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A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.  Bearing Arms editor Cam Edwards provides a daily dose of 2nd Amendment news and commentary, alongside interviews with experts, newsmakers, and gun rights activists from across the country.  Follow Cam Edwards on Twitter @CamEdwards.  Follow Cam and Company on Twitter @CamAndCompany.

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Colorado Teachers Arming Up...

08.11.2022

FASTER Colorado Executive Director Laura Carno joins Cam to discuss the growing popularity of armed school staff in her state and beyond Colorado's borders, and why anti-gun activists are wrong to oppose these policies.

Bearing Arms' Cam & Co episodes:

08.11.2022 Colorado Teachers Arming Up to Protect Students FASTER Colorado Executive Director Laura Carno joins Cam to discuss the growing popularity of armed school staff in her state and beyond Colorado's borders, and why anti-gun activists are wrong to oppose these policies.
08.10.2022 Houston Wastes $100K on Gun 'Buyback' Gun owners are well aware of the ineffectiveness of gun "buyback" programs when it comes to reducing violent crime, but surprisingly, one public radio outlet in Texas is casting a critical eye on Houston's recent compensated confiscation event and questioning ...
08.09.2022 One Gun Rights Advocate's Journey from Activist to Candidate Rebecca Schmoe has been a champion of the right to keep and bear arms for several years with groups like 1 Million Moms Against Gun Control and the D.C. Project. Now she's stepping further into the political arena by running ...
08.08.2022 Florida Paper Wants DeSantis to Target 2A Sheriffs With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspending a state's attorney for “neglect of duty” and “incompetence for vowing not to enforce certain laws relating to abortion and "gender transitioning," the Orlando Sentinel wants to know why the governor isn't taking a ...
08.04.2022 AP Declares It's 'Open Season' on Gun Laws Anti-gun bias in the media is nothing new, but as Cam details, in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in NYSPRA v. Bruen it's getting ramped up to new heights.
08.03.2022 Colorado County Approves Gun Ban Despite Threat of Legal Challenge And not only a gun ban. Boulder County has also restricted where concealed carry holders can carry, imposed a ban on gun sales to adults under the age of 21, and a waiting period mandate as well. Now one gun ...
08.02.2022 Professor Calls for National Gun 'Buyback' Gregory Koger might not have thought this one through, because as Cam explains, there are a lot of problems with his call for a national "buyback", even one that's supposedly voluntary in nature.
08.01.2022 Gun Control Goes Down to the Wire in Massachusetts Massachusetts' legislature wrapped up this year's session early Monday morning, and the head of the Gun Owners Action League says that while a few of the more egregious gun control items ended up on the chopping block, there are still ...
07.28.2022 GOA Teams Up With Red State AGs to Challenge Biden's 'Ghost Gun' Rule A coalition of 17 Republican Attorneys General are standing side-by-side with Gun Owners of America to take on the Biden administration's pending rule regarding unfinished and unserialized frames and receivers set to take effect next month.
07.27.2022 House Dems Accuse Gun Makers of Fueling Mass Murder House Democrats are using an Oversight Committee hearing chaired by Rep. Carolyn Maloney to scapegoat gun makers and blame them for the actions of cowardly murderers and violent criminals, accusing them of putting profits ahead of public safety.
07.26.2022 Ohio Officer Pans Biden's Latest Argument for 'Assault Weapons' Ban While Joe Biden says you can't claim to support police unless you also support banning so-called assault weapons, Ohio police officer, firearms instructor, and gun store/range owner Eric Delbert says Biden's push for a ban isn't supported by most officers ...
07.25.2022 House Gun Ban Bill in a Holding Pattern? The behind-the-scenes arm twisting on the part of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democratic leadership continues, but there are signs that the outcome of a vote in doubt, and may not take place this week.
07.21.2022 Gun Industry Sounds Off on House Gun Ban, ATF Chief, and More The National Shooting Sports Foundation's senior vice president and general counsel Larry Keane joins Cam for a wide-ranging discussion on the Democrats' latest "assault weapons" ban, the installment of Steve Dettelbach as head of the ATF, the gun control lobby's ...
07.20.2022 Progressive Activists Put 2A Rights on the Ballot in Oregon The state of Oregon could impose new restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms, many of which appear to violate the Constitution, if a ballot initiative just approved for the November elections ends up being approved by voters.
07.19.2022 Gun Control Reaction to Indiana Armed Citizen Anything But 'Reasonable' The gun control lobby loves to portray itself as the voice of "reasonableness" and "commonsense," but their criticism of the armed citizen who stopped the targeted attack at a Greenwood, Indiana mall doesn't make much sense at all, as the ...
