Second Amendment

Defending the Second Amendment right of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms.

Advancing American Freedom on Second Amendment: 2 policy memos, 15 op-eds, 1 press release, 4 legal filings.

Featured research

• Zeroing Out Firearm and Suppressor Tax, Amy E. Swearer, April 11, 2026. The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) zeroes out the cost of constitutionally suspect taxes imposed by the National Firearms Act (NFA) on the registration or transfer of suppressors, short-barrel rifles, and short-barrel shotguns.
• AAF Senior Legal Fellow Amy Swearer Minnesota Legislature Gun Ban Testimony, John Shelton, February 24, 2026

AAF experts on Second Amendment

• Amy Swearer, Senior Legal Fellow

Policy memos on Second Amendment

• Zeroing Out Firearm and Suppressor Tax (April 11, 2026). The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) zeroes out the cost of constitutionally suspect taxes imposed by the National Firearms Act (NFA) on the registration or transfer of suppressors, short-barrel rifles, and short-barrel shotguns.
• AAF Senior Legal Fellow Amy Swearer Minnesota Legislature Gun Ban Testimony (February 24, 2026)

Op-eds and commentary

• Trump’s CDC Resurrects 'Buried' Data on Armed Self-Defense, Amy Swearer, PJ Media (October 27, 2026)
• Armed Self-Defense Stories Underscore New Defensive Gun Use Data, Amy Swearer, PJ Media (September 4, 2026)
• Gun control activists demanded better data. What they got surprised the heck out of them, Amy Swearer, Fox News (September 4, 2026)
• June Defensive Gun Uses Show Why Hawaii Should Embrace Second Amendment, Amy Swearer, PJ Media (July 24, 2026)
• A pothead gun owner won in court. But don’t light the joint just yet, Amy Swearer, Washington Examiner (June 25, 2026)
• Armed Self-Defense Incidents Show Why Second Amendment is Worth Safeguarding, Amy Swearer, PJ Media (June 24, 2026)
• Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii gun restrictions, Amy Swearer, WORLD (June 24, 2026)
• Trump Admin’s Recent Pro-Second Amendment Moves Are Good for Lawful Gun Owners, Amy Swearer, PJ Media (May 12, 2026)
• The 'Commonsense Gun Laws' That Didn't Stop Trump Assassination Attempt, Amy Swearer, The Daily Wire (May 7, 2026)
• Gun Control Advocates to Victims: Just Bring a Knife to the Gunfight, Amy Swearer, PJ Media (April 13, 2026)

Press releases

• AAF on SCOTUS Ruling on NRA Case (May 30, 2024)

Legal filings and amicus briefs

• AAF Files Amicus Brief Defending the Second Amendment (September 4, 2026)
• AAF Senior Legal Fellow Amy Swearer Submits Written Testimony to Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee Opposing Three Different Gun Control Bills (March 17, 2026)
• AAF Stands for the First and Second Amendments in New York–Again (November 25, 2025)
• AAF Stands for First Amendment Rights in NRA v. Vullo  (July 18, 2025)