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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 | Reloading 2: Basic Equipment
A simple array of tools is all that is needed to start handloading.
Gun Review | Beretta 30X Tomcat
Beretta did an excellent job of updating this classic. It has tweaks, but retains the features that made it so popular in the first place.
Voters Are Fighting Back
Anti-gun jurisdictions display indifference to crime, but voters are fighting back.
President Trump Signs Huge Executive Order on Guns
President Trump is moving fast to find and root out any remaining anti-Second Amendment rules, actions and legal positions still in place.
How Gun Pollsters Deceive
When the misleading language of gun-control groups is used in polls, it should come as no surprise that the results don’t map properly onto the real world.
A Far-Left Gun-Control Activist Ascends to DNC Leadership
To see how radical Hogg is, all we have to do is review some of his social-media posts.
The Armed Citizen® February 7, 2025
True stories of the right to keep and bear arms
White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention Goes Dark
The Biden administration’s White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention is no more—at least that is what it looks like.
Europe is Waking Up to Its Need for Armed Citizens
More citizens of various European countries are now training with firearms and, in some notable cases, they are doing so with the encouragement of their respective governments.
President Trump Targets Violent Criminals Instead of Gun Owners
Instead of pretending the rights of law-abiding American citizens are the cause of violent-crime rates, as the Biden administration did, the Trump administration is going after actual bad guys.
Freedom is Alive at the NRA Great American Outdoor Show
This celebration of American freedom is a destination event for the whole family.
Shooting Straight with Captain Phillip Beall
When a high-achieving person realizes his own industry is desperately in need of reform, he will resolutely keep pushing for sensible changes. Such is the story of Captain Phillip Beall.
A New Sheriff Is In Town
The downfall of so many prominent anti-gun progressives was a long-overdue day of reckoning. The American electorate has made a national course correction.
What’s The Ultimate Home-Defense Gun? The Semi-Automatic Rifle
The semi-automatic rifle can be highly maneuverable while utilizing purpose-built ammunition capable of neutralizing a threat with a lower risk of over-penetration.
What’s The Ultimate Home-Defense Gun? The Shotgun
For those who master the shotgun, bad guys beware!
New Guns from SHOT Show 2025
The 2025 SHOT Show served up its usual cadres of new and refined products.
What’s The Ultimate Home-Defense Gun? The Pistol
Three gun gurus politely, but passionately, disagree on what is the best home-defense gun. This three-part series starts with a case being made for the pistol.
From the Editor | An Administration of Gun Owners
The Trump administration is loaded with actual gun owners, not poseurs. How this might shape policy is an important thing to consider.
Standing Guard | An NRA Renaissance
We can now do a lot to protect and grow our freedom.