PJTV
Where Are The Calls For "Car Control"?
- Title
- Where Are The Calls For "Car Control"?
- Runtime
- 22:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- It's not just violent crime that's been on the increase across the country over the past few years. Traffic fatalities have climbed by more than 20% since 2020, and are on pace to be nearly twice the number of homicides this year.... so where are the calls from Democrats about the need for "common sense car control"?
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- Buffalo Police Credit Change in Tactic, Not Gun Control Laws, For Crime Drop
- Runtime
- 23:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Shootings in Buffalo, New York are down by more than 30% this year, but it's not because of any other gun control laws approved by lawmakers. Instead, police are crediting a shift to focus on "micro hot spots" for the drop in crime; a strategy that targets violent criminals rather than the general public or legal gun owners.
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- Is The FTC The Next ATF?
- Runtime
- 25:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Anti-gun groups are using legislation, litigation, and the threat of regulation in an attempt to chill the First Amendment rights of gun owners and gun makers, including a new complaint filed at the Federal Trade Commission targeting advertising within the firearms industry.
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- WSJ Says Smith & Wesson Subpoena Crosses The Line
- Runtime
- 20:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The House Oversight Committee's subpoena of Smith & Wesson demanding "granular" details about its sales of modern sporting rifles isn't just an attempt at "character assassination", according to the editors of the Wall St. Journal, it's likely to be laughed out of court.
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- 2A Advocates Launch Effort To Defeat Gun Control Initiative
- Runtime
- 22:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A ballot initiative that would require would-be gun owners to first undergo training and apply for a permit to purchase a firearm is getting serious pushback from gun owners, 2A activists, and several sheriffs in the state who warn that even non-gun owners won't be happy with the unintended consequences if the measure is approved by voters this November.
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- Is Kelly Running On Or Away From His Support For Gun Control?
- Runtime
- 23:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- As Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly hopes to win a full six-year term in the U.S. Senate this fall, the co-founder of the gun control group Giffords is highlighting his support for abortion but isn't saying much at all about his embrace of an anti-2A ideology.
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- Colorado teachers arming up to protect students
- Runtime
- 25:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- FASTER Colorado Executive Director Laura Carno joins Cam to discuss the growing popularity of armed school staff in her state and beyond Colorado's borders, and why anti-gun activists are wrong to oppose these policies.
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- Houston wastes $100K on gun "buyback"
- Runtime
- 17:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Gun owners are well aware of the ineffectiveness of gun "buyback" programs when it comes to reducing violent crime, but surprisingly, one public radio outlet in Texas is casting a critical eye on Houston's recent compensated confiscation event and questioning the motivations behind it.
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- One gun rights advocate's journey from activist to candidate
- Runtime
- 21:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Rebecca Schmoe has been a champion of the right to keep and bear arms for several years with groups like 1 Million Moms Against Gun Control and the D.C. Project. Now she's stepping further into the political arena by running for state representative in Kansas, and hoping to inspire other advocates to do the same.
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- Florida paper wants DeSantis to target 2A sheriffs
- Runtime
- 19:32
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspending a state's attorney for “neglect of duty” and “incompetence for vowing not to enforce certain laws relating to abortion and "gender transitioning," the Orlando Sentinel wants to know why the governor isn't taking a similar stance on sheriffs who've vowed not to enforce any new gun control laws.
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- AP declares it's "open season" on gun laws
- Runtime
- 21:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Anti-gun bias in the media is nothing new, but as Cam details, in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in NYSPRA v. Bruen it's getting ramped up to new heights.
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- Colorado county approves gun ban despite threat of legal challenge
- Runtime
- 16:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- And not only a gun ban. Boulder County has also restricted where concealed carry holders can carry, imposed a ban on gun sales to adults under the age of 21, and a waiting period mandate as well. Now one gun rights group in the state is vowing to sue, and others may soon follow suit.
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- Professor calls for national gun "buyback"
- Runtime
- 26:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Gregory Koger might not have thought this one through, because as Cam explains, there are a lot of problems with his call for a national "buyback", even one that's supposedly voluntary in nature.
