PJTV
Kansas Lawmaker Looks to Strengthen Second Amendment Protections
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- Kansas Lawmaker Looks to Strengthen Second Amendment Protections
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- State Rep. Rebecca Schmoe joins Cam with news of a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would impose a "strict scrutiny" standard on gun control laws while adding specific protections for ammunition, firearm accessories, and firearm components possessed by gun owners in the state.
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- Virginia Democrats Unleash Torrent of Gun Control Bills
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- 3 months ago
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- Next Monday gun owners will be flocking to Richmond for the Virginia Citizens Defense League's Lobby Day and Rally. VCDL head Phillip Van Cleave tells Cam there are a lot of reasons for Second Amendment advocates to show up, starting with the onslaught of bills targeting lawful gun owners that have been introduced in recent days.
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- Massachusetts Senate Close to Unveiling New Anti-Gun Bill
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- 3 months ago
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- We're still a few weeks away from the Senate Democrats' self-imposed deadline to introduce an omnibus gun control bill, but Gun Owners Action League director of public policy Mike Harris says the bill is likely to include many non-starters for Second Amendment advocates; from live-fire training to expanding the state's "red flag" law.
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- Minnesota's 'Red Flag' Law Getting a Boost from Anti-Gun Media
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- 3 months ago
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- Minnesota's new "red flag" law is now in effect and the state's biggest newspaper is engaged in a full-scale effort to see it put to use, even if it has to mislead readers about what it does and does not do.
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- What Happens Next in California Carry Lawsuits?
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- 4 months ago
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- Attorney Kostas Moros joins Cam with details of a significant win for concealed carry holders in California that once again places many of the state’s new “gun-free zones” off-limits to enforcement.
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- Civil Disobedience in Illinois as Gun Owners Defy Registration Mandate
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- 4 months ago
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- Illinois gun owners found in possession of unregistered "assault weapons" and "large capacity" magazines could now face criminal charges, but that hasn't stopped many gun owners from engaging in civil disobedience, especially with many sheriffs and some state's attorneys saying they have no plans on arresting or prosecuting otherwise lawful citizens.
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- Hold My Guns is Saving Lives and Protecting Rights at the Same Time
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- 4 months ago
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- Hold My Guns founder Sarah Joy Albrecht joins Cam to talk about the mission of the non-profit, the strides it's making in saving lives, and how gun control laws can hurt the very people anti-gun activists claim to be helping.
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- Mark Walters' 2A Predictions for 2024
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- 4 months ago
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- Armed American Radio host Mark Walters joins Cam with a few of his predictions for the new year, from the Supreme Court to the court of public opinion.
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- A Look Ahead at the 2A in 2024
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- 4 months ago
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- The Reload's Stephen Gutowski joins Cam to wrap up 2023 and take a look at the challenges and opportunities awaiting Second Amendment advocates in the year ahead.
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- Guns for Everyone Aims for Colorado Ballot Initiative
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- 4 months ago
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- Guns for Everyone co-founder Edgar Antillon joins Cam to talk about the group's push for a voter referendum in Colorado making it clear that cannabis use, which is legal in the state, isn't a disqualifying factor for those applying for a concealed carry license.
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- California's Attack on the Right to Carry is Crumbling
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- 4 months ago
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- Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb joins Cam to discuss U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney's decision halting enforcement of many of California's newest "gun-free zones" as well as pending challenges to other aspects of the state's latest carry restrictions set to take effect on January 1.
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- Anti-Gunners Take Aim at Pro-2A Families, 'Kidfluencers'
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- 4 months ago
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- Gun control activists from the White House on down are lashing out at family-friendly and 2A-supporting social media influencers, including minors, who they baselessly claim are "marketing" firearms to kids.
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- Kansas City Mayor's Excuses for Crime Don't Add Up
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- 4 months ago
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- Kansas City Mayor Quentin Lucas blames Missouri gun laws for the city's rise in homicides and is pointing to federal gun control legislation as the answer, but his finger-pointing can't explain the major decline in murders in Missouri's other big city.
