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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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12.07.2023

Firearms Policy Coalition's general counsel and vice president of legal Cody J. Wisniewski joins Cam to discuss the one-year wait for a decision in a Maryland "assault weapons" case as well as today's deadline for public comment about the ATF's ...

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12.07.2023 A Frustrating Anniversary and a Looming Deadline Firearms Policy Coalition's general counsel and vice president of legal Cody J. Wisniewski joins Cam to discuss the one-year wait for a decision in a Maryland "assault weapons" case as well as today's deadline for public comment about the ATF's ...
12.06.2023 California Carry Case Could Have National Implications California Rifle & Pistol Association head and 2A attorney Chuck Michel joins Cam to discuss the latest lawsuit filed in response to concealed carry restrictions; this one taking on issues like the insanely long wait times in LA County, exorbitant ...
12.05.2023 NSSF Responds to Schumer's Planned Gun Ban Vote The National Shooting Sports Foundation's Larry Keane calls Chuck Schumer's announcement for an imminent vote on the GOSAFE Act a political stunt, but says the bill should still be seen as a legitimate threat to our Second Amendment rights.
12.04.2023 A Shooting Sports Renaissance in Schools? Air rifle ranges in school basements may still largely be a thing of the past, but that doesn't mean the teams themselves have disappeared. With trap shooting one of the fastest-growing high school sports and other groups like the Student ...
11.30.2023 Media Bias and Lawmaker Ignorance on Display During Massachusetts Gun Hearing Jim Wallace and Mike Harris of the Gun Owners Action League join Cam for a firsthand report on the massive legislative hearing involving dozens of gun-related bills held in Boston this week.
11.29.2023 The Colossal Failures That Led to Lewiston Murders David Trahan, head of the Sportsmans Alliance of Maine, joins Cam to detail what he's learned about the repeated failures of local, state, and federal agencies to prevent the shootings in Lewiston, as well as the looming fight over "red ...
11.28.2023 Canada's Handgun 'Freeze' Is Really a Slow Motion Gun Ban If there was any doubt that the "freeze" on handgun sales instituted by the Trudeau administration is really aimed at ending handgun ownership altogether, a recent letter from a coalition of gun control groups to Canadian senators urging them not ...
11.27.2023 VCDL President Has Stark Warning About "Assault Weapons" Push Phillip Van Cleave of the Virginia Citizens Defense League joins Cam to discuss the upcoming push for an "assault weapons" ban by Democratic state legislators and why it's critically important for gun owners to push back during the group's upcoming ...
11.22.2023 Turning Gun Owners into 2A Advocates A new NBC News poll shows a huge increase in the number of American households with gun owners, including more than 4-in-10 Democrats. But the poll also found a nearly 50-50 split among voters on protecting 2A rights or passing ...
11.21.2023 You Don't Need Hands to Bear Arms Firearms instructor and gun store owner Michael Cargill joins Cam with the inspiring details of an amazing young man who recently passed his Texas concealed carry course with "flying colors" even though he doesn't have arms, as well as an ...
11.20.2023 A 'Red Flag' Revival in Tennessee? 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 ...
11.16.2023 Parkland Dad Slams WaPo's "Disgusting" Use of Crime Scene Images 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 ...
11.15.2023 Searching for Standing In Second Circuit 2A Challenges 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 ...
11.14.2023 Gutowski on Gun Bans, SCOTUS, and More 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.
11.13.2023 Next Gun Control Fight Likely to Target Ammo 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 ...
11.09.2023 Massachusetts Senate Race Good News for Gun Owners 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 ...
11.08.2023 Keane Blasts Dettelbach's "Unprecedented" Demand for Gun Ban 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 ...
11.07.2023 Breaking Down the SCOTUS Arguments in Rahimi 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 ...
11.06.2023 Rise of the Reluctant Gun Owner 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 ...
11.02.2023 An Anti-Gun Witchhunt in Massachusetts 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 ...
11.01.2023 Gallup: 49% of Democrats Want Handgun Ban 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 ...
10.31.2023 A First and Second Amendment Win in California 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 ...
10.30.2023 Law Review Symposium Riddled With Anti-2A Slant 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 ...
10.26.2023 Maine Governor Calls For Compassion, Not Gun Control in First Public Comments 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 ...
10.25.2023 SoCal Supervisors Say "No" to Newsom's Anti-2A Constitutional Amendment 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, ...
10.24.2023 California AG Brings Knife Argument to Legal Fight Over Gun Ban 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 ...
10.23.2023 Illinois Law Poses Clear and Present Danger to Gun Owners 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 ...
10.19.2023 GOAL Blasts Passage of "Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act" 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.