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- Gun control goes down to the wire in Massachusetts
- Runtime
- 29:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Massachusetts' legislature wrapped up this year's session early Monday morning, and the head of the Gun Owners Action League says that while a few of the more egregious gun control items ended up on the chopping block, there are still several items of concern and dubious constitutionality that made it across the finish line.
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- GOA teams up with red state AGs to challenge Biden's "ghost gun" rule
- Runtime
- 21:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A coalition of 17 Republican Attorneys General are standing side-by-side with Gun Owners of America to take on the Biden administration's pending rule regarding unfinished and unserialized frames and receivers set to take effect next month.
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- House Dems accuse gun makers of fueling mass murder
- Runtime
- 21:54
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- House Democrats are using an Oversight Committee hearing chaired by Rep. Carolyn Maloney to scapegoat gun makers and blame them for the actions of cowardly murderers and violent criminals, accusing them of putting profits ahead of public safety.
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- Ohio officer pans Biden's latest argument for "assault weapons" ban
- Runtime
- 26:41
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- While Joe Biden says you can't claim to support police unless you also support banning so-called assault weapons, Ohio police officer, firearms instructor, and gun store/range owner Eric Delbert says Biden's push for a ban isn't supported by most officers and wouldn't do anything to make the public or peace officers safer.
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- House gun ban bill in a holding pattern?
- Runtime
- 21:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The behind-the-scenes arm twisting on the part of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leadership continues, but there are signs that the outcome of a vote in doubt, and may not take place this week.
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- Gun industry sounds off on House gun ban, ATF chief, and more
- Runtime
- 30:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The National Shooting Sports Foundation's senior vice president and general counsel Larry Keane joins Cam for a wide-ranging discussion on the Democrats' latest "assault weapons" ban, the installment of Steve Dettelbach as head of the ATF, the gun control lobby's war on the industry in courts of law and public opinion, and more.
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- Progressive activists put 2A rights on the ballot in Oregon
- Runtime
- 21:02
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The state of Oregon could impose new restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms, many of which appear to violate the Constitution, if a ballot initiative just approved for the November elections ends up being approved by voters.
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- Gun control reaction to Indiana armed citizen anything but "reasonable"
- Runtime
- 24:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The gun control lobby loves to portray itself as the voice of "reasonableness" and "commonsense," but their criticism of the armed citizen who stopped the targeted attack at a Greenwood, Indiana mall doesn't make much sense at all, as the Reload's Stephen Gutowski and Cam Edwards discuss on today's show.
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- Indiana mall shooting and the case against "gun-free zones"
- Runtime
- 23:53
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A 22-year old was able to stop a targeted attack on an Indiana mall on Sunday, but only because he violated the mall's "no weapons" policy and was carrying a handgun of his own. While the armed citizen isn't likely to face chargers, the defensive gun use is another demonstration that "gun-free zones" don't stop violent criminals, but could prevent law-abiding citizens from acting in self-defense or the defense of others.
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- Don't underestimate the depths of Dems' defiance of SCOTUS
- Runtime
- 21:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Law professor Jonathan Turley says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democratic legislature are risking a Supreme Court smackdown with their latest round of gun control laws, but he gives the anti-gun politicians far too much credit when it comes to trying to comply with the Court's decision in Bruen.
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- FL Democrat Cites Bruen in Challenge to Federal Ban on Guns and Weed
- Runtime
- 25:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried's lawsuit challenging the federal government's prohibition on gun ownership for medical marijuana laws looks to be motivated at least in part by politics, but that doesn't mean the case itself is without merit.
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- Detroit Firearms Instructor Bringing 2A Teaching to the Masses
- Runtime
- 26:01
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Rick Ector is hoping to help educate hundreds of new and would-be gun owners in the Detroit area through a massive event taking place at two local ranges later this month. He joins Cam to talk about the event, as well as the licensing delays Detroit residents are still facing when they apply for their license to carry.
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- Repeal and Replace the 2nd Amendment?
- Runtime
- 24:41
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Anti-gun activists are getting downright delusional with their efforts to disarm Americans. Thwarted by the Supreme Court, a growing number of them are now demanding that we the people amend the Constitution and repeal the right to keep and bear arms entirely.
