ATF requires the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition to provide verified member lists, including names, addresses, and contact information, creating what gun advocates view as a dangerous government registry.
When AmmoLand reached out to NAGR President Dudley Brown for comment, he made clear the organization’s position. “NAGR has been involved in multiple cases where the ATF demanded membership lists, and we’ve always protected our members’ privacy. I’d be happy to see the administration walk this back and I think they will, but our confidence in Bondi to protect the Second Amendment was never very solid, and it’s only deteriorated,” Brown stated.
The membership list controversy serves as the culmination of what NAGR describes as a pattern of anti-gun actions under Bondi’s leadership. Despite Trump’s executive orders directing reviews of gun regulations, Bondi’s DOJ continues defending Biden’s “engaged in the business” rule, which effectively creates universal background checks for private gun sales. The DOJ has spent months “reviewing” the rule while simultaneously enforcing it against law-abiding gun owners and asking courts to delay legal challenges that could provide relief.
NAGR’s indictment extends to Bondi’s Supreme Court positions, where her DOJ has actively opposed restoring gun rights to nonviolent felons in Vincent v. Bondi and has worked to undermine pro-Second Amendment court rulings regarding 18-20 year olds’ rights to purchase handguns. NAGR points out the cruel irony that military-aged adults old enough to fight and die for America cannot legally purchase handguns thanks to positions Bondi’s DOJ continues to defend.
Exhibit C: Bondi’s DOJ has repeatedly supported BANNING GUNS from military-aged adults.
Bondi’s DOJ is actively attempting to undermine the 5th Circuit’s pro-gun ruling in McCoy v. ATF, which held that the federal ban on handgun sales to 18-20-year olds is unconstitutional.… pic.twitter.com/IAzaAKd3cW
— National Association for Gun Rights (@NatlGunRights) October 10, 2025
The stakes could not be higher for America’s gun rights movement. NAGR emphasizes that Republicans control the White House for just three more years before potentially facing what they call “a Gavin Newsom presidency.” This narrow window represents what may be the best opportunity in decades to roll back federal gun control measures and restore constitutional rights.
To be fair, Bondi’s DOJ has done some good things for the Second Amendment as well – but those things are increasingly dwarfed by the ongoing and active harms this DOJ continues to perpetuate against gun rights.
The absolute baseline rule for a pro-gun attorney general should be…
— National Association for Gun Rights (@NatlGunRights) October 10, 2025
Gun owners should care deeply about NAGR’s demands because they represent more than just organizational politics. The group argues that Bondi has violated the fundamental principle that a pro-gun attorney general should “first do no harm” to gun rights. Instead, her DOJ actively works behind the scenes against constitutional freedoms while maintaining Biden-era restrictions that Trump voters expected to see eliminated.
While NAGR acknowledges some positive steps under Bondi’s tenure, including eliminating the ATF’s zero-tolerance policy for gun dealers and launching limited gun rights restoration programs, they argue these actions pale compared to the ongoing damage her DOJ inflicts on Second Amendment rights.
The organization’s petition drive represents a critical test of gun owners’ political influence within the Trump administration. NAGR’s willingness to take on a Republican attorney general demonstrates the depth of frustration within the no-compromise gun rights community over what they see as continued federal overreach against law-abiding Americans.
The success or failure of NAGR’s campaign will determine whether gun owners maintain meaningful influence in Republican politics or watch their constitutional rights continue eroding under supposedly friendly leadership.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The disclosure of membership is now off the record in Reese v. ATF.
BREAKING: The order-mandated disclosure of our membership list is now off the record in Reese v. ATF. pic.twitter.com/DJTUKpNrbM
— SAF (@2AFDN) October 14, 2025
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