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- A Second Circuit Subversion of Bruen
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- 4 months ago
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- Second Amendment Foundation executive director Adam Kraut joins Cam to discuss the group's latest lawsuit in New York taking on a gun ban in subsidized housing, as well as a bold attempt by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to subvert the Bruen decision and its "text, history, and tradition" test for gun control laws.
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- Petty: ATF Reform Not Enough
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- 4 months ago
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- Bearing Arms contributor Ryan Petty joins Cam to discuss his latest column calling for the transformation of the ATF and why he believes abolition may be a better alternative.
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- Behind the Scenes of 'Behind the Gun'
- Date posted
- 4 months ago
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- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporter John Diedrich joins Cam to discuss his multi-part series "Behind the Gun", which not only explores gun-involved deaths in the state but highlights the work being done by gun owners to reduce the number of suicides, homicides, and accidents involving firearms.
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- A Frustrating Anniversary and a Looming Deadline
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- 5 months ago
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- Firearms Policy Coalition's general counsel and vice president of legal Cody J. Wisniewski joins Cam to discuss the one-year wait for a decision in a Maryland "assault weapons" case as well as today's deadline for public comment about the ATF's newest proposed rule; this one aimed at gun owners who might want to sell a part of their private collection.
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- California Carry Case Could Have National Implications
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- California Rifle & Pistol Association head and 2A attorney Chuck Michel joins Cam to discuss the latest lawsuit filed in response to concealed carry restrictions; this one taking on issues like the insanely long wait times in LA County, exorbitant fees charged by the city of La Verne, and the state's prohibition on non-residents bearing arms.
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- NSSF Responds to Schumer's Planned Gun Ban Vote
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- 5 months ago
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- The National Shooting Sports Foundation's Larry Keane calls Chuck Schumer's announcement for an imminent vote on the GOSAFE Act a political stunt, but says the bill should still be seen as a legitimate threat to our Second Amendment rights.
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- A Shooting Sports Renaissance in Schools?
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Air rifle ranges in school basements may still largely be a thing of the past, but that doesn't mean the teams themselves have disappeared. With trap shooting one of the fastest-growing high school sports and other groups like the Student Air Rifle League hosting competitions for elementary, middle, and high school teams the shooting sports are making a welcome return to school districts around the country.
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- Media Bias and Lawmaker Ignorance on Display During Massachusetts Gun Hearing
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Jim Wallace and Mike Harris of the Gun Owners Action League join Cam for a firsthand report on the massive legislative hearing involving dozens of gun-related bills held in Boston this week.
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- The Colossal Failures That Led to Lewiston Murders
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- 5 months ago
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- David Trahan, head of the Sportsmans Alliance of Maine, joins Cam to detail what he's learned about the repeated failures of local, state, and federal agencies to prevent the shootings in Lewiston, as well as the looming fight over "red flag" laws and bans on firearms and magazines that are sure to erupt when lawmakers return to the state capitol in early January.
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- Canada's Handgun 'Freeze' Is Really a Slow Motion Gun Ban
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- If there was any doubt that the "freeze" on handgun sales instituted by the Trudeau administration is really aimed at ending handgun ownership altogether, a recent letter from a coalition of gun control groups to Canadian senators urging them not to expand an exemption for a handful of competitive shooters should put that uncertainty to rest.
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- VCDL President Has Stark Warning About "Assault Weapons" Push
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Phillip Van Cleave of the Virginia Citizens Defense League joins Cam to discuss the upcoming push for an "assault weapons" ban by Democratic state legislators and why it's critically important for gun owners to push back during the group's upcoming Lobby Day.
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- Turning Gun Owners into 2A Advocates
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- A new NBC News poll shows a huge increase in the number of American households with gun owners, including more than 4-in-10 Democrats. But the poll also found a nearly 50-50 split among voters on protecting 2A rights or passing more gun control; a data point that suggests far more outreach is needed to get those new gun owners to actively defend and advocate for their right to keep and bear arms.
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- You Don't Need Hands to Bear Arms
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Firearms instructor and gun store owner Michael Cargill joins Cam with the inspiring details of an amazing young man who recently passed his Texas concealed carry course with "flying colors" even though he doesn't have arms, as well as an update on the bump stock case known as Garland v. Cargill, which will soon be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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- A 'Red Flag' Revival in Tennessee?
