Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co
SAF Founder Highlights 2A Legal Fights
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- SAF Founder Highlights 2A Legal Fights
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- 29:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president Alan Gottlieb joins Cam to talk about last weekend's Gun Rights Policy Conference and the dozens of 2A legal cases the group is involved with; including three new suits filed just last week.
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- AMA Goes All In On Gun Control
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- 30:38
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Dr. Robert Young with Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership joins Cam to discuss the latest gun control-centric edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association and how some physicians and healthcare workers are pushing back against anti-gun campaigns masquerading as public health efforts.
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- Anti-gun Politicians Aim for Private Property Gun Ban
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- 22:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- From Hawaii to New Jersey anti-gun officials are scrambling to adopt sweeping restrictions on the right to carry modeled after New York's latest infringement on our Second Amendment rights; including a de-facto ban on concealed carry on all private property.
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- New Study Contradicts "More Guns = More Crime" Theory
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- 27:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Do increased gun sales lead to increased crime rates? According to gun control activists, the answer is "yes," but a new study published in the Journal of Surgical Research finds no connection between firearm purchases and the number of crimes. Dr. Mark Hamill, a trauma surgeon and associate professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center who was a primary author and researcher for the new study, joins Cam on today's show to discuss his findings and the current state of "gun violence" research in the medical community.
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- DC Project Brings 2A Message To Capitol Hill
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- 26:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The women of the DC Project recently had their fifth Capitol Hill fly-in, with dozens of members holding meetings with more than 100 congressional offices. DC Project founder Dianna Muller joins Cam to discuss what she and others learned during their recent visit, as well as the vitally important messages members delivered to elected officials on both sides of the gun control debate.
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- The Pressure Campaign Aimed at Shutting Down Gun Stores
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- 30:21
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Big Daddy Unlimited co-founder and Chief Happiness Officer Sherrie McKnight joins Cam to talk about the recent fight over what was supposed to be the chain's Morgantown, WV location; a setting that was scuttled by the gun store's landlord after a pressure campaign launched by local activists. McKnight says the company isn't giving up on the West Virginia city, but warns that the gun control lobby is serious about shutting down new and existing gun stores all across the country.
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- Florida CFO Warns Credit Card Companies Against Tracking Gun Buys
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- 19:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The state of Florida's Chief Financial Officer says he'll be closely watching credit card companies to make sure they're not tracking gun purchases by law-abiding citizens, while the head of one of the country's largest banks told Congress on Wednesday that his company will not be "voluntarily" reporting any transactions at gun stores.
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- DC Says No Right to Carry on Public Transportation
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- 21:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Washington, D.C. AG Karl Racine is defending the designation of the DC-area Metro public transportation system as a "sensitive place" where concealed carry can be banned, despite the fact that the prohibition means those reliant on public transportation are unable to exercise their right to bear arms in self-defense even when they're not on board a bus or train car.
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- A Closer Look at the Gun Control Lobby's Midterm Messaging
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- 18:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- With Republicans enjoying a double-digit lead among voters when it comes to which party is better at handling violent crime, the gun control lobby is hoping to aid their anti-gun allies in the Democratic Party by providing them with focus group-tested talking points for the campaign trail and TV advertisements.
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- Meet Bearing Arms' Newest Contributor
- Runtime
- 27:33
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- If you're a regular viewer or listener of Cam & Co, you've seen and heard Ryan Petty on the program on a semi-regular basis over the past few years. Now Petty, whose daughter Alaina was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, is stepping up his student safety and pro-2A activism by joining the ranks of Bearing Arms' contributors, and joins Cam to discuss what led him to take this step and what he hopes to focus on going forward.
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- NY Gun Law Panned by First Amendment Advocate
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- 19:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A Syracuse University professor is speaking out against the state's new law demanding concealed carry applicants hand over a list of their social media accounts so they can be reviewed for evidence of "good moral character"; a practice she says isn't likely to survive a constitutional challenge.
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- A Second Amendment Silver Lining in Civics Survey?
- Runtime
- 16:12
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- This year's Constitution Day Civics Survey from the Annenberg School of Public Policy reveals a high level of civic illiteracy on the part of many Americans, but there's at least one bright spot when it comes to our understanding of the right to keep and bear arms.
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- Growing Criticism of New Credit Card Requirements on Gun Sales
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- 24:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- From small town gun stores to the halls of Congress, the complaints and questions are growing over new rules adopted by credit card companies that could lead to a back-door gun registry.
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- New Rules for Gun Buys Could Lead to Backdoor Registration
- Runtime
- 23:27
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The gun control lobby is celebrating after several major credit card companies say they will start categorizing sales at gun stores, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Mark Oliva joins Cam to explain the firearm industry's objections and concerns about what happens next.. including a private, backdoor gun registry.
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- California Gun Owners Notch Huge Win On Right To Carry
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- 17:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- New York-style restrictions on the right to carry will not be taking effect in California this week after anti-gun lawmakers failed to secure the votes necessary for passage, despite intense lobbying from Democrats like Attorney General Rob Bonta.
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- New York Sheriffs Sound The Alarm Over New Gun Laws
- Runtime
- 17:04
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- With New York's post-Bruen restrictions on the right to carry set to take effect tomorrow, some county sheriffs are warning that the new laws will only make things worse for law-abiding citizens.
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- Biden Stumps For Gun Ban In Battleground State
- Runtime
- 19:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Joe Biden is pushing for his ban on so-called assault weapons in the state of Pennsylvania today, hoping that it will invigorate Democratic voters ahead of the midterms. Instead, the issue could galvanize conservatives and may even provide a lifeline for Dr. Mehmet Oz's struggling Senate campaign.
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- California Gun Crackdown Avoids Entertainment Industry
- Runtime
- 17:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- While unions and trade groups in Hollywood claim to support more oversight when it comes to gun safety on set, California lawmakers declined to impose any new mandates on the entertainment industry this year... focusing instead on legal gun owners exercising their 2A rights.
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- New ATF rules Won't Stop With "Ghost Guns"
- Runtime
- 21:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The ATF's new rules on unfinished frames and receivers are now effect, and more regulations imposing new restrictions on pistol stabilizing braces are on the way, but the gun control lobby is already laying the groundwork for the Biden administration to target modern sporting rifles and perhaps even all semi-automatic firearms through regulation in the coming months.
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- 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
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- 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"
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
