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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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Sitka Keeps You Warm Without Curtailing Movement
As you prepare to gear up for your winter hunts, Sitka gear offers a full line-up of products that won the NRA’s Golden Bullseye Award for good reason.
New Gold Medal Loads Introduced into Federal Premium’s Lineup
For rifle shooters, the new offerings add to a reliable line of ammunition.
5.11 Tactical Offers Dual-Purpose Backpack
The Mira 2-in-1 Pack has a detachable pouch that can be carried across your body.
Levi Strauss Sides with Gun Control
Company executive announces anti-gun initiative in partnership with Everytown for Gun Safety.
CMP Accepting Orders for Surplus M1911s
The one-month window for requests to purchase one of the guns closes Oct. 4.
Entertainment TV’s Bias Against Guns
The media’s pro-gun-control bias doesn’t just distort news coverage.
UFC Fighter Chooses Gun Over Fists for Defense
Dean Lister, who had a career in the ring, diffused a self-defense situation in his home by using his brain and a gun instead of his fists.
NRA-ILA Launches Initiative to Stop Assault on Washingtonians’ Rights
The new website Initiative1639.org is an effort to spread the word to law-abiding gun owners of a new law to throttle the Second Amendment.
Gun Supporters Have a YouTube-Like Site
With all the hassles gun aficionados have to cut through to get something posted on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, a Second Amendment supporter offers a video site for firearm fans.
Dick’s to Shelve Hunting Products from Select Stores
As store’s gun politics hurt business, it does more to hurt business.
Training Colorado Educators FASTER
A look inside the determined, growing program that brings life-saving skills to any Colorado teacher who asks for them.
How Many School Shootings Happen? Pick a Number
It seems that school districts have a hard time answering even the most basic question about school shootings accurately.
Chicago: The Real Story
NRATV's Colion Noir talks to everyday people in the city to get their take on Chicago's homicide problem.
California Legislature Raises Rifle-Buying Age to 21
It becomes the latest state to react with such a law in the wake of Parkland.
Cut-Rate Cochran
As New York City resident John W. Cochran designed horizontal percussion turret rifles employing radial cylinders, he realized the inherent danger present in his design.
Ruger American Rimfire Target .17 HMR
Certain types of shooters turn up their noses at little rimfires. This month we have a rifle from Ruger and a cartridge from Hornady that prove that is a big mistake.
Product Roundup: New Releases Make Life a Little Easier, Safer
Newer items coming out this year from outdoor lifestyle companies are designed to work smarter and harder for the consumer.
Mail Call: Business Overreach
I just finished the America’s 1st Freedom July issue and was pleased to see two pieces on business overreach with respect to curtailing our Second Amendment freedom.
Will the Senate Turn Blue?
Gun owners must prevent anti-gunners from flipping the U.S. Senate in November.
Mail Call: Pistol Grips Are Everywhere
According to U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s belief that the pistol grip is dangerous (“A Dunce Talks Gun Confiscation,” July, p. 68), I’m terribly afraid my blow dryer has an awfully dangerous pistol grip.