10.18.2023 2A Activist of the Year Has A Message for Anti-Gunners 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 ...
10.17.2023 Gun Sales Surging as Jewish Americans Embrace Their 2A Rights 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.
10.16.2023 Blunder Down Under: Australian State Moves to Limit Gun Ownership 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 ...
10.12.2023 SAF's Gottlieb Weighs in on SCOTUS and the Second Amendment 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 ...
10.11.2023 Mass House Dems Have Anti-2A bill on a Fast Track 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 ...
10.10.2023 The "Pew Pew Jew" Sounds off on Self-defense after Hamas Attack 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 ...
10.09.2023 GOAL Sounds The Alarm on Revised "Lawful Citizens Imprisonment Act" 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 ...
10.05.2023 Firearms Industry Aims to Protect Liberty in 2024 Election Cycle The firearms industry is hoping to play a major role in the 2024 elections with the new Protect Liberty PAC. Treasurer Larry Keane joins Cam to discuss the role the PAC will play in federal races across the country, with ...
10.04.2023 The "Radical Incrementalism" of the Gun Control Lobby Giffords executive director Peter Ambler is stepping down after ten years at the helm of the anti-gun group, and an exit interview he gave to Politico provides some interesting nuggets about how the gun control lobby operates, including its strategy ...
10.03.2023 An October Surprise for Massachusetts Gun Owners? Jim Wallace of the Gun Owners Action League in Massachusetts joins Cam with the latest news and scuttlebutt surrounding HD 4420, which is currently getting a makeover from anti-gun Democrats behind closed doors. According to Wallace, the House Speaker wants ...
09.28.2023 Modern-day Minutemen (and Women) Bring Bruen to Boston Hundreds of Massachusetts gun owners turned out on the Boston Common on Wednesday to rally in opposition to a sweeping gun control bill that threatens the Second Amendment rights of all residents. "Riding Shotgun with Charlie" host Charlie Cook was ...
09.27.2023 California Gun Owners Take Aim at New Carry Crackdown Even before California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB2 into law on Tuesday, the "carry killer" legislation was already facing a court challenge. Attorney Tiffany Cheuvront with Michel & Associates joins Cam with the latest on May v. Bonta, as well ...
09.26.2023 Anti-2A Activists Ramp Up Demonization of Gun Industry The National Shooting Sports Foundation's Larry Keane joins Cam to take on the latest attacks by the gun control lobby, which seems intent on portraying the NSSF, Keane, and the firearms industry as Public Enemy #1.
09.25.2023 NM Governor's Carry Ban Generating Bipartisan Blowback The New Mexico Shooting Sports Association's treasurer Zac Fort, who's also the named plaintiff in a lawsuit taking on Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's unconstitutional carry ban, joins Cam with the latest on litigation, a legislative response, and a new poll ...
09.21.2023 How Much Should We Trust Crime Stats? Crime (and more specifically, "gun violence") is the most common reason politicians give when trying to infringe on our right to keep and bear arms, but how much should we trust national reports like the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports or ...
09.20.2023 How Concerned Should Gun Owners Be About Biden's Latest Move? The gun control lobby won't just have a seat at the table in the Biden administration. Going forward they'll have their own office in the White House. Biden is set to announce the creation of the Office of Gun Violence ...
09.19.2023 Who's Really in an Awkward Position After Hunter Biden's Indictment? According to a host of lefty media types, Hunter's indictment has put Second Amendment groups in an "awkward position", but it's really the gun control groups who are ignoring the indictment and his possible 2A legal defense.
09.18.2023 Gun Owners Ready to Rally in Opposition to Massachusetts Gun Grab While Massachusetts lawmakers are back to plotting behind closed doors after their first attempt at rushing "carry killer" legislation into law hit a brick wall of opposition, gun owners aren't letting their guard down. As Gun Owners Action League executive ...
09.14.2023 Firearms Instructor Says Governor's Carry Ban Backfired Not only was New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's order banning open and concealed carry in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County roundly ignored by both lawful gun owners and criminals, as Bosque Tactical owner and lead instructor Phil Buckles tells Cam, ...
09.13.2023 Is Grisham Gunning For a Special Session? While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hasn't found much support for her unilateral order banning open and concealed carry in Albuquerque and Bernalillo County, her next step may very well involve bringing lawmakers back to Santa Fe for a ...
09.12.2023 NY's SAFE Act is Hurting Mental Health and Abusing the Rights of Gun Owners Sandra Richardson knows first-hand how screwed up New York's SAFE Act is when it comes to gun ownership and mental health. The longtime RN and public health researcher joins Cam to talk not only about her experience with having her ...
09.11.2023 Does Grisham Have an End Game With Her Gun Ban Order? Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to kick around New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's order suspending the right to carry in Albuquerque for the next 30 days; a move that's already drawn multiple lawsuits, outright defiance by hundreds ...

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