Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co
Beto's Gun Ban Not Sitting Well With Rural Voters
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- Beto's Gun Ban Not Sitting Well With Rural Voters
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- 21:15
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- How badly is Beto's gubernatorial campaign faring in rural Texas? Well, one recent deep dive into Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke's candidacy pondered whether he can show Democrats "how to lose less badly", which doesn't sound like a great sign for the candidate and his desire to ban and confiscate the most commonly-sold rifle in the U.S.
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- More States Gearing Up To Adopt Constitutional Carry
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- 28:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- With five states joining the ranks of Constitutional or permitless carry states this year, momentum is building for other red states to follow. The Reload's Stephen Gutowski joins Cam to talk about the states most likely to move towards full recognition of the right to bear arms in the year ahead.
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- Parkland Dad Says Oxford High School Shooting Preventable
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- 35:33
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina was murdered in the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, says he's seeing disturbing similarities between that heinous crime and the shooting in Oxford, Michigan. Even worse, Petty says both tragedies could have been prevented if the right school policies had been in place and practiced.
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- Dr. Oz's 2A Views At Odds With PA Gun Owners
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- 17:26
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Dr. Mehmet Oz is considered to have a leg up on his competition in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate election next year, thanks to his deep pockets and high profile. But his support for gun control, including a ban on semi-automatic firearms, could prove poisonous to Pennsylvania conservatives and Republican voters.
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- Prosecutor Poisoning Well of Public Opinion in Casey Goodson Case?
- Runtime
- 30:16
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Columbus, Ohio firearms instructor, gun store owner, 2A podcast host, and law enforcement officer Eric Delbert says he's not necessarily opposed to a trial for former Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Meade in the death of concealed carry holder Casey Goodson, Jr., but he believes that statements by the prosecutor and other public officials are poisoning the well of public opinion against Meade before the public has ever had the chance to hear all the evidence.
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- New Survey Shows Surprising Truth About Gun Owners
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- 26:12
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Rob Morse of Slow Facts and the Polite Society podcast joins Cam to discuss some of the results of the 2021 National Firearms Survey, which found that both keeping and bearing arms is lot more common than many folks think.
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- The Next Steps In California's Mag Ban Lawsuit
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- 32:36
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The Ninth Circuit may have upheld California's ban on so-called "large capacity" ammunition magazines, but as California Rifle & Pistol Association head Chuck Michel tells Cam, the anti-gun judges won't have the last words in the case, because an appeal to SCOTUS is already underway.
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- Rittenhouse Verdict Leads To Call To Repeal Second Amendment
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- 30:21
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- It's not the first time that voices on the Left have demanded the repeal of the Second Amendment, and it won't be the last, but as Cam points out, the calls from pundits and columnists to erase away part of the Bill of Rights inevitably turn out to be all talk and no action.
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- MSNBC Legal Analyst Lashes Out Over Self-Defense
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- 25:35
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Former prosecutor (and current NBC legal analyst) Tali Farhadian Weinstein doesn't appear too happy with the verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, and she's downright unhinged over public defenders siding with the Second Amendment in a SCOTUS case dealing with the right to bear arms.
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- Philly's Mayor Blames Everyone But Criminals For Record Homicides
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- 27:49
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is pointing the finger at gun makers, gun owners, and Republican lawmakers for the city's record-high homicide rate, without ever once talking about the criminals pulling the trigger and the city's D.A. who's prosecuting far fewer violent crimes.
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- The Plan To Tax Away Your 2A Rights
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- 25:04
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- With gun control legislation stalled in Congress, the Left is looking for new ways to go after our 2A rights, and Forbes contributor Roxanne Bland thinks she's found one: using the tax code to target gun ownership.
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- Will Rittenhouse Acquittal Change Gun Debate?
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- 23:21
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The Left isn't handling the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse well at all, but will their meltdown lead to changes in self-defense or gun laws in blue states under the political domination of Democrats?
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- Did Surging Gun Sales Lead To An Increase In Suicides?
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- 31:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Cam sits down with Dr. Michael Anestis, executive director of the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center for a surprising conversation about new gun owners, suicide, and finding collaborative approaches to helping those in crisis.