07.18.2022 Indiana Mall Shooting and the Case Against 'Gun-Free Zones' A 22-year old was able to stop a targeted attack on an Indiana mall on Sunday, but only because he violated the mall's "no weapons" policy and was carrying a handgun of his own. While the armed citizen isn't likely ...
07.14.2022 Don't Underestimate the Depths of Dems' Defiance of SCOTUS Law professor Jonathan Turley says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Democratic legislature are risking a Supreme Court smackdown with their latest round of gun control laws, but he gives the anti-gun politicians far too much credit when it ...
07.13.2022 FL Democrat Cites Bruen in Challenge to Federal Ban on Guns and Weed Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried's lawsuit challenging the federal government's prohibition on gun ownership for medical marijuana laws looks to be motivated at least in part by politics, but that doesn't mean the case itself is without merit.
07.12.2022 Detroit Firearms Instructor Bringing 2A Teaching to the Masses Rick Ector is hoping to help educate hundreds of new and would-be gun owners in the Detroit area through a massive event taking place at two local ranges later this month. He joins Cam to talk about the event, as ...
07.11.2022 Repeal and Replace the 2nd Amendment? Anti-gun activists are getting downright delusional with their efforts to disarm Americans. Thwarted by the Supreme Court, a growing number of them are now demanding that we the people amend the Constitution and repeal the right to keep and bear ...
07.07.2022 House Dems Target Gun Makers with Public Hearing House Oversight Committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney of New York is calling on the CEOs of several major gun companies to testify on Capitol Hill in a politically-motivated witch hunt designed to scapegoat the firearms industry and blame it for the ...
07.06.2022 NY Gun Group Preps for Legal Fight Over New Carry Restrictions Attorneys for the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association are carefully poring over the new anti-2A laws slapped in place by Democrats last week, and NYSRPA executive director Tom King says legal challenges are coming "sooner rather than later."
06.30.2022 New York Gun Group Promises Swift Response to New Carry Restrictions New York State Rifle & Pistol Association executive director Tom King tells Cam that the attempts by New York Democrats to defy the Supreme Court's opinion on the right to bear arms in public by imposing sweeping "gun-free zones", draconian ...
06.29.2022 CA Gun Owners Demand Action and Answers Over AG's Leak of Personal Info CRPA head Chuck Michel joins Cam with the latest info into the massive leak of private information of hundreds of thousands of California gun owners from Attorney General Rob Bonta's office, as well as a look at the 16 gun ...
06.28.2022 Blue State Dems Set to Impose New (and Unconstitutional) Carry Bans The Supreme Court decision in NYSPRA v. Bruen warned against states trying to declare broad swathes of publicly accessible places as "sensitive spaces" where guns could be banned, but that's exactly what Democrats like New York Gov. Kathy Hochul are ...
06.27.2022 2A Activists Take Aim at California Gun Control Laws California Rifle & Pistol Association president and Second Amendment attorney Chuck Michel joins Cam to lay out the top priorities for the 2A group in the wake of last week's historic Supreme Court decision, including efforts to defeat anti-gunners' attempts ...
06.24.2022 Gun Store Owner and Congressman Wants to Repeal All Taxes on Arms and Ammo Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia joins Cam to talk about his new RETURN (Repealing Excise Tax on Unalienable Rights Now) our Constitutional Rights Act, which would remove ALL federal taxes on firearms and ammunition, including the $200 tax stamp for ...
06.23.2022 SCOTUS Decision on Right to Carry Is a Huge Win for Gun Owners The Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association doesn't just declare all "proper cause" requirements for a concealed carry license unconstitutional, it casts major doubt on the constitutionality of gun control laws like bans on AR-15s ...
06.22.2022 FL Congressman Explains Why He's a 'No' on the Senate Gun Deal Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida joins Cam to discuss the details of the gun deal reached by the Senate and his objections, as well as what he believes can and should be done to prevent attacks like the horrific murders ...
06.21.2022 Senate Rushes to Get Gun Deal in Place With the Senate set to adjourn for two weeks on Thursday afternoon, negotiators are rushing to put a bill on the floor for a vote, but will there be time to actually read the legislation brokered by Democrats and Republicans ...
06.21.2022 Senate rushes to get gun deal in place With the Senate set to adjourn for two weeks on Thursday afternoon, negotiators are rushing to put a bill on the floor for a vote, but will there be time to actually read the legislation brokered by Democrats and Republicans ...
06.21.2022 Senate rushes to get gun deal in place With the Senate set to adjourn for two weeks on Thursday afternoon, negotiators are rushing to put a bill on the floor for a vote, but will there be time to actually read the legislation brokered by Democrats and Republicans ...