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- House Dems Target Gun Makers with Public Hearing
- Runtime
- 20:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- House Oversight Committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney of New York is calling on the CEOs of several major gun companies to testify on Capitol Hill in a politically-motivated witch hunt designed to scapegoat the firearms industry and blame it for the actions of criminals.
- Title
- NY gun group preps for legal fight over new carry restrictions
- Runtime
- 20:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Attorneys for the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association are carefully poring over the new anti-2A laws slapped in place by Democrats last week, and NYSRPA executive director Tom King says legal challenges are coming "sooner rather than later."
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- New York gun group promises swift response to new carry restrictions
- Runtime
- 24:09
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- New York State Rifle & Pistol Association executive director Tom King tells Cam that the attempts by New York Democrats to defy the Supreme Court's opinion on the right to bear arms in public by imposing sweeping "gun-free zones", draconian training mandates, and more will be challenged.
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- CA gun owners demand action and answers over AG's leak of personal info
- Runtime
- 32:18
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- CRPA head Chuck Michel joins Cam with the latest info into the massive leak of private information of hundreds of thousands of California gun owners from Attorney General Rob Bonta's office, as well as a look at the 16 gun control bills that are likely heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom in the next few days.
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- Blue state Dems set to impose new (and unconstitutional) carry bans
- Runtime
- 27:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Supreme Court decision in NYSPRA v. Bruen warned against states trying to declare broad swathes of publicly accessible places as "sensitive spaces" where guns could be banned, but that's exactly what Democrats like New York Gov. Kathy Hochul are trying to do by imposing new restrictions on where gun owners can lawfully carry, including virtually all privately-owned businesses unless (in limited circumstances) business owners "opt in" to allow it.
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- 2A activists take aim at California gun control laws
- Runtime
- 29:32
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- California Rifle & Pistol Association president and Second Amendment attorney Chuck Michel joins Cam to lay out the top priorities for the 2A group in the wake of last week's historic Supreme Court decision, including efforts to defeat anti-gunners' attempts to use "sensitive places" and "good moral character" requirements to block most Californians from accessing their right to bear arms in self-defense.
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- Gun store owner and congressman wants to repeal all taxes on arms and ammo
- Runtime
- 20:32
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia joins Cam to talk about his new RETURN (Repealing Excise Tax on Unalienable Rights Now) our Constitutional Rights Act, which would remove ALL federal taxes on firearms and ammunition, including the $200 tax stamp for NFA items.
- Title
- SCOTUS decision on right to carry is a huge win for gun owners
- Runtime
- 20:40
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association doesn't just declare all "proper cause" requirements for a concealed carry license unconstitutional, it casts major doubt on the constitutionality of gun control laws like bans on AR-15s and "large capacity" magazines that have no analogue in American history or the text and tradition of the right to keep and bear arms.
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- FL Congressman explains why he's a "no" on the Senate gun deal
- Runtime
- 26:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida joins Cam to discuss the details of the gun deal reached by the Senate and his objections, as well as what he believes can and should be done to prevent attacks like the horrific murders at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas without letting our emotions override our logic, common sense, and Constitution.
- Title
- Senate rushes to get gun deal in place
- Runtime
- 15:45
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- With the Senate set to adjourn for two weeks on Thursday afternoon, negotiators are rushing to put a bill on the floor for a vote, but will there be time to actually read the legislation brokered by Democrats and Republicans in response to the shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas before that vote is held?
- Title
- A "sensitive" question about the right to bear arms
- Runtime
- 16:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- If the Supreme Court strikes down New York's "may issue" carry laws in the coming days, anti-gun politicians and the gun control lobby are working to get a backup plan in place: banning the carrying of firearms in many publicly accessible areas by calling them "sensitive places" off-limits to our Second Amendment rights.
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- Bloomberg columnist says Biden should go big on anti-gun executive order
- Runtime
- 21:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Bloomberg columnist Timothy O'Brien thinks he's found a way to stop the sale of modern sporting rifles without the need for Congress to cast a vote, but as Cam points out, there are a few flaws and unintended consequences in his gun ban plan.
