Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co
Democrats Push an Echo, Not a Choice with Harris as Replacement
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- Democrats Push an Echo, Not a Choice with Harris as Replacement
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- 30:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to give his take on Joe Biden dropping out as the Democratic presidential nominee, the chances of Kamala Harris taking over at the top of the ticket, and who the most dangerous VP pick might be when it comes to our right to keep and bear arms.
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- Massachusetts Dems Fast Track Massive Anti-2A Bill
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- 32:08
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Gun Owners Action League executive president Jim Wallace joins Cam with the latest details on the massive gun control bill that emerged from a conference committee on Wednesday... and could be signed into law as early as Friday.
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- Detroit Gun Instructor Offering Free Training to Thousands
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- 31:53
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Legally Armed in Detroit's Rick Ector joins Cam with details of his upcoming free training event for women at Recoil Range in Taylor, Michigan on July 27-28th, where up to 2,000 individuals can receive hands-on instruction from certified trainers.
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- Buckeye Firearms President Praises Vance As Veep Pick
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- 30:42
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Buckeye Firearms Association president Linda Walker is thrilled that Donald Trump has tapped Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, and shares some of her own firsthand experiences with Vance's support for the Second Amendment on today's Cam & Co.
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- Magen Am's Life-Saving Mission More Important Than Ever
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- 36:17
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Magen Am founder Rabbi Yossi Eilfort joins Cam to talk about the impetus behind creating the licensed security organization, as well as the incredible growth in interest in self-defense and the Second Amendment among those of the Jewish faith at a time of increased tensions and a rise in antisemitic incidents.
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- Can Massachusetts Democrats Agree on Anti-Gun Bill?
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- 28:49
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- With just three weeks left in the legislative session, Massachusetts lawmakers are still huddling behind closed doors to come up with a gun control bill that both the House and Senate can support.
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- Are Republicans Taking Gun Owners' Votes for Granted?
- Runtime
- 29:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to discuss the removal of almost every mention of the Second Amendment from the RNC's proposed platform, set to be ratified by the party at next week's convention in Milwaukee.
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- The Curtain Rises on Spokane's Anti-Second Amendment Political Theater
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- 28:24
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Spokane City Council has adopted a number of new (and useless) anti-gun ordinances aimed at lawful gun owners, but one council member says his colleagues need to fix the city's broken criminal justice system instead of targeting the Second Amendment.
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- Is the Supreme Court Getting Gun-Shy?
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- 28:29
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- After punting a dozen 2A-related cases back down to lower courts for review in light of the Rahimi decision, the Supreme Court won't be hearing any Second Amendment-specific lawsuits in the fall term. California Rifle & Pistol Association president Chuck Michel joins Cam with his take on the Court's decision, and what it means for 2A advocates in the months ahead.
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- 'I Had to Take Action': Armed Citizen Speaks Out After Saving Child
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- 36:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- It was just a couple of weeks ago that Terrel Majette came to the defense of two kids who were being threatened by a mentally unstable neighbor armed with knives. Now Majette shares his story with Bearing Arms Cam & Co.
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- What's Missing From Surgeon General's Public Health Approach to 'Gun Violence'
- Runtime
- 42:43
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Walk the Talk America founder Mike Sodini joins Cam to discuss the work being done by groups like WTTA to reduce youth "gun violence" that don't rely on or advance a gun control agenda.
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- 2A Attorney Not Sweating Rahimi Decision
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- 42:34
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- FPC Action Foundation President and CEO Cody J. Wisniewski says the Rahimi decision actually offers some good news for Second Amendment advocates, and shares with Bearing Arms why he's still bullish on the Supreme Court's future decisions about the right to keep and bear arms.
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- Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership Slams Surgeon General's Anti-Gun Activism
- Runtime
- 34:15
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Dr. Robert Young, director of Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, says Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's call to treat "gun violence" as a public health crisis is pure politics, but it's also part of a decades-long effort on the part of gun control activists to use the healthcare industry to push their agenda.
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- What's Driving Surgeon General's Prescription for Gun Control Legislation?
- Runtime
- 40:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's call to treat "gun violence" as a public health crisis is a purely political move, according to Ryan Petty, who sees Murthy's advocacy for more gun control laws as a shameless ploy by the Biden campaign to generate excitement among the Democrats' anti-gun base ahead of November's elections.
