Last week, a bill in South Carolina passed out of the House Judiciary subcommittee that would ensure that people would indeed have the protections of the government to not be arrested for owning and carrying a weapon without permission from the government, and it has gun grabbing communists in the …

The Social Security Administration, created to administer public retirement benefits, is now poised to deny the Second Amendment-protected rights of tens of thousands of recipients. Editor’s Note: Since this feature appeared in the print version of America’s 1st Freedom magazine, Congress and President Donald Trump rolled back the Obama-era regulation …

Tentative cops and uncertain justice are driving up urban homicide rates. This feature appears in the March ‘17 issue of NRA America’s 1st Freedom, one of the official journals of the National Rifle Association.   The downward trend in violent crime over the last 25 years has been nothing short of remarkable. …

We Carry Lifers have an image problem, like it or not. Non-shooters especially, but some surprising others too, labor under lingering doubts that we’re secretly fonts of seething, irrational fury, waiting to erupt with gunfire at imaginary provocations. The happy—though certainly unappreciated—truth is the polar opposite. CCW holders have a …

With violent crime on the rise around the country, the media should be interested in investigating the reasons why, right? Instead, the media feeds into the anti-gun frenzy with reports of untraceable “ghost guns,” descriptions of suppressors as “tools for assassins,” and gun owners as ticking time bombs. When was …

Politicians in Annapolis, Md., are set to enshrine another piece of anti-gun legislation into law this session. A bill to ban the lawful carrying of a concealed firearm seems poised to pass the legislature, though it remains to be seen what Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will do with the bill …

HR 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, appears to be a good bill for Second Amendment supporters. However, could I ask that we take the premise that if we actually believe in the protections of rights contained in the Second Amendment and knowing how government usurps its authority …

Article first appeared at Cheaper than Dirt. Lawful Gun Carriers Must Forfeit Other Rights If you thought your Second Amendment rights were safe with the election of a new President, you may have to rethink your position. Rulings such as this, especially given the first decision and the Justice Department’s …

Article first appeared at Americas 1st Freedom. Last week’s attack at the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., airport has provided anti-gun activists another ill-advised opportunity to try to advance their cause in the immediate aftermath of a tragedy. Minutes after the first fragmented news from Ft. Lauderdale streamed across our social media …

Article first appeared at American Rifleman. They say beauty is only skin deep. That said, some people have difficulty looking past the surface. I think that is indeed the case with the recently leaked imagery of the new Taurus Spectrum pistol. Despite the jibes, perhaps rightly, Taurus has taken on …