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Lawmakers didn't take up Gov. Bill Lee's proposed "temporary mental health order of protection" during the special session he called earlier this year, but the idea (better known as a "red flag" law despite the governor's insistence there's a substantial difference) is sure to emerge again as Tennessee legislators begin pre-filling their bills for the 2024 session set to kick off in early January.
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- Parkland Dad Slams WaPo's "Disgusting" Use of Crime Scene Images
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina was killed in the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida five years ago, calls the Washington Post's use of crime scene photos and videos from the scenes of mass shootings involving AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles a disgusting bit of gaslighting in pursuit of a gun ban.
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- Searching for Standing In Second Circuit 2A Challenges
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- A lawsuit filed against several Connecticut police chiefs over lengthy licensing delays got its day in court on Tuesday as a panel of Second Circuit judges wrestled with precedential decisions that make it nearly impossible for groups like the Connecticut Citizens Defense League to challenge gun control statutes. CCDL's Holly Sullivan joins Cam to talk more about the case and its importance to 2A litigation in the Second Circuit going forward.
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- Gutowski on Gun Bans, SCOTUS, and More
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- The Reload's Stephen Gutowski joins Cam for a wide-ranging conversation touching on semi-auto bans and SCOTUS, anti-2A activism in the media, and the surging number of Israelis trying to become lawful gun owners since the October 7 attacks.
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- Next Gun Control Fight Likely to Target Ammo
- Date posted
- 5 months ago
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- A New York Times story tying the Army's Lake City Ammunition Plant to mass shootings and other violent crimes could be the launch of a new campaign by anti-gun activists; one that targets the manufacture and sale of ammunition for modern sporting rifles in addition to demanding a ban on the guns themselves.
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- Massachusetts Senate Race Good News for Gun Owners
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- The Massachusetts Senate is still dominated by Democrats, but Republicans did manage to flip a seat that's been blue for decades during a special election on Tuesday. As Mike Harris of the Gun Owners Action League tells Cam, the race was an oddity in the state; pitting a pro-2A Republican against one of the few Democratic lawmakers willing to stand in support of the Second Amendment.
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- Keane Blasts Dettelbach's "Unprecedented" Demand for Gun Ban
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- The National Shooting Sports Foundation is continuing its partnership with the ATF on the "Don't Lie for the Other Guy" anti-straw purchasing campaign, but NSSF senior vice president and general counsel Larry Keane says the anti-gun activism by ATF Director Steve Dettelbach is making it more difficult to work with the agency.
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- Breaking Down the SCOTUS Arguments in Rahimi
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- For nearly two hours on Tuesday justices quizzed attorneys for the Department of Justice and Zachey Rahimi about the standard that can and should be used to prohibit individuals from possessing a firearm, with the Biden administration arguing that legislators at both the state and federal level have broad authority to deny Second Amendment rights to anyone they define as "non-law abiding" or "irresponsible."
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- Rise of the Reluctant Gun Owner
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Gun stores in south Florida and across the country are seeing an influx of new customers, including a lot of folks who never saw the need to own a gun until now. Will these reluctant gun owners go on to become 2A advocates, or will they hold fast to their gun control believes even after they start exercising their own right to keep and bear arms?
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- An Anti-Gun Witchhunt in Massachusetts
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Anti-gun officials in Sudbury, Massachusetts are pushing for a ban on gun stores within its borders, despite the fact that the proposal was previously rejected by residents. Gun Owners Action League's director of public policy Mike Harris joins Cam with the latest details, as well as an update on the Senate's crafting of a gun control bill of its own.
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- Gallup: 49% of Democrats Want Handgun Ban
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- 6 months ago
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- A new Gallup Poll found most Americans are opposed to a ban on handguns and believe firearms in the home make it a safer place, but a staggering number of Democrats disagree and are supportive of banning not only so-called assault weapons, but commonly owned pistols as well.
