🇺🇸 America First · Category #8 · 10 pts

Self-Defense & 2A

The God-given right to protect household and neighbor.

5 questions × 2 pts = 10 max · How scoring works · Back to scorecard

What this measures

Does this candidate defend the unalienable right to bear arms as a check against tyranny and a defense of household, neighbor, and homeland?

Why it matters

The Second Amendment recognizes — it does not grant — a right that predates the Constitution. The God-given duty of every head-of-household to defend his family (1 Timothy 5:8) requires the practical means to do so. A disarmed Christian population is a population without recourse when civil authorities turn unjust, and history (Russia 1917, Germany 1938, China 1949, Cambodia 1975, Venezuela 2012) is unambiguous about what happens next. This category catches the politicians who voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, who took the NRA grade then voted with Bloomberg, who quietly funded the ATF's pistol-brace reclassification.

And He said to them, "But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one." … Each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side as he built.

— Luke 22:36 / Nehemiah 4:18

The 5 scored questions

Each question is binary (True / False / null). True earns +2 points. Null is "not yet verified from primary sources" — neither penalized nor credited. Use the toggle below to see the wording for federal, state, or local officials — the moral spirit is identical across tiers; what changes is the chair making the call. Read the tier architecture explainer →

View as: 5 of 5 questions apply at this tier
  1. Q1. Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
    Q1. Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
    Q1. Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
  2. Q2. Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
    Q2. Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
    Q2. Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
  3. Q3. Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
    Q3. Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
    Q3. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.
  4. Q4. Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
    Q4. Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
    Q4. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.
  5. Q5. Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
    Q5. Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
    Q5. Not scored at the local tier — federal/state-only question.

Key bills, votes, and laws we track

Organizations and PAC vectors we score

⚠️ Position-level disqualifiers

  • Voted YES on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (2022)
  • Voted YES on a red-flag law or "extreme risk protection order" statute
  • Took identifiable Bloomberg / Everytown / Brady PAC money

A candidate matching any of the above is graded down to the floor of this category regardless of other answers in the rubric.

Where this lives in the scorecard

This category contributes 10 of 40 in the 🇺🇸 America First tier (40 pts total) and 10 of 100 in the grand total. See the full scoring system for the 60/40 weighting rationale and the letter-grade scale (A 90+ / B 80 / C 70 / D 60 / F <60).

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