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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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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.
Youth Adventure Camp 2024
The Whittington Center is the ideal place for young patriots to spread their wings, with more than 33,000 acres of wilderness and an astonishing 18 firing ranges.
Gun Review: Girsan MC 14T
This semi-automatic is one of the more-interesting guns on the market. It utterly obviates the need to rack a slide, plus it offers other advantages that should make gun owners take notice.
Gun Skills: Fight Your Way Up
Quite often, the decision to introduce a firearm is made after a physical altercation has already started and you’re on the ground. It’s imperative to train away any challenges you may face when fighting your way back up.
Another Biden Anti-Gun Plan is Struck Down
A federal judge ruled against this new rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Armed Citizen® July 7, 2023
True stories of the right to keep and bear arms.
NRA Files Suit Against ATF and DOJ Over “Pistol Brace Rule,” Defends Members Against Draconian Measure
This lawsuit is the NRA’s latest challenge to the rule regarding stabilizing braces.
The Deceit of Gun-Control Bills
If President Biden were honest, he would acknowledge the repeated failures of many gun-control laws. That he has instead chosen to blame his critics for his own failures is telling.