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- New "Gun Violence" Study Ignores Impact, Aftermath of 2020 Riots
- Runtime
- 15:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A new study by two researchers at Penn State University attempted to show that rising gun sales were to blame for an increase in shootings and homicides, but the data shows something else entirely.
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- You Don't Have To "Take A Beating" To Act In Self-Defense
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- 26:16
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- In their zeal to convict Kyle Rittenhouse on murder charges, prosecutors made a mess of Wisconsin self-defense laws, and many on the Left have embraced the misinformation.
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- "Gun Ban Beto" Announces Run For Texas Governor
- Runtime
- 17:00
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke has made it official- he's running for governor of Texas and doubling down on his call to go after AR-15s and other legally owned firearms.
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- Veteran Releases Perfect Anthem To Honor Those Who've Served
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- 33:21
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- We've actually got two big stories on this edition of Cam & Co: first, an update on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial and the dishonest coverage coving from some in the media, followed by a special interview with country music artist and veteran Ryan Weaver, who's out with a brand new song for Veterans Day called "Let's Talk About Heroes." A link to that video can be found here. https://youtu.be/ebULvWwmIXs
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- Why This Parkland Dad Is Opposed To A Federal Red Flag Law
- Runtime
- 27:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Ryan Petty isn't opposed to red flag laws in theory, but he tells Cam that he can't support a new bill establishing a Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order, no matter how much the legislative language might be tweaked or revised.
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- Why NY Public Defenders Are Siding With The Second Amendment
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- 19:21
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- One of the most compelling arguments in favor of overturning New York's subjective "may issue" system for carry permits has come from several public defenders in the state, who say the gun control regime is both unconstitutional and unconscionable in its scope and consequences.
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- Gun Control Is Dooming Dems To Defeat In Rural America
- Runtime
- 17:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Last week's election losses should be all that's needed to convince Democrats that treating gun owners and the right to keep and bear arms with contempt isn't smart politically, but as Cam notes, the Left doesn't appear willing or ready to learn that lesson.
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- Could The NY Carry Case Spell Doom For California Gun Control Laws?
- Runtime
- 24:33
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- California Rifle & Pistol Association head and Second Amendment attorney Chuck Michel says he's feeling pretty good after hearing Wednesday's Supreme Court oral arguments in a case challenging New York's subjective carry permitting laws, and he's hoping that the Court's upcoming opinion will open the door for major challenges to many of California's infringements on the right to keep and bear arms.
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- SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments In Critical Right To Carry Case
- Runtime
- 31:25
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The nine justices on the Supreme Court had plenty of questions for attorneys representing individual gun owners, the state of New York, and the Biden administration in a case seeking to overturn the state's subjective and arbitrary standards for issuing concealed carry permits, and as Cam details, those defending the law didn't have many good answers.
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- Are Guns The Hidden Issue In The Virginia Election?
- Runtime
- 26:06
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Gun control didn't really emerge as a campaign issue for either Democrat Terry McAuliffe or Republican Glenn Youngkin in the Virginia governor's race, despite the fact that the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement swept across the commonwealth less than two years ago. As Cam explains, both campaigns may have downplayed their views for strategic reasons, but that doesn't mean that voters are ignoring the issue.
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- Sales Soaring After Gun, Ammo Tax Struck Down
- Runtime
- 17:01
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Dan Eldridge, the owner of Maxon Shooter's Supplies in Cook County, Illinois, says business is booming since the Illinois Supreme Court struck down the county's tax on firearms and ammunition. But will the county let the issue drop, or will anti-gun lawmakers try to revive the anti-2A tax in a slightly revised form?
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- Is The Media Playing Favorites When It Comes To Gun Owners?
- Runtime
- 24:17
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- An upcoming documentary from CBS News on "the new pro-gun generation" is surprisingly positive, but is that because of the politics of the gun owners the network chose to profile?
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- Police Chief Busted In Bribes For Badges Operation
- Runtime
- 22:49
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A tribal police chief in California's pled guilty to selling badges to wealthy Los Angeles County residents for as much as $100,000 so that they could legally carry firearms; the latest incident with police and issuing authorities in "may issue" states selling access to a constitutionally-protected right.
