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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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States Say No to Backdoor Firearms Registration
The movement by some Second Amendment-supporting state legislatures to protect the financial privacy of those making purchases with credit cards at firearms retailers continues to gain momentum.
Gun Skills: The Edge – A Better Trigger Press
One of the hardest things to teach new shooters is the proper trigger press for a slow, precise shot.
Gun Review: Tokarev USA TX3 12HDM
The Tokarev USA TX3 12 HDM has nearly every feature you could ask for in a defensive shotgun while also getting you the most bang for your buck. What’s even better is that it’s designed to withstand the harshest of the elements.
Gun Controllers’ Real Goal Revealed
Though gun controllers often hide behind the ever-shifting goalposts of what they claim are “common-sense solutions,” sometimes their true goals slip right out into the open.
The Armed Citizen® June 2nd, 2023
True stories of the right to keep and bear arms.
What the Naysayers Simply Won’t Admit About Constitutional Carry
It has now been 20 years since American states began to abolish their permitting systems, and there has never been a persuasive argument as to how that development could possibly make us less safe.
Gun-Free Signs: An Affront To Logic And The Constitution
With enough well-informed, determined and politically activated gun owners, we can make those nonsensical gun-free zone signs a thing of the past.
Is California Set for a Second Amendment “Reckoning”?
Citizens of the Golden State may be soon getting back some of the freedoms they haven’t enjoyed in decades.
An Executive Order to Get … the Good Guys?
President Biden signed an executive order that doesn’t do much—except for blaming law-abiding citizens for the actions of criminals.
Former First Lady Just Doesn’t Get It
Michelle Obama, first lady to former President Barack Obama, is following in her husband’s footsteps by making absurd claims about firearms ownership and the Second Amendment.
The Truth About Crime Rates From 18-20 Year Olds
John Lott takes on a “fact” now being used by gun-control groups, and all the media members who repeat their “facts” without challenging them, that 18-20 year olds are particularly dangerous.
President’s Foray Into Print Journalism More Fizzle Than Sizzle
Apparently tired of spouting the same gun-control nonsense into a microphone again and again, President Joe Biden has taken to the printed word.
Obama Gets It All Wrong
The former president made some interesting comments in a recent interview.
John Lott Said What?
When John Lott was called to be an expert witness—as he has been many times before—he was happy to oblige. What happened next was a shocking act of political maneuvering to suppress an expert witness.
Canada’s Struggle Matters
What’s happening in Canada is giving Americans a very vivid example of what could have happened if the U.S. Supreme Court voted different and did not reaffirm in Heller that the Second Amendment does, in fact, protect an individual right.
Minnesota Goes for Gun Control
A recently signed Minnesota measure is set to inflict unjust gun-control restrictions on the law-abiding citizens of the North Star State.
Shooting Straight with Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth, a Fox co-host and Army combat veteran, has a lot to say about what is happening and what needs to happen to help our military members.
A Disarmed Army?
A panel of so-called “experts” recommended that the federal government impose gun-control measures on our armed forces for, at best, dubious reasons. Many of these measures have been proven to be ineffective or counter productive.
Four Reasons For The Crime Increase
Here are four specific policies that routinely make us all less safe and that, after crime rates predictably rise, are then used as excuses from gun-control proponents to further restrict our right to keep and bear arms.
A Year After Bruen, and this is Happening?
With Bruen decided, litigation sprung up throughout the country. What will all of this mean for the future of our freedom?