Bearing Arms' Cam & Co

Lawmakers didn't take up Gov. Bill Lee's proposed "temporary mental health order of protection" during the special session he called earlier this year, but the idea (better known as a "red flag" law despite the governor's insistence there's a substantial difference) is sure to emerge again as Tennessee legislators begin pre-filling their bills for the 2024 session set to kick off in early January.

Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina was killed in the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida five years ago, calls the Washington Post's use of crime scene photos and videos from the scenes of mass shootings involving AR-15s and other semi-automatic rifles a disgusting bit of gaslighting in pursuit of a gun ban.

A lawsuit filed against several Connecticut police chiefs over lengthy licensing delays got its day in court on Tuesday as a panel of Second Circuit judges wrestled with precedential decisions that make it nearly impossible for groups like the Connecticut Citizens Defense League to challenge gun control statutes. CCDL's Holly Sullivan joins Cam to talk more about the case and its importance to 2A...

The Reload's Stephen Gutowski joins Cam for a wide-ranging conversation touching on semi-auto bans and SCOTUS, anti-2A activism in the media, and the surging number of Israelis trying to become lawful gun owners since the October 7 attacks.

A New York Times story tying the Army's Lake City Ammunition Plant to mass shootings and other violent crimes could be the launch of a new campaign by anti-gun activists; one that targets the manufacture and sale of ammunition for modern sporting rifles in addition to demanding a ban on the guns themselves.

The Massachusetts Senate is still dominated by Democrats, but Republicans did manage to flip a seat that's been blue for decades during a special election on Tuesday. As Mike Harris of the Gun Owners Action League tells Cam, the race was an oddity in the state; pitting a pro-2A Republican against one of the few Democratic lawmakers willing to stand in support of the Second Amendment.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation is continuing its partnership with the ATF on the "Don't Lie for the Other Guy" anti-straw purchasing campaign, but NSSF senior vice president and general counsel Larry Keane says the anti-gun activism by ATF Director Steve Dettelbach is making it more difficult to work with the agency.

For nearly two hours on Tuesday justices quizzed attorneys for the Department of Justice and Zachey Rahimi about the standard that can and should be used to prohibit individuals from possessing a firearm, with the Biden administration arguing that legislators at both the state and federal level have broad authority to deny Second Amendment rights to anyone they define as "non-law abiding" or "irre...

Gun stores in south Florida and across the country are seeing an influx of new customers, including a lot of folks who never saw the need to own a gun until now. Will these reluctant gun owners go on to become 2A advocates, or will they hold fast to their gun control believes even after they start exercising their own right to keep and bear arms?

Anti-gun officials in Sudbury, Massachusetts are pushing for a ban on gun stores within its borders, despite the fact that the proposal was previously rejected by residents. Gun Owners Action League's director of public policy Mike Harris joins Cam with the latest details, as well as an update on the Senate's crafting of a gun control bill of its own.

A new Gallup Poll found most Americans are opposed to a ban on handguns and believe firearms in the home make it a safer place, but a staggering number of Democrats disagree and are supportive of banning not only so-called assault weapons, but commonly owned pistols as well.

Attorney Tiffany Cheuvront joins Cam to discuss the details of a big win for gun owners in California after a federal judge granted an injunction against two laws banning gun shows from taking place on state property and the Orange County Fairgrounds.

Bryan Strawser from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus joins Cam with a firsthand report on a slanted symposium hosted by the University of Minnesota Law Review and sponsored by the gun control group Giffords, where anti-gun academics and activists were on hand to bemoan the Bruen decision and chart a way forward for their anti-rights campaigns.

The gun control lobby wasted no time in demanding changes to Maine's gun laws after the mass murder in Lewiston on Monday evening, but Gov. Janet Mills wisely ignored those calls in her first public comments on Thursday, instead asking Mainers to show love, compassion, and concern for each other going forward.

San Diego County Gun Owners political director Michael Schwartz was on hand as supervisors deadlocked 2-2 on a resolution in support of Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed 28th amendment that would enshrine a host of anti-gun provisions into the U.S. Constitution, and joins Cam to discuss the vote and how SDCGO is pushing back to defend the Second Amendment.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to keep the state's ban on "assault weapons" in place after a federal judge declared the statute unconstitutional, and despite Gov. Gavin Newsom's attempt to ridicule the judge for comparing Bowie knives to AR-15s it's actually Bonta who's raising that argument before the appeals court.

Illinois Carry's Valinda Rowe joins Cam with news of a backdoor ammunition registration scheme that's on hold, at least for now, thanks to her grassroots activism. But Rowe also shares troubling news about a rise in FOID revocations based on "clear and present danger" reports, even when mental health professions find no danger at all.

The Gun Owners Action League's director of public policy Mike Harris joins Cam with some behind-the-scenes details of the Massachusetts House's latest assault on the Second Amendment, including the continued opposition from police chiefs across the state.

Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus chair and the Second Amendment Foundation's 2023 Grassroots Activist of the Year Bryan Strawswer joins Cam with an update on the latest attacks on the Second Amendment in the land of 10,000 lakes, advice on how to be an effective 2A advocate, and more.

Gun stores in states like Texas and Florida are reporting a spike in sales and interest in training after the Hamas terror attacks on Israel and calls for violence against Jews around the globe.

If anti-gunners in Western Australia get their way, lawful gun owners will soon face caps on the number of firearms they're allowed to possess – a step that the American gun control lobby would love to foist on gun owners here at home. 

The Supreme Court will get another chance to grant emergency relief to gun owners in the coming days, this time in a case challenging California's ban on "large capacity" magazines. Meanwhile, the Court is slated to hold oral arguments in less than a month in the Rahimi case, and Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president Alan Gottlieb joins Cam to share his thoughts on how t...

The Gun Owners Action League's Jim Wallace is back with the latest news and details on HD 4607, which received its first (and likely only) public hearing on Tuesday. With gun owners and law enforcement in opposition House Democrats are now racing to hold a final vote on the bill, perhaps as early as next week.

Yehuda Remer, also known as "The Pew Pew Jew", joins Cam to discuss the latest on the attack on Israel by Hamas forces, including the push to relax Israel's gun control laws to allow for more armed citizens to act in self-defense.

Massachusetts House Democrats may have a new bill, but it was crafted with the same animosity towards lawful gun owners as HD 4420. As anti-gun lawmakers rush to get HD 5607 to Gov. Maura Healey's desk, the Gun Owners Action League is warning residents not to get complacent about the revised version of the "Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act."