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- Can "Gun Ban" Biden Woo Virginia Voters To McAuliffe?
- Runtime
- 22:46
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Joe Biden's not exactly the most popular politician in Virginia these days, but Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe can't exactly tell him to stay home. So, the president is campaigning in Virginia today, even though his presence could very well backfire by reminding voters of both Biden and McAuliffe's embrace of sweeping gun and magazine bans.
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- Washington Post Praises "Shoot To Incapacitate" Policy
- Runtime
- 19:47
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Should police be trained to aim for center pass when they have to use their firearm on duty, or should they be told to aim for arms, legs, the abdomen, or the pelvis? One Georgia police chief's drawing praise from the Post for his policy, but he's getting even more criticism from fellow officers.
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- IL Supreme Court Tosses Cook County Gun & Ammo Tax
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- 19:37
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Gun owners in the Chicago area have been forced to pay extra taxes on firearms and ammunition for years now, but a new decision from the Illinois Supreme Court has now brought the Cook County cash grab to a screeching halt.
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- A 2A Win From The PA Supreme Court
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- 20:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Gun owners and Second Amendment advocates received a big assist in their quest to challenge local gun laws around Pennsylvania, after the state Supreme Court declared that gun owners don't have to be arrested for violating the laws before they can sue over their constitutionality.
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- Gunmaker Faces Backlash After Vaccine Rant
- Runtime
- 22:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The CEO of North American Arms said he enjoyed "no small measure of schadenfreude" reading about unvaccinated Americans stricken with COVID, which he labeled a "Darwinian effect, helping to cleanse our gene pool," but now Sandy Chisholm is apologizing for the "unnecessarily inflammatory words" he used in his rant about unvaccinated Americans.
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- Have Red Flag Laws Hit A Red State Wall?
- Runtime
- 25:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Gun control activists are chomping at the bit to put more "red flag" gun seizure laws in place around the country, but (thankfully for 2A supporters) they're growing increasingly frustrated at the wall of opposition they're finding in red states and divided legislatures.
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- Self-Defense Is A Human Right
- Runtime
- 23:49
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- But not according to Amnesty International, which is weighing in on the Supreme Court challenge to New York's subjective permit laws for carrying firearms. The organization claims that in a court filing that recognizing the right to bear arms is itself a violation of human rights, and that international law should trump the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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- Taking On The 2A Lie That Just Won't Die
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- 24:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Was the Second Amendment really put in place to protect the power of slave owners instead of the right to own and carry firearms? Nope, though anti-gun scholars are once again promoting that baseless theory. Second Amendment attorney and scholar Stephen Halbrook joins Cam to talk about the real history of the right to keep and bear arms, and why this particular 2A lie just won't die.
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- Mexico Ignoring Its Online Arms Marketplace
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- 19:25
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Guns, grenades, and more weaponry available for sale are easily found on social media networks. So why isn't the government of Mexico suing Facebook like it's suing US gun makers?
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- TX Dem Thinks Gun Control's A Winning Issue
- Runtime
- 24:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Are residents of the Lone Star State fed up with laws like Constitutional Carry and other protections on the right to keep and bear arms? I wouldn't bet on it, but Matthew Dowd, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush who's now hoping to become the Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor in 2022, seems to think restricting people's Second Amendment rights will be a winning message on the campaign trail.
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- Exclusive: Gun Owner At Heart Of NY Carry Case Speaks Out
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- 15:03
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Cam speaks with one of the plaintiffs in the NY carry case heading to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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- Can NFT's Aid Defense Of The 2nd Amendment?
- Runtime
- 27:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Top Shot champion, 2A activist, competitive shooter, and fan of new technology Chris Cheng joins Cam to talk about the first online auction to benefit several Second Amendment organizations that features non-fungible tokens (also known as NFTs) as part of the items up for grabs.
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- Florida Fight For Constitutional Carry Heating Up
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- 19:09
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- While Constitutional Carry bills have been introduced in Florida in recent years, they haven't gotten much traction. Next year's legislative session could be a very different story, however, with several key GOP figures signaling support for the measure.
