Bearing Arms' Cam & Co

Michael Cargill is a man on a mission; not only to take down the ATF's ban on bump stocks, but to curb the ATF's rulemaking abuses. Cargill joined Cam just before leaving for Washington, D.C., where the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Garland v. Cargill on Wednesday, and explained why this case is crucially important to every gun owner in the country.

Dr. J. Eric Dietz from Purdue University's Homeland Security Institute joins the show to highlight some of his latest research documenting the benefits of armed school staff and citizens serving as church security.

Minnesota Gun Caucus Legislative Director Rob Doar joins Cam with an update on the first few days of this year's session, which has already seen the introduction of sweeping semi-auto bans, storage mandates that would make it almost impossible to act in self-defense inside the home, and a bill ostensibly aimed at protecting wildlife from lead poisoning but that also serves as a poison pill to erad...

Colorado's Democratic majority is at odds with itself over the desire to create new crimes out of our right to keep and bear arms while doing everything possible to keep criminal defendants, even those accused of stealing firearms, from spending time behind bars.

NBC News reporter David Ingram has helped to demonetize the YouTube channel of Larry Vickers after his guilty plea to illegally importing machine guns, but the gun control group Everytown, which was also pushing the streaming service to take action, has a far bigger goal: restricting all gun content it deems to be lacking in "educational content for responsible civilian gun owners."

Zach Fort of the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association joins Cam to talk about the just-wrapped session in Santa Fe and the prospects of a special session later this year, while California Rifle & Pistol Association legislative affairs director Rick Travis shares some of the most egregious assaults on our 2A rights filed in Sacramento for the session that's now underway.

USA Today has published a list of some 1,300 firearm retailers that part of the ATF's "Demand 2" program because they've sold at least 25 guns traced by the agency in the past year that were purchased within the last 36 months. While the ATF says being on the list isn't evidence of wrongdoing, and the paper notes the large number of big box retailers and high-volume sellers on the list, gun contro...

Virginia Citizen Defense League president Philip Van Cleave joins Cam with an update on the wave of gun control bills still advancing in the legislature after a key deadline on Tuesday, including semi-auto bans, "gun-free zones", and more.

FPC Action Foundation's Cody J. Wisniewski explains why the Supreme Court should step in and grant cert now to one or more cases dealing with bans on so-called assault weapons, instead of waiting for the cases to go to trial in the Fourth and Seventh Circuits.

Zach Fort from the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association joins Cam as the state legislature kicks off its final week of the 2024 session with a dozen or so gun control bills vying for lawmakers' attention, including a 7 day waiting period on gun sales, a new "gun-free zone", and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's ban on gas-operated semi-automatic long guns.

The Center for American Progress' chief gun control advocate says the historic decline in homicides last year shows the need for more restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms, but Cam says the data actually points to a very different conclusion: more guns does not equal more crime.

In a softball interview with Vanity Fair, Giffords' new executive director Emma Brown laid out a false narrative about the gun control movement and Second Amendment supporters, while laying out her group's plans for the future.

Coloradans with concealed carry licenses could soon find themselves unable to lawfully carry almost everywhere in the state, thanks to a bill currently being drafted that would create a huge number of "gun-free zones". As FASTER Colorado's Laura Carno tells Cam, the bill would not only curtail the right to carry in many public places, but would prohibit schools districts from adopting (or keeping)...

New York attorney Amy Bellantoni joins Cam to discuss the recent oral arguments before a Second Circuit panel in Frey v. Nigrelli, which challenges several aspects of New York's carry laws including the post-Bruen ban on lawful carry on public transit.

California Rifle & Pistol Association head Chuck Michel discusses Judge Roger Benitez's decision tossing out the state's ammunition background check law and prohibitions on online and out-of-state ammo purchases for California residents, as well as what happens next as the case moves to the Ninth Circuit.

Gov. Janet Mills may not have made either side of the gun debate happy with her calls for changes to the state's background checks and private gun sales; not nearly enough for anti-gunners who are pushing for bans on so-called assault weapons, waiting periods, and more, and too much for many Second Amendment advocates who see her proposals as a big step in the wrong direction.

Gun Owners Action League executive director Jim Wallace joins Cam & Co to offer his take on S2572, and says there's no way to fix the fundamentally flawed legislation that the state Senate is rushing to pass this week.

They're also trying to limit how Americans can purchase a firearm by going after buy now, pay later services. Credova CEO Dusty Wunderlich joins Cam to discuss the gun control lobby's strategy, as well as the efforts to push back by some state and federal lawmakers

Iowa Rep. John Wills joins Cam to talk about his work to help school districts in the state adopt policies allowing for trained and vetted school staff to carry concealed in case of an attack on campus; a measure that's run into some roadblocks thanks to insurers.

Maxon Shooter Supplies owner Dan Eldridge joins Cam to discuss the latest gun registry numbers released by the Illinois State Police and the low rates of compliance among gun owners throughout the state... including Cook County and the Chicagoland area.  

Nikki Goeser, the executive director of the Crime Prevention Research Center, joins Cam to discuss the importance of self-defense for victims of stalking and how anti-2A policies like "gun-free zones" put those victims at risk.

FPC Action Foundation vice president and general counsel Cody J. Wisniewski joins the show to talk about the Fourth Circuit's premature "en banc-inization" of the Bianchi case, while Cam has details on a big FPC/SAF win in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

New Mexico Shooting Sports Association's Zach Fort joins Cam to discuss the onslaught of anti-2A legislation facing gun owners in the state during the 30-day legislative session; from a sweeping semi-auto ban to a bill that would establish the longest waiting period in the nation.

State Rep. Rebecca Schmoe joins Cam with news of a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would impose a "strict scrutiny" standard on gun control laws while adding specific protections for ammunition, firearm accessories, and firearm components possessed by gun owners in the state.  

Next Monday gun owners will be flocking to Richmond for the Virginia Citizens Defense League's Lobby Day and Rally. VCDL head Phillip Van Cleave tells Cam there are a lot of reasons for Second Amendment advocates to show up, starting with the onslaught of bills targeting lawful gun owners that have been introduced in recent days.