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- Mag sales soar ahead of WA ban
- Runtime
- 16:53
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Democrats in Washington State approved a ban on so-called large capacity magazines earlier this year, but ahead of the law taking effect on July 1st gun stores around the state are reporting a massive increase in sales.
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- Democrats aim to bankrupt gun industry through junk lawsuits
- Runtime
- 18:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- From California to New Jersey, anti-gun Democrats are pushing new laws allowing for gun makers to be sued for the actions of criminals despite a federal law that was designed to prevent these politically-motivated lawsuits from going forward. The intention is clear; to bankrupt the firearms industry and deprive law-abiding Americans of access to their right to keep and bear arms.
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- Can the Senate gun deal be stopped?
- Runtime
- 34:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- With 10 Republicans agreeing in principle to a deal that includes increased spending on mental health and school security as well as offering grants to states that adopt "red flag" laws and including juvenile crime records in background checks on young adults who purchase firearms, there's a lot of momentum at the moment, and if 2A activists are going to successfully sideline the legislation, we can't just talk to ourselves.
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- Swearer sounds off on House gun control hearing
- Runtime
- 27:54
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Heritage Foundation's Amy Swearer was one of a handful of Second Amendment supporters invited to testify during Wednesday's House committee hearing on "gun violence" (and more importantly, gun control), and joins Cam to discuss her appearance and her frustration with the lack of interest by Democrats in looking for answers that don't involve restricting the right to keep and bear arms.
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- Surge in interest in armed school staffers
- Runtime
- 20:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- While most of the media's attention is focused on gun control efforts on Capitol Hill, away from the spotlight many school districts are quietly investigating the possibility of having armed school staff members in place. FASTER Colorado's Laura Carno tells Cam that the group has been overwhelmed with interest on the part of school districts, and are hoping to train hundreds of educators and staffers before the end of the year.
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- Anti-gun researcher admits background checks just first step
- Runtime
- 22:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Johns Hopkins University researcher Daniel Webster has admitted in an interview that even "universal background checks" won't have much of an impact on shootings and homicides, and should be seen as just the first step in a bigger round of restrictions on gun owners, including a gun licensing regime and mandatory waiting periods.
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- Gun banners cling to "evolving" view of the Second Amendment
- Runtime
- 21:17
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- But does their argument hold up? As Cam explains, the bulk of the historical evidence shows that Americans have embraced their individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense since before the founding of this nation, and continue to do so today.
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- Research shows armed teachers save lives
- Runtime
- 26:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Dr. J. Eric Dietz with the Homeland Security Institute at Purdue University joins Cam to talk about his latest research into the effectiveness of both school resource officers and armed school staff in stopping targeted attacks on schools, which he says can reduce casualties by more than 70%.
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- Gun owners aim to improve mental health access
- Runtime
- 29:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- While politicians in Washington D.C. are looking to find some sort of gun control "compromise" in the wake of the horrific murders in Uvalde, Texas, gun owners and Second Amendment advocates involved in the grassroots effort known as Walk The Talk America are taking on the challenge of improving access to and removing the stigma around mental health and gun ownership. WTTA founder Michael Sodini joins Cam to talk about the program and how it's helping to save lives.
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- Parkland dad rips gun control grifters
- Runtime
- 29:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, says he's "held his tongue" for four years, but can no longer be silent about the lies and rewriting of history on the part of anti-gun activist David Hogg. Petty joins Cam to set the record straight, as well as what he'd like to see Congress do in response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
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- Murphy: We need to pass gun control to "show we care"
- Runtime
- 23:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy says he's willing to "bend over backwards" to find a compromise on gun control after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, but his motivation appears far less about effective policies and much more about political posturing.
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- Three big questions ahead of NRA's Annual Meeting
- Runtime
- 28:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The NRA's first full-scale Annual Meeting since 2019 is kicking off this weekend in Houston, and Cam talks about some of the big unanswered questions heading into the gathering with The Reload's Stephen Gutowski.