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- Concealed Carry Expo A Hit With TX Gun Owners
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- 18:43
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Thousands of gun owners and those interested in exercising their 2A rights flocked to Fort Worth, Texas this past weekend for the US Concealed Carry Association's Concealed Carry & Home Defense Expo, and USCCA's Kevin Michalowski says despite fears by anti-gun activists that the state's new Constitutional Carry law would lead to untrained folks toting guns, its clear that there's a strong demand for education and training.
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- PA Town Refuses To Turn Gun Giveaway Into Controversy
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- 22:11
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- When the booster club for the Cedar Cliff High School football team decided to raffle off several firearms as a fundraiser for the team, there was one lonely voice in the community who tried their best to turn the good deed into a controversy. But as the Washington Examiner's Salena Zito explains to Cam, the folks in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania weren't about to let one bad apple spoil the community's support for their team or the Second Amendment.
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- New California Law Shows Why Gun Registration Must Be Opposed
- Runtime
- 25:08
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to talk about California's AB 173, a new law that utterly obliterates the right to privacy for gun owners. As Walters explains, even gun owners who don't live in the state should be gravely concerned about the new law and how the gun control lobby will try to expand on it at the state and federal level.
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- Dems Try To Depress Gun Owner Turnout in VA Elections
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- 22:05
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- With polls showing a neck-and-neck race for governor in Virginia, anti-gun Democrats are pulling out all the stops to depress turnout among Republicans and conservatives, including running ads portraying GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin as soft in his support for the Second Amendment.
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- Detroit Residents Arming Up For Self-Defense
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- 19:52
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Detroit's new police chief says there are "too many guns on the streets," but with many residents choosing to obtain their concealed carry licenses, the real issue isn't how many guns are out there but how many individuals are illegally using guns in the commission of violent crimes.
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- Dems Slip Red Flag Provision Into Military Spending Bill
- Runtime
- 19:07
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Democrats have tucked away a "red flag" law aimed at military members inside the 1300-page National Defense Authorization Act, and the proposal suffers from the same lack of due process and Constitutional concerns that we've seen with Extreme Risk Protection Order legislation targeting civilians.
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- Virginia AG Leans In To Gun Control Ahead Of Election
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- 19:53
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Democrat Mark Herring, who's up for re-election in the commonwealth of Virginia this November, isn't shying away from promoting his extreme anti-gun views even as early voting begins. The AG is hoping to expand the state's "red flag" gun seizure law, and has also signed on to a Supreme Court brief arguing that the Second Amendment doesn't protect the right of the average citizen to bear arms in public spaces.
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- Beto Not The Biggest Political Threat To TX Gun Owners
- Runtime
- 21:43
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- While Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke is expected to announce a run for governor in the near future, polls in Texas show that actor and gun control supporter Matthew McConaughey would pose a more serious challenge to Gov. Greg Abbott's re-relection.
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- Former Prosecutor Says We Can't Ban Our Way To Safety
- Runtime
- 21:56
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Former Arapahoe County, Colorado District Attorney George Brauchler has prosecuted several high profile cases, including the Aurora theater shooter. But unlike gun control activists who've pointed to that shooting and others as reasons to restrict the Second Amendment, Brauchler says that in his experience these gun control laws do far more harm to the rights of citizens than to the violent criminals they're supposed to stop.
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- NYTimes Columnist Not Happy With 2A Victories
- Runtime
- 22:13
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- New York Times columnist Gail Collins is deeply unhappy over the defeat of David Chipman and Joe Biden's inability to ram his anti-gun agenda through Congress, but as Cam points out, there are good reasons why the kinds of policies Collins supports aren't being enacted.
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- It Shouldn't Take A Lawsuit To Exercise A Constitutional Right
- Runtime
- 16:33
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- After the city of Bridgeport was sued by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League over delays in accepting gun permit applications (a permit is required before anyone can legally possess a handgun in the state), police officials suddenly discovered that they could make some changes that will result in a much speedier application process. As Cam points out, this type of bureaucratic B.S. shouldn't be allowed to stand between you and your civil rights.
