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Gun Owners’ Action League of Massachusetts

Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL) is a 100% member supported organization whose sole focus is to protect and restore Second Amendment rights for Massachusetts residents. We are an association of law-abiding citizens who believe in the Right to Keep and Bear Arms for competition, recreation and self-protection.

GOAL Gun Owners’ Action League is the official state firearms association in Massachusetts. We are an association of law-abiding citizens who believe in the basic right of firearms ownership for competition, recreation and self-protection. GOAL works hard to defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights against those in Massachusetts who wish to infringe upon the freedoms guaranteed by

1974 Founded

http://www.goal.org

GOAL
361 W. Main St.
Northborough, MA. 01532

Phone: (508) 393-5333

About GOAL

The Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL) is the Massachusetts state affiliate of the National Rifle Association and the state’s best-known firearms rights organization. Founded in 1974 and based in Northborough, GOAL is member-supported and works on several fronts at once: registered lobbyists who monitor and testify on firearms bills at the State House, candidate questionnaires and grades for voter education, grassroots alerts and rallies, and a large training program that offers more than 100 classes a year and certifies firearms instructors.

Massachusetts has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country, which makes GOAL’s work closely watched by gun owners nationwide. Longtime executive director Jim Wallace, first hired as a lobbyist in 2000, led the group through the 2014 debate over House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s firearms bill, when GOAL publicly rebutted parts of the committee report behind it and negotiated changes before the final law passed that July. Media reports at the time put membership at roughly 16,000 to 17,000. GOAL remains active in 2026, publishing a weekly email newsletter and a regular podcast.

Key Facts

1974: GOAL founded as a Massachusetts firearms association
2000: Jim Wallace hired as GOAL’s lobbyist; he later became executive director
February 2014: GOAL issued a rebuttal to the House Speaker’s Committee to Reduce Firearm Violence report
July 2014: Massachusetts Legislature passed a compromise gun bill after GOAL-backed changes
2014: Membership reported at about 16,000 to 17,000

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