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- A First and Second Amendment Win in California
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Attorney Tiffany Cheuvront joins Cam to discuss the details of a big win for gun owners in California after a federal judge granted an injunction against two laws banning gun shows from taking place on state property and the Orange County Fairgrounds.
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- Law Review Symposium Riddled With Anti-2A Slant
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- 6 months ago
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- Bryan Strawser from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus joins Cam with a firsthand report on a slanted symposium hosted by the University of Minnesota Law Review and sponsored by the gun control group Giffords, where anti-gun academics and activists were on hand to bemoan the Bruen decision and chart a way forward for their anti-rights campaigns.
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- Maine Governor Calls For Compassion, Not Gun Control in First Public Comments
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- The gun control lobby wasted no time in demanding changes to Maine's gun laws after the mass murder in Lewiston on Monday evening, but Gov. Janet Mills wisely ignored those calls in her first public comments on Thursday, instead asking Mainers to show love, compassion, and concern for each other going forward.
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- SoCal Supervisors Say "No" to Newsom's Anti-2A Constitutional Amendment
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- San Diego County Gun Owners political director Michael Schwartz was on hand as supervisors deadlocked 2-2 on a resolution in support of Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed 28th amendment that would enshrine a host of anti-gun provisions into the U.S. Constitution, and joins Cam to discuss the vote and how SDCGO is pushing back to defend the Second Amendment.
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- California AG Brings Knife Argument to Legal Fight Over Gun Ban
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- California Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to keep the state's ban on "assault weapons" in place after a federal judge declared the statute unconstitutional, and despite Gov. Gavin Newsom's attempt to ridicule the judge for comparing Bowie knives to AR-15s it's actually Bonta who's raising that argument before the appeals court.
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- Illinois Law Poses Clear and Present Danger to Gun Owners
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Illinois Carry's Valinda Rowe joins Cam with news of a backdoor ammunition registration scheme that's on hold, at least for now, thanks to her grassroots activism. But Rowe also shares troubling news about a rise in FOID revocations based on "clear and present danger" reports, even when mental health professions find no danger at all.
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- GOAL Blasts Passage of "Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act"
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- The Gun Owners Action League's director of public policy Mike Harris joins Cam with some behind-the-scenes details of the Massachusetts House's latest assault on the Second Amendment, including the continued opposition from police chiefs across the state.
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- 2A Activist of the Year Has A Message for Anti-Gunners
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- 6 months ago
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- Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus chair and the Second Amendment Foundation's 2023 Grassroots Activist of the Year Bryan Strawswer joins Cam with an update on the latest attacks on the Second Amendment in the land of 10,000 lakes, advice on how to be an effective 2A advocate, and more.
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- Gun Sales Surging as Jewish Americans Embrace Their 2A Rights
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- Gun stores in states like Texas and Florida are reporting a spike in sales and interest in training after the Hamas terror attacks on Israel and calls for violence against Jews around the globe.
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- Blunder Down Under: Australian State Moves to Limit Gun Ownership
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- If anti-gunners in Western Australia get their way, lawful gun owners will soon face caps on the number of firearms they're allowed to possess – a step that the American gun control lobby would love to foist on gun owners here at home.
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- SAF's Gottlieb Weighs in on SCOTUS and the Second Amendment
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- The Supreme Court will get another chance to grant emergency relief to gun owners in the coming days, this time in a case challenging California's ban on "large capacity" magazines. Meanwhile, the Court is slated to hold oral arguments in less than a month in the Rahimi case, and Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president Alan Gottlieb joins Cam to share his thoughts on how the Second Amendment is faring before the High Court.
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- Mass House Dems Have Anti-2A bill on a Fast Track
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
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- The Gun Owners Action League's Jim Wallace is back with the latest news and details on HD 4607, which received its first (and likely only) public hearing on Tuesday. With gun owners and law enforcement in opposition House Democrats are now racing to hold a final vote on the bill, perhaps as early as next week.
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- The "Pew Pew Jew" Sounds off on Self-defense after Hamas Attack
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
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- Yehuda Remer, also known as "The Pew Pew Jew", joins Cam to discuss the latest on the attack on Israel by Hamas forces, including the push to relax Israel's gun control laws to allow for more armed citizens to act in self-defense.