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- Is There a Silver Lining in Rahimi Ruling?
- Runtime
- 42:55
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Second Amendment attorney Chuck Michel weighs in on the Supreme Court's decision in Rahimi, as well as the Court's continued inaction on challenges to the gun and magazine bans implemented in Illinois.
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- ATF Whistleblower Applauds Bump Stock Ruling, Warns of Threats Ahead
- Runtime
- 43:32
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Retired ATF Deputy Assistant Director Pete Forcelli says the Supreme Court made the right call in striking down the ATF's ban on bump stocks, but he adds that the threats of executive branch abuses of power still exist... especially if Joe Biden gets another four years in office.
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- New Republic Blasts 'Worst Judge Ever' Over ATF Ruling
- Runtime
- 43:28
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The New Republic has labeled a federal judge in Texas the "worst judge ever" after he granted a partial injunction over the ATF's new rule on who is "engaged in the business" of selling guns, plus Cam talks to Pete Brownell about Brownell's 85th-anniversary celebrations and the state of the firearms industry.
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- Massachusetts Gun Control Bill Still Under Wraps as Deadline Looms
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- 38:45
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Jim Wallace of the Gun Owners Action League says lawmakers in Boston are keeping quiet about the gun control bill being crafted in closed-door sessions, but with a legislative deadline looming in less than eight weeks, the new assault on the right to keep and bear arms is likely to see the light of day before long.
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- Lawmaker Defends Sweeping Semi-Auto Ban
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- 32:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- LEPD Firearms and Range's Eric Delbert joins Cam to discuss his recent interview with Ohio state Rep. Willis Blackshear, who's proposing a ban on "mass casualty firearms" that could make the ownership of almost any semi-automatic firearm a felony in the Buckeye State.
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- Death of an Illinois Gun Store
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- 47:27
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Twelve years to the day after it opened for business, Bordertown Guns in Momence, Illinois closed down for good. Doug and Staci Duncan say business was good until the gun and magazine bans that are part of the Protect Illinois Communities Act took effect, which devastated their sales and led them to the heartbreaking decision to shut down the shop.
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- Media Bias on Full Display After Hunter's Conviction
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- 40:31
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The mainstream media is in full defensive mode after Hunter Biden's conviction on federal gun charges; portraying Joe Biden as a sympathetic father figure while downplaying or outright ignoring Biden's support for the gun law in question and his failure to mention the conviction when he addressed Everytown for Gun Safety just hours after the verdict was delivered.
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- NRA's New EVP: It's Time for Members to Come Home
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- 38:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The National Rifle Association's new executive vice president Doug Hamlin sits down with Cam for a wide-ranging conversation on the efforts to reform the NRA, restore the organization's influence... and the trust of its members.
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- SCOTUS Keeps Ahold of IL, NY 2A Cases
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- 25:26
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Second Amendment Foundation's Alan Gottlieb joins Cam to discuss the latest news from the Supreme Court, which declined to issue any orders dealing with pending challenges to gun and magazine bans in Illinois, as well as New York's "good moral character" requirement for gun licenses.
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- Los Angeles Schools Awash in Weapons
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- 29:08
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- A 10-year-old brought a stolen handgun to an elementary school in Los Angeles this week; an increasingly common occurrence in the gun-controlled city, where more than 900 "weapon incidents" have been reported in the public schools over the 2023-2024 school year.
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- Can a Gun Control Activist Get Elected Governor of Montana?
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- 29:44
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Firearms executive-turned-gun control activist Ryan Busse won the Democratic nomination for governor in Montana on Tuesday night. Does he have a shot to flip the seat come November, or is campaign shooting blanks?
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- Kansas Man Regains Gun After Year-Long Legal Fight With Police
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- 27:38
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- A Kansas man has finally regained possession of a pistol seized by police in Fremont, Nebraska more than a year after pleading guilty to possessing a small amount of marijuana, and almost twelve months after a local judge first ordered the police to relinquish the firearm.
