Bearing Arms' Cam & Co

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.

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.

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 w...

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.

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 an...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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 fifteen states across the country.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kansas judge Phil Journey is one of several "reform" Board of Directors candidates who'll be sworn in at the upcoming NRA Annual Meetings, and 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sportsmans Alliance of Maine's David Trahan tells Bearing Arms he believes the state Senate's vote in favor of a 72-hour waiting period on gun sales violated the chamber's own rules, and he's prepared to challenge the vote in court if necessary.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced she's bringing lawmakers back to Santa Fe for a special session, but one of her top allies in the state Senate says gun control (well, "gun safety", in his words) bills won't be brought up when the session begins.