February 22, 2026, 08:38 PM
CooksterPAFOA.org (Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association) closing down
https://forum.pafoa.org/Sad to this well-run forum closing shop.
Lots of great information, members, and discussion.
Some of the announcement banner from the home-page -
"After 20 years of service, PAFOA will be ceasing operations in the coming months
PAFOA is being drowned by bots -
Unfortunately for the past week PAFOA has been flooded by tens of millions of bots that have completely overloaded our infrastructure and cost us significant money. We are attempting to keep the site online to complete our sunset plan, but this may not be possible.
Attention! There has been an influx of scammer signups!"
More details of the shut-down in this thread. . .
https://forum.pafoa.org/showthread.php?t=417249Sounds like some of the challenges that para encounters with SIGforum.
I probably 'found' PAFOA around the same time that I 'found' SIGforum, which when I was researching my first firearm purchase.
February 23, 2026, 09:09 AM
GraniteguyHow are other 2A organizations going to battle this issue?
February 23, 2026, 12:08 PM
divilThose bots are probably aligned with something soros/everytown …
February 23, 2026, 01:27 PM
SPWAMike0317I was a member of PAFOA and am sad to see it go. A former PAFOA member has created a site called
Pennsylvania Owners of Firearms and Anglers . It is in the same format as PAFOA.
February 23, 2026, 02:22 PM
CooksterThank you for the lead on that website, Mike!
Before pafoa shuts down, I need to download some of the very helpful and important information that is posted there (PA laws / statutes, ftf bill of sale for long guns, etc.).
February 24, 2026, 12:44 PM
calugoSorry to hear PAFOA is closing down, I don't visit the site much anymore but it was a great webpage especially of you lived in PA.
February 24, 2026, 05:33 PM
MRMATTI'm a member there also. Not a bad site. Sorry it has to shut down.