06.21.2022 Senate rushes to get gun deal in place With the Senate set to adjourn for two weeks on Thursday afternoon, negotiators are rushing to put a bill on the floor for a vote, but will there be time to actually read the legislation brokered by Democrats and Republicans ...
06.21.2022 Senate rushes to get gun deal in place With the Senate set to adjourn for two weeks on Thursday afternoon, negotiators are rushing to put a bill on the floor for a vote, but will there be time to actually read the legislation brokered by Democrats and Republicans ...
06.21.2022 Senate rushes to get gun deal in place With the Senate set to adjourn for two weeks on Thursday afternoon, negotiators are rushing to put a bill on the floor for a vote, but will there be time to actually read the legislation brokered by Democrats and Republicans ...
06.20.2022 A 'Sensitive' Question About the Right to Bear Arms If the Supreme Court strikes down New York's "may issue" carry laws in the coming days, anti-gun politicians and the gun control lobby are working to get a backup plan in place: banning the carrying of firearms in many publicly ...
06.16.2022 Bloomberg Columnist Says Biden Should Go Big on Anti-Gun Executive Order Bloomberg columnist Timothy O'Brien thinks he's found a way to stop the sale of modern sporting rifles without the need for Congress to cast a vote, but as Cam points out, there are a few flaws and unintended consequences in ...
06.15.2022 Mag Sales Soar Ahead of WA Ban Democrats in Washington State approved a ban on so-called large capacity magazines earlier this year, but ahead of the law taking effect on July 1st gun stores around the state are reporting a massive increase in sales.
06.14.2022 Democrats Aim to Bankrupt Gun Industry Through Junk Lawsuits From California to New Jersey, anti-gun Democrats are pushing new laws allowing for gun makers to be sued for the actions of criminals despite a federal law that was designed to prevent these politically-motivated lawsuits from going forward. The intention ...
06.13.2022 Can the Senate Gun Deal Be Stopped? With 10 Republicans agreeing in principle to a deal that includes increased spending on mental health and school security as well as offering grants to states that adopt "red flag" laws and including juvenile crime records in background checks on ...
06.09.2022 Swearer Sounds Off on House Gun Control Hearing The Heritage Foundation's Amy Swearer was one of a handful of Second Amendment supporters invited to testify during Wednesday's House committee hearing on "gun violence" (and more importantly, gun control), and joins Cam to discuss her appearance and her frustration ...
06.08.2022 Surge in Interest in Armed School Staffers While most of the media's attention is focused on gun control efforts on Capitol Hill, away from the spotlight many school districts are quietly investigating the possibility of having armed school staff members in place. FASTER Colorado's Laura Carno tells ...
06.07.2022 Anti-Gun Researcher Admits Background Checks Just First Step Johns Hopkins University researcher Daniel Webster has admitted in an interview that even "universal background checks" won't have much of an impact on shootings and homicides, and should be seen as just the first step in a bigger round of ...
06.06.2022 Gun Banners Cling to 'Evolving' View of the Second Amendment But does their argument hold up? As Cam explains, the bulk of the historical evidence shows that Americans have embraced their individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense since before the founding of this nation, and continue to ...
06.02.2022 Research Shows Armed Teachers Save Lives Dr. J. Eric Dietz with the Homeland Security Institute at Purdue University joins Cam to talk about his latest research into the effectiveness of both school resource officers and armed school staff in stopping targeted attacks on schools, which he ...
06.01.2022 Gun Owners Aim to Improve Mental Health Access While politicians in Washington D.C. are looking to find some sort of gun control "compromise" in the wake of the horrific murders in Uvalde, Texas, gun owners and Second Amendment advocates involved in the grassroots effort known as Walk The ...
05.31.2022 Parkland Dad Rips Gun Control Grifters Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, says he's "held his tongue" for four years, but can no longer be silent about the lies and rewriting of history on ...
05.25.2022 Murphy: We Need to Pass Gun Control to 'Show We Care' Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy says he's willing to "bend over backwards" to find a compromise on gun control after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, but his motivation appears far less about effective policies and much more about political posturing.
05.24.2022 Three Big Questions Ahead of NRA's Annual Meeting The NRA's first full-scale Annual Meeting since 2019 is kicking off this weekend in Houston, and Cam talks about some of the big unanswered questions heading into the gathering with The Reload's Stephen Gutowski.
05.23.2022 Is Eric Adams Gun Control's Next Big Thing? The New York City mayor is allegedly eyeing a run for president in 2024, and the city's rising crime rate and his embrace of gun control may make him an attractive candidate for the gun control lobby.

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