Gun Shops All Week, Gun Shows on Weekends

Gun Shops all week. Gun Shows on weekends.

The Gun Show Loophole Tour is the road trip arm of the Gun Websites Firearms Network.

An honest look at firearms in the USA through gun shows, gun shops, firearm museums and the people who keep them going.

White Gun Show Loophole Tour van parked behind a giant rusted revolver sculpture with a brass cartridge, on the 2018 tour
Giant revolver stop on the 2018 tour
Tour van parked beside the yellow Wanenmacher's Tulsa Arms Show sign at Expo Square, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show
Tour van parked outside the red brick Gunsmith building at the Jonathan Browning home and workshop in Nauvoo, Illinois, 2018
Jonathan Browning gunsmith shop, Nauvoo, Illinois
Belt-fed machine guns on tripods lined up at the firing line of the Big Sandy Machine Gun Shoot in Arizona, March 2016
Big Sandy Machine Gun Shoot, Arizona
Tour van pulled over on a canyon highway between steep rock walls while driving through Wyoming, October 2018
Canyon miles in Wyoming
40 + DC
States toured
200+
Gun shops visited
20+
Firearm museums
48,000+
Logged miles
Since 1991
On the road

Start here: Where To Start

What the tour does

Tour van parked outside the white Ammo Box gun shop building in Wisconsin on the 2018 tour

Gun Shops

Local shops in every state the van rolls through, with reviews on Gun Shop Guide.com.

Gun shops

Crowded aisles and tables at the Fort Worth Gun Show, October 2017

Gun Shows

Weekend shows, SHOT Show, the Tulsa Arms Show and the big 2A conferences.

Gun shows

A Gun Websites patch held up in front of the ruins of Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island, New York, 2017

Firearm Museums

From the J. M. Davis collection to Bannerman Castle, the history behind the hardware.

Museums

Two towed field guns with brass shell casings on the ground at the Big Sandy Machine Gun Shoot, 2016

Shooting Events

Big Sandy machine gun shoots, rallies, classes and meetups with friends of the network.

Events

Follow the miles

Logged tour miles by year
20126,000+ miles20166,000+ miles201711,000+ miles201811,000+ miles201912,000 miles20201,500 miles2021150 miles20221,000+ miles2023about 1,2002024about 1,2002025about 5,9002026about 5,000

Striped bars are route estimates.

Tour Log

Every tour year in one place, from the 1991 road trip to the 2026 run.

Open the Tour Log

Tour Map

Every state the tour has rolled through, shaded by what was found there.

See the map

What Is the Gun Show Loophole?

Where the phrase came from and what federal law really says about private sales.

Read the explainer

On the road

Videos from the Gun Websites YouTube channel.

The Gun Show Loophole Tour is part of the Gun Websites Firearms Network.
Shows are reviewed on Gun Show Reviews.com and shops on Gun Shop Guide.com.
Daily updates from the road air on the Daily Gun Show podcast.
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