America's 1st Freedom

2 weeks ago | americas1stfreedom.org | Frank Miniter

What transpired after the day of the shot heard ‘round the world said a lot about why the Founders put the right to keep and bear arms in the U.S. Bill of Rights. After the battles at Lexington and Concord in April 1775, the English General Thomas Gage moved to confiscate of the arms of the residents of Boston. Fearing that the townsmen might rise up and support their countrymen, General Gage connived to disarm them.

3 weeks ago | americas1stfreedom.org | Frank Miniter

Citigroup published a press release declaring that it is reversing its policy of discriminating against gun manufacturers, stores with federal firearms licenses (FFL) and other firearms-related businesses. Citigroup’s press release states:We also will no longer have a specific policy as it relates to firearms. Our U.S. Commercial Firearms Policy was implemented in 2018 and pertained to sale of firearms by our retail clients and partners.

3 weeks ago | americas1stfreedom.org | Frank Miniter

This year’s A1F Freedom Award went to John Annoni, a now-retired elementary school teacher who spent his life using the American gun culture to save inner-city kids. Annoni founded Camp Compass Academy in 1994 as an afterschool program to help elementary school kids. When the school he worked in told him he could talk to kids about guns on school property, he found a nearby carpet store with an open top floor that was a short walk from the school.

4 weeks ago | americas1stfreedom.org | Frank Melloni

Peripheral equipment has changed, so it’s only logical for our firearms to change as well. Thirty years ago, mounting a flashlight to a pistol seemed obscure; however, as these devices became more mainstream, any pistol without a means of attaching one would sit in the showcase far longer than a dealer would care to look at it. We’ve experienced the same phenomenon with electronic sights, as consumers have begun to consider a slide with an optics cut to be standard equipment.

1 month ago | americas1stfreedom.org | Frank Miniter

After sunset, the large balcony at Morton’s was filled with people, steaks and cigars. A few stories below, car headlights streamed along the streets of Washington, D.C. A half-dozen members of the national media were around my table at the end of the balcony. These were friends and acquaintances of my brother, Richard, who has spent his career as an author, pundit and media mogul—he has his own news service now—in and around Capitol Hill.