Joseph P. DeBergalis Jr.

Happy Independence Day From The NRA!

As summer shifts into high gear and we celebrate with backyard BBQs and fireworks, it’s important to reflect on our roots, on why our country was founded, and on personal liberty and freedom.

Independence Day and Gunpowder are Forever Linked

When we look back at the history of the unique experience that has become the United States of America, we see that Independence Day and the right to bear arms are forever linked.

Independence Day Reminds Us That Freedom Needs Safekeeping

Freedom is a gift. America’s Freedom was purchased with the blood of patriots who fought and died so we could be free.

On the Fourth, Ask, “What is Freedom?”

As a life member of the NRA, I put freedom first. Why? As it is for all of us, the answer is both simple and complex.

On the Fourth and Freedom’s Tool

It is always worth stopping on the Fourth of July to behold what we have been given. Freedom.

The Living History Within the Fourth of July

George Mason actually declined to sign the U.S. Constitution because the document didn’t then contain a bill of rights. Soon after, Mason and others would get their way and thereby safeguard our freedom.

Of Gunsmoke and the 4th

Where Wall Street begins, or ends, depending on the direction traveled, sits this place, a beautiful church and a cemetery whose paths are rarely trodden.

Independence Day Reflections

We’re suspicious of “new” thoughts on liberty and security; some of those old ones are mighty good.

Semper Fi: 239 Years And Counting

Call ‘em what you will: Leathernecks, Jarheads or Devil Dogs, they were at the beginning.

A Navy Is Born

The ragtag Continental Navy faced Britain’s unrivaled might on the high seas.

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