Bearing Arms' Cam & Co

Demand for concealed carry licenses has never been higher, but the months-long wait for many gun owners isn't getting any better. In fact, as Cam details, we're already starting to see a second wave of COVID-related closures that's leaving would-be gun owners and those who want to exercise their right to carry stuck in a legal limbo.

When police use lethal force against law-abiding gun owners, the court system often sides with law enforcement over those exercising their 2nd Amendment rights. Cam explains that both 2A and gun control groups would like to see changes made to the doctrine of qualified immunity, though for very different reasons.

According to Time  magazine, racial tensions are fueling a rise in gun ownership among black Americans. On today's show Cam talks with Tony Simon, the founder of DiversityShoot.com, who believes the Second Amendment has the potential to bridge the many divides in our current culture. 

A pair of Oregon counties that adopted Second Amendment Sanctuary ordinances on Election Day have now made it a crime to enforce state-level gun laws like "red flag" firearm seizures. Can the measures stand up in court, and are resolutions a better tool for 2A advocates who want to ensure that their local governments don't enforce unconstitutional gun control measures?

We're already seeing delays of nine months or more, but with another round of COVID-related closures already underway in states from California to New Jersey, gun owners applying for their carry license or would-be gun owners in states like Illinois who need a permit to simply own a gun could soon see their wait time stretch out even further. Amy Swearer of the Heritage Foundation joins Cam to...

With more than 1/4th of the state of Missouri's homicides concentrated in just a few square blocks of the city of St. Louis, crime-fighting strategies that rely on curtailing the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding residents across the state are aiming in the wrong direction.

Expect Second Amendment groups to be busy in the courts over the next couple of years. Adam Kraut, the Firearms Policy Coalition's director of legal strategy, joins Cam to talk about some of the gun rights cases making their way through the courts, as well as what he anticipates will be the biggest threats in a potential Biden administration.

It looks like even if Joe Biden is sworn in as the next president in January, he won't have the votes necessary for his gun and magazine ban to pass Congress. As Mark Oliva of the National Shooting Sports Foundation tells Cam, however, there's reason to believe that Biden and his anti-gun allies are already looking at ways to do a run around Congress and the Constitution.

A new study by John Jay College of Criminal Justice claims to offer ways to reduce violent crime without getting the police involved, but as Cam explains, it turns out the report is chock full of gun control proposals that still rely on heavy-handed law enforcement.

How important are the upcoming runoff elections for two U.S. Senate seats? Not only will they determine who controls the chamber for the next two years, a Republican victory in at least one of the races would put a stake in the heart of Joe Biden's plan to ban and "buy back" tens of millions of so-called assault weapons.

Not Athens, Greece, but Athens, Tennessee, where, in 1946, GI's returning from WWII took on the political machine that had imposed a tyrannical regime on the populace. Author Chris DeRose joins Cam to talk about the largely forgotten story, which is the subject of his new book, "The Fighting Bunch: The Battle of Athens and How World War II Veterans Won the Only Successful Armed Rebellion...

Yes, according to ThePrepared.com's Jon Stokes, though political violence/Civil War 2.0 is not his primary concern at the moment. Stokes tells Cam what's really keeping him awake at night, as well as offering tips on the essentials for those looking to be prepared in these uncertain times.

While we don't know who will ultimately be declared president, the 2020 election results aren't looking great for gun control advocates. Cam breaks down where things stand in the House, Senate, and state legislatures around the country.

With Pennsylvania expected to be a crucially important state for both Joe Biden and Donald Trump, gun owners could provide the president with the margin of victory... if they turn out. Cam speaks with the unofficial dean of Pennsylvania politics, Salena Zito, to get a preview of what to watch for on Tuesday night as the returns start coming in.

While it could be days or even weeks before we know the winner of the presidential election, there are a few congressional races on the East Coast that could give us a general idea of where we're headed on Election Night. Cam takes a closer look at what to watch in NY-21, VA-07, and NC-11.

Stephen Willeford faced down evil when he used his AR-15 rifle to help stop the attack at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, TX, in 2017. Now he's using his voice and vote to defend the Second Amendment against the threat posed by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

Days before the election, the ATF has quietly started re-interpreting the definition of "handgun" as defined by the Gun Control Act, and it's already starting to impact the importation of AR and AK-style pistols. Josh Savani, director of research and information at NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, tells Cam that the ATF's new moves are a preview of the regulatory assau...

According to a new study by researchers at the New Mexico State University and the University of Toledo, healthcare workers were among those Americans most likely to purchase a firearm during the first few weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Robert Young, with Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, joins Cam to talk about the study's findings, as well as his own personal experience with collea...

Second Amendment organizations are hailing the confirmation of Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett as a huge step towards the Court once again taking up a case dealing with the right to keep and bear arms. The Second Amendment Foundation's Alan Gottlieb joins Cam for a closer look at the impact that Barrett could have on several cases that could soon come before SCOTUS.

Thirty-five years ago, Joe Biden declared that he "never believed that additional gun control or federal registration of guns would reduce crime," but in the decades since he's embraced a radical gun control agenda that would make him the most anti-gun president in history if elected.

Senators Richard Blumenthal and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with gun control groups like Everytown for Gun Safety and Brady, are accusing Judge Amy Coney Barrett of being a tool of the "gun lobby" as they desperately seek to derail her confirmation to the Supreme Court, which is scheduled for next week.

Rick Ector, a longtime firearms instructor and Second Amendment advocate in Detroit, says the nine-month wait to apply for a concealed carry license in Wayne County "unconscionable," and he's accusing the county of playing politics with the safety, security, and rights of residents.

Retired Admiral William McRaven describes himself as a pro-Second Amendment conservative who's voting for Joe Biden, but like the rest of Biden's supposed pro-2A supporters, McRaven has a long history of embracing radical gun control policies.

Sgt. Betsy Branter Smith has 29 years of law enforcement experience and currently serves as a firearms trainer, so as you can imagine, she has some pretty strong opinions about Joe Biden's plan to train cops to "aim for the leg" when using their firearms. Sgt. Smith says Biden's bad idea is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to policies that threaten public safety and the...

A right delayed is a right denied, and right now, there are hundreds of thousands of Americans stuck in a holding pattern when it comes to their Second Amendment right to own and carry a gun. Dozens of lawsuits have been filed around the country, but can applicants expect any relief any time soon?