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Bearing Arms' Cam & Co
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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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2A Issues Piling Up at SCOTUS
Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to discuss the growing number of 2A challenges that could soon receive the Supreme Court's attention, including "gun-free zones," right to carry reciprocity, and the Second Amendment rights of young adults.
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999
No on Nine: The Latest on the Campaign to Repeal Mass Gun Law
The Civil Rights Coalition's Toby Leary joins Cam with the latest news on the efforts to repeal Chapter 135 at the ballot box this November, as well as his reaction to the First Circuit upholding Massachusetts' ban on so-called assault weapons.
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998
NJ Firearms Attorney Breaks Down Third Circuit's Huge Ruling on Semi-Auto/Mag Bans
Daniel Schmutter, lead counsel for the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs in its challenge to New Jersey's "assault weapon" and magazine ban, joins Cam to share his take on the Third Circuit decision striking down the ban, as well as what happens next.
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997
Legally Armed In Detroit Will Introduce Hundreds to Shooting
Firearms instructor Jackie Emslie joins Cam to preview this weekend's Legally Armed in Detroit event, where hundreds of women are expected to take their first shots and learn about real gun safety.
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996
Third Circuit Treats Second Amendment As the First-Class Right That It Is
NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford joins Cam to discuss the big win in the Third Circuit striking down New Jersey's ban on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines.
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995
The Arguments and Implications of SCOTUS Taking On 'Assault Weapon' Bans
SAF's Kostas Moros joins Cam to talk about the importance of the Supreme Court's decision to address bans on AR-15s and other semi-automatic firearms, and debunks some of the arguments we're likely to hear from defenders of the bans.
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994
Cape Gun Works Owner Sees Liberation Day On the Horizon
Cape Gun Works owner and founder of The Civil Rights Coalition Toby Leary joins Cam with his reaction to SCOTUS taking up an "assault weapon" case, and what CGW is doing for customers in anticipation of "Liberation Day."
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993
Can ATF Reforms Outlast the Trump Administration
ATF Director Robert Cekada and Chief Counsel Robert Leider outline the internal steps that are taken to prevent the agency's reforms from quickly being undone by future administrations, and the critical role that gun owners play in ensuring reforms continue.
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992
Cekada and Leider on Reforming the ATF
ATF Director Robert Cekada and Chief Counsel Robert Leider join Cam to discuss the mission to reform the ATF, with Cekada also revealing a surprising twist about the gun control lobby's complaints over his willingness to sit down with 2A advocates like Colion Noir.
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991
ATF Director Says Violent Criminals Are Agency's Priority, Not Lawful Gun Owners
ATF Director Robert Cekada and ATF Chief Counsel Robert Leider join Cam to discuss the agency's new proposed rules and a renewed focus on going after violent offenders instead of treating the firearms industry and lawful gun owners as enemies.
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990
On America's Birthday, a Word of Warhing From Down Under
Australian author, filmmaker, and pro-freedom pundit Topher Field joins Cam to discuss the unique nature of America's firearm freedom, and how a recent self-defense shooting in Australia is helping to change the debate Down Under.
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DOJ Files Suit Over Gun Bans After SCOTUS Announcement
National Association for Gun Rights' Hannah Hill joins Cam to discuss the DOJ's brand new lawsuits against California's Glock ban and Virginia's "assault firearm" ban, which come just a day after the Supreme Court announced it will address semi-auto bans in the next term.
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Did Virginia Gun Owners Just Get a Last Minute Reprieve From Gun, Magazine Ban?
Pulaski County Commonwealth's Attorney Justin Griffith joins Cam to discuss the impending gun and magazine ban in Virginia, the prosecutors who say they won't enforce it, the judges who say it can't be enforced, and the Democrat politicians vowing to punish those Commonwealth's Attorneys standing up for the people's right to keep and bear arms.
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987
Wolford's Wide Impact Beyond 'Vampire Rule'
AAF's Amy Swearer joins Cam to discuss how the Supreme Court's decision in Wolford v. Lopez could impact 2A cases going forward, including bans on commonly owned arms.
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A 2A-Twofer: Breaking Down Wolford and the Real-World Implications of Hemani
Cam does a deep dive into today's SCOTUS decision in Wolford v. Lopez striking down Hawaii's "vampire rule", and talks with attorney Dan Russell about the real-world implications of last week's decision in Hemani.
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Hold My Guns Celebrates Big Win in Ohio
Hold My Guns founder Sarah Joy Albrecht joins Cam to discuss the unanimous passage of a bill in Ohio creating a voluntary off-site storage program for gun owners and FFLs.
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Massachusetts Targets Lawful Gun Owners While Violent Criminals Go Free
The Civil Rights Coalition's Toby Leary responds to the gun control lobby's attack on a voter referendum to repeal some of Massachusetts' worst gun laws, and says the state needs to focus on repeat, violent offenders instead of lawful gun owners.
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SCOTUS Keeps Us in Suspense on Hardware Cases
The Reload's Stephen Gutowski joins Cam to discuss the holding pattern five hardware cases are in at the Supreme Court, with justices once again taking no action on two magazine bans and three challenges to "assault weapon" bans.
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SCOTUS Nixes Gun Ban for Marijuana User
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal prosecution of Ali Danial Hemani for possessing guns while "regularly" consuming marijuana violated his Second Amendment rights; a decision that could have far-reaching impacts in almost every state in the country and for millions of gun owners and cannabis users.
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Will the Militia Clause Doom Virginia's Gun and Magazine Ban?
Washington Gun Law's William Kirk joins Cam to discuss a variety of topics, including today's hearing in Curtis v. Katz, where plaintiffs are raising a challenge to Virginia's gun and magazine ban based on the militia clause in the Virginia Constitution.
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When Fact-Checkers Misfire on Firearms
Matthew Hoy, author of "Fact-Checking Frauds: How Fact-Checkers Distract, Deceive, and Distort Our Politics" joins Cam to discuss the problem with anti-2A politics and ideology infecting gun-related fact checks.
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USVI Senators Show Contempt for 2A and Gun Owners
Virgin Islands Safe Gun Owners founder Kosei Ohno is back with the outrageous details of passage of a sweeping gun control bill that could ban the sale of all semi-automatic firearms, possession of suppressors, and a host of other infringements to our 2A rights.
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Massachusetts Gun Laws Too Confusing for Prosecutors, Judges?
Massachusetts attorney Daniel Hagan joins Cam with several horror stories from the state where police, prosecutors, and even judges have been woefully ignorant of the law, leading to criminal charges against legal gun owners.
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Trouble in Paradise for USVI Gun Owners
Virgin Islands Safe Gun Owners founder Kosei Ohno details the latest attempts by USVI politicians to criminalize the right to keep and bear arms, and how VISGO is fighting back in defense of the Second Amendment.
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The Daylight Ride of Toby Leary
Listen, my peeps, and you shall hear, of the daylight ride of Toby Leary. The head of The Civil Rights Coalition tells Cam he's headed to D.C. to meet with the head of the DOJ's Second Amendment Section with the goal of getting help in undoing some of Massachusetts' worst infringements on our Second Amendment rights.
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975
What's Behind the Frustrating Session for NH Gun Owners?
NRