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America's First Freedom provides news for the membership of the NRA with the goal of delivering professional, moving, and accurate journalism that promotes knowledge about the threats to our Second Amendment Rights
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Gun Skills: Qualification Primer
Many states require some from of live-fire qualification before allowing citizens to carry, as does nearly every law-enforcement entity. Use this drill to take the fear out of test day or to assess your own skills at any time.
This Mayor’s Gun-Control Comments Are Telling
This mayor’s texts reveal what anti-gunners really think about gun control.
The Armed Citizen® July 28, 2023
True stories of the right to keep and bear arms.
Try Enforcement Before “Reform”
Gun-control advocates actually have a brazen indifference to enforcing current laws; they want more gun control. The closer you look, the more you see that anti-gunners are about diminishing rights, not promoting public safety.
Michael Bloomberg’s Semantics
A favorite narrative often pushed by gun controllers is that more guns and fewer gun-control laws inevitably leads to more crime. To push this false claim, they are even willing to do this.
Gun Review: Smith & Wesson M&P 5.7
Between the .22 LR and 9 mm Luger sits the 5.7x28 mm, an option mostly ignored in the U.S. market, thanks to a dearth of firearms. But now, S&W has thrown its polymer hat in the ring.
Federal Judge Upholds Oregon Anti-Gun Initiative
Freedom is under attack in the Beaver State.
When A First Gun Comes Home
While the reasons for becoming a new gun owner are many, this growing segment makes one thing clear: They don’t want to go back to the helplessness they had before embracing this constitutional right.
Silencing The NRA
Attacks on gun owners’ First Amendment rights are one more way in which anti-freedom officials are coming for your Second Amendment rights.
What NRA Instructors Are Seeing
According to the hundreds of thousands of NRA-certified instructors, the majority of new gun owners who hear the truth about the NRA like what they hear and many quickly become NRA members.
“I AM FREEDOM” | NRA’s 152nd Annual Meetings & Exhibits
In a celebration of freedom like no other, tens of thousands of NRA members gathered at the 152nd NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Indianapolis, Ind., earlier this year.
NRA-ILA Leadership Forum A Resounding Success
Each speaker at the 2023 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum brought his or her own message of support for our right to keep and bear arms, and support for the dedicated members of the NRA who fight, every day, to protect freedom.
This Attack on the Gun Industry is Being Tried Again
Activists are again looking for novel ways to again blame gun companies and dealers for the actions of criminals. Only this time, they are doing so with another tactic in mind.
The Silencing of a Civil-Rights Association
When our First amendment rights are infringed upon, as the state of New York clearly did by trying to destroy this association, then we must get even louder in the public square and in the courts.
Standing Guard | NRA Strong!
To see what freedom truly looks like, you don’t have to look further than the NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits.
President’s Column | The Sport That Makes America Safer
Reverence and respect for freedom shouldn’t be a partisan issue and we must do our part to bring new gun owners into the fold.
Gun Control Is Unpopular
Much of the mainstream media continues to parrot the lies that gun-control activists claim as truth. The reality is that when ignorance recedes, so does support for gun control.
What’s in Massachusetts’ New Gun-Ban Measure
Massachusetts firearm owners are up against a wall, facing one of the most-extreme gun-ban measures introduced to date.
The Armed Citizen® June 30, 2023
True stories of the right to keep and bear arms.
Craig Campbell Is NRA Country
Craig Campbell loves to show his patriotism and support of the constitution, military, law enforcement and first responders. The proof of his ideals can be heard in his music.