1976

• co-host The Patriot News Podcast
• Writer for AmmoLand
• VA State Director For GOA 
• Fireside Chats Podcast

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John Crump With Virginia GOA On Firearm Friday

https://gunstreamer.com/watch/john-crump-with-virginia-goa-on-firearm-friday_bNOuvwQtbcFPyuy.html

About John Crump

John Crump is a Virginia-based Second Amendment journalist, podcaster and activist. He is a longtime contributor to AmmoLand News, where he has covered gun rights legislation, litigation and firearms policy, and he has co-hosted The Patriot News Podcast and hosted his own interview shows. AmmoLand has also described him as a certified NRA firearms instructor and former CEO of Veritas Firearms, LLC, and he has been identified in gun rights media as working with Gun Owners of America (GOA) in Virginia. He compiled a book of interviews, Speaking With Giants.

Crump is notable for putting his own name on lawsuits challenging Virginia gun restrictions. In 2020 he sued Governor Ralph Northam over pandemic-era emergency orders, and that November he joined Showmasters and a gun shop in a suit over the closure of the Nations Gun Show in Chantilly. In 2026 he was the lead plaintiff in Crump v. Katz, a state-court challenge to Virginia’s new assault firearms ban. On June 25, 2026, AmmoLand reported that a Virginia judge found he had standing and issued a statewide preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the ban until December 31, 2026. That ruling was preliminary, not a final decision on the merits.

Key Facts

• May 2020: Joins a lawsuit challenging Governor Northam’s emergency gun-related measures under the Virginia Constitution
• November 17, 2020: Co-plaintiff in a suit to stop the state from closing the Nations Gun Show
• February 2022: Featured guest on Riding Shotgun With Charlie, episode 138
• June 2026: Wins a statewide preliminary injunction against Virginia’s assault firearms ban in Crump v. Katz, effective until December 31, 2026

Sources

• Virginia Assault Firearms Ban Blocked Statewide Until Dec. 31 (AmmoLand)
• VA: Gun Shop and John Crump Sue Gov. Northam over Nations Gun Show (AmmoLand)
• AmmoLand Writers Walk the Walk on Front Lines of Gun Rights Battle (AmmoLand)
• RSWC 138: John Crump (Riding Shotgun With Charlie)

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