About

Gun Owners of America has spent the last 48 years preserving and defending the Second Amendment. That’s why we’ve earned the title of Washington’s ONLY no-compromise gun lobby.

We’re taking our commitment to protecting the Second Amendment to the next level with GOA Victory Fund, where we’re committed to supporting the best of the best pro-gun candidates.

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Board of Directors

Tim Macy, Chairman

Tim Macy serves as chairman for the GOA Victory Fund board of directors. Mr. Macy oversees all operations of GOA Victory Fund's operations and interviews Presidential, U.S. Senate, Congressional, and Gubernatorial candidates. He is also Vice-Chairman of Gun Owners of California and oversees all operations of GOC. Macy has been a consultant to candidate’s campaigns and a fundraising consultant to organizations, candidates and committees, personally raising millions of dollars for these groups and individuals during his career. He is an avid hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman.

John Velleco

John Velleco serves on the board of GOA Victory Fund. Velleco has taken part in legislative battles such as the arming of commercial airline pilots, preventing gun confiscations after natural disasters like hurricane Katrina, repealing the gun ban on National Park Service land, and repealing the gun ban on Amtrak trains.

While legislative responsibilities keep John on Capitol Hill on a regular basis, he has also appeared on various news programs on NBC, ABC, FOX News, CNN and C-Span, in addition to speaking at rallies and events across the country.

John resides in northern Virginia with his wife of 26 years and their five children.

Sam Paredes

Sam Paredes serves on the board of the GOA Victory Fund and is the Executive Director of Gun Owners of California, where he has been for over 35 years. Paredes is a registered lobbyist, has testified in hundreds of legislative committee hearings, and has advocated on behalf of the gun community before the California Fish and Game commission, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Department of Justice.

Paredes has been interviewed by virtually every California news outlet as well as national and international media as an expert on gun laws in the Golden State. He is a frequent speaker before conservative groups and has given workshops on "Confrontational Politics" in Missouri, Nevada, and throughout California.

Born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents, Sam is the second of three children. He attended Pepperdine University on scholarship and graduated with a degree in political science; he also studied at the Foundation for Economic Education in New York.