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- Fight Over Record-Reporting Bill Divides NH Lawmakers
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- 38:35
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The National Shooting Sports Foundation's Jake McGuigan joins Cam to discuss the demise of a "Fix NICS" bill in New Hampshire that would have mandated the reporting of involuntary commitments to the NICS system.
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- SCOTUS Sides 9-0 With NRA in First Amendment Case
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- 24:47
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Supreme Court has unanimously agreed that the NRA raised a plausible First Amendment claim that a New York official violated the organization's First Amendment rights by coercing insurance companies to sever their ties to the NRA because of its Second Amendment advocacy.
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- Can We Trust Crime Statistics?
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- 56:04
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Dr. John Lott, head of the Crime Prevention Research Center, says despite a decline in homicides in 2023, crime remains elevated compared to the pre-pandemic years, and there's plenty of evidence that crime is getting worse despite FBI statistics to the contrary.
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- 'Gun Curious' Author Offers Liberal Support for Gun Ownership
- Runtime
- 51:59
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Wake Forest sociology professor David Yamane has a simple message for his fellow liberals: gun ownership is normal and normal people own guns. Yamane details his own Second Amendment conversion story in the new book Gun Curious: A Liberal Professor's Surprising Journey Inside America's Gun Culture, and recently sat down with Cam to discuss his experiences and what he hopes the impact of his book will have on the gun control debate.
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- Saving Lives Without Sacrificing the Second Amendment
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- 36:19
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's John Diedrich joins Cam to discuss a recent meeting of the minds in the 2A community featuring gun owners, gun store owners, and mental health care workers all dedicated to saving lives without infringing on the right to keep and bear arms.
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- Former ATF Official Slams USA Today Report on U.S. Guns and Mexico Cartels
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- 33:34
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Retired ATF deputy assistant director Pete Forcelli says a new report by USA Today on guns recovered in Mexico isn't a "nightmare" for the firearms industry, as the paper alleges. Instead, he says the report paints gun dealers and makers in a false light while leaving out important information about the lax enforcement of straw buyers from the U.S. Attorney in Phoenix, as well as the corruption and graft south of the border that's fueling cartel violence.
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- Inside the Fight to Reform the NRA
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- 54:47
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- After a marathon 12-hour board meeting on Monday that saw reformers win key leadership positions, NRA board members Amanda Suffecool and Jim Wallace join Cam with an inside look at last weekend's Annual Meeting, the fight to reform the organization, and both the challenges and opportunities ahead for the NRA as it seeks to regain the trust of members and 2A supporters.
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- Anti-Gunners Channel Orwell to Defend Bump Stock Ban
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- 28:33
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- With the Supreme Court's decision in Garland v. Cargill looming, gun control activists are engaging in some Big Brother-esque torture of the English language to defend the ATF's abuse of its regulatory authority.
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- A Curious and Frustrating Day at the Supreme Court
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- 24:23
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Supreme Court turned away two Second Amendment-related cases on Monday, rejecting cert petitions challenging Maryland's ban on "assault weapons" and New York City's "good moral character" requirement for possessing rifles and shotguns in the home. But the Court took no action on several cert requests challenging Illinois' ban on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines, giving 2A supporters a little hope that SCOTUS will still weigh in on a semi-auto ban in the months ahead.
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- 2A Attorney Has All Fingers Crossed While SCOTUS Considers Taking a Gun Ban Case
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- 30:28
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- California Rifle & Pistol Association president and co-founder of the Second Amendment Law Center Chuck Michel joins Cam to discuss the multiple challenges to "assault weapon" bans that are being considered for acceptance in the Supreme Court's weekly conference today, and says he's crossing "all his fingers" in the hopes that SCOTUS will grant cert to one more of the lawsuits.
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- Alabama the Latest State to Adopt Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act
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- 37:50
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The National Shooting Sports Foundation's Larry Keane joins Cam & Co with the latest on the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, which has now become the law of the land in 15 states across the country.
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- Mark Walters on SCOTUS, NRA, & a Biden Second Term
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- 38:22
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam for a wide-ranging discussion on whether or not SCOTUS will grant cert to several "assault weapon" ban cases, this week's NRA Annual Meeting in Dallas, and what a second term for Joe Biden would mean for gun owners and Second Amendment advocates.
