Gun Show Loophole Tour timeline.
Key dates from the first road trip to the latest run.
1991
First big road trip
20 states, from Illinois to Washington and back through the Dakotas.
1997
Gun Websites crew forms
The original crew that later reunited on the 2017 tour in Indiana.
2001
Tucson to Washington, D.C.
15 states in a 1999 Chevy Silverado.
2004
Gun Websites goes online
The network starts building gun sites.
2005
First SHOT Show
The start of a SHOT Show streak that runs every year except 2021, when no show was held.
2009
SHOT Show, NRA show and Gunsite
SHOT Show in Orlando and a tour of the Gunsite training center.
2010
Charlotte and Salt Lake City
The NRA Annual Meeting in North Carolina, and the first of ten straight SAR Shows.
2012
Armed Across America
6,000+ miles, 16 states, 21 days in the Crown Vic.
2014
Las Vegas machine gun rental tour
8 machine gun rental ranges in one trip.
2015
The tour gets its name
The road trips become the Gun Show Loophole Tour.
2016
First named tour
6,000+ miles in a 1986 Chevy G30, and the start of the 2016 to 2019 Big Sandy and Tulsa Arms Show streaks.
2017
Bannerman Castle and Red Dawn
12,200 miles, 61 gun shops and the Red Dawn 33rd anniversary trip.
2018
GRPC in Chicago
11,950 miles and 59 gun shops.
2019
2A rally in Washington, D.C.
12,000 miles in 43 days.
2020
Rally year
Santa Fe and Arizona 2A rallies plus SHOT Show.
2022
SHOT Show and GRPC
Back to the big events.
2025
GOA G.O.A.L.S. in Knoxville
An 11-state road tour.
2026
GOA G.O.A.L.S. in Des Moines
An 8-state road tour, and the tour map joins 2A Maps.
The law behind the name has its own timeline on What Is the Gun Show Loophole?. Firearm history dates are on Gun Calendars.com.