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- A Big Week for SCOTUS and the Second Amendment
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- 24:30
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- The Supreme Court is set to consider whether to accept challenges to "assault weapons" bans in Illinois and Maryland at this week's conference, but as Cam reports, the justices are also slated to debate granting cert to a case taking on New York City's "good moral character" standard for residents trying to exercise their right to keep a rifle or shotgun in their home.
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- 2A Activists Lobbying and Litigating in Minnesota and Maine
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- 29:54
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
- Description
- It's another two-fer on today's Bearing Arms Cam & Co! Rob Doar of the MN Gun Owners Caucus and David Trahan of the Sportsmans Alliance of Maine join the show with updates on the efforts to defeat gun control bills in Minnesota, as well as a court challenge to Maine's impending 72-hour waiting period on gun sales.
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- Former DA Has a Warning for Gun-Owning Parents
- Runtime
- 35:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Former (and hopefully future) District Attorney George Brauchler joins Cam to discuss the demise of Colorado's "assault weapons" ban bill, as well as his recent column warning gun-owning parents that Democrats in the state will soon be making them a target of anti-2A legislation.
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- NC Gun Owners Call on Lawmakers to Pass Constitutional Carry
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- 32:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- It's a 2A Tuesday two-fer on Cam & Co, with Grassroots NC's Paul Valone providing an update on the grassroots push for Constitutional Carry and SAF's Lee Williams joining Cam to discuss the Washington Post winning a Pulitzer Prize for its 14-part attack on the AR-15.
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- Judge Tosses Challenge to NY Ammo Background Checks
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- 20:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Citing a colonial Virginia statute barring Catholics from owning or possessing arms, a federal judge in New York has upheld the state's ammunition background check law, claiming it comports with a national tradition of keeping "dangerous" people from exercising their 2A rights.
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- NRA Reformers Win Seats on Board of Directors
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- 36:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Kansas Judge Phil Journey is one of several "reform" Board of Directors candidates who'll be sworn in at the upcoming NRA Annual Meetings. He joins Bearing Arms Cam & Co. to talk about what he believes needs to be done to save the organization from its current troubles... as well as his role in a new federal lawsuit taking on the ATF's new "engaged in the business" rule on gun sales.
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- Colorado Session Enters Final Stretch With Multiple Threats to Gun Owners
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- 29:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- With just a week left in the Colorado legislative session, a number of gun control bills have already made their way to Gov. Jared Polis. FASTER Colorado's Laura Carno tells Bearing Arms that there are several anti-2A measures still under consideration, including a sweeping semi-auto ban that may be struggling to find support in a key Senate committee.
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- Massachusetts Dems Face Pushback from Black Gun Owners
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- 37:57
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Black gun owners are helping to shape the gun debate in Massachusetts, and GOP committeewoman Dr. Elizabeth Hinds-Ferrick and firearms instructor Nolan Howard tell Cam that it's getting harder for Democrats to ignore the pro-2A sentiment coming from a growing number of their constituents.
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- Gun-Controlled California County Becomes 'Wild, Wild West'
- Runtime
- 28:02
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Shootings and homicides are decreasing across most of the U.S., but in Alameda County, California it's a very different story. In fact, one anti-violence activist describes it as "the wild, wild West", with "guns everywhere" despite all of California's restrictive laws.
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- NC Gun Owners Demand Constitutional Carry. Will Republicans Listen?
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- 22:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Grassroots NC president Paul Valone delivered thousands of petitions from gun owners demanding Constitutional Cary to North Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger on Wednesday, and as he tells Cam, the grassroots efforts to make North Carolina the 30th Constitutional Carry state are just beginning.
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- 'Sensitive Places' Bill Gutted Thanks to CT 2A Activists
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- 30:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- CCDL President Holly Sullivan joins Cam with the latest from Connecticut, including a huge grassroots victory over a bill that would have turned much of the state into a "gun-free zone" around elections.
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- What Will SCOTUS Do With ATF's Rule on Unfinished Frames and Receivers?
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- 34:42
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- FPC Action Foundation president and CEO Cody Wisniewski joins Cam with the details of the latest gun-involved case to make it to the Supreme Court: Vanderstok v. Garland, which is challenging the ATF's rule treating unfinished frames and receivers as if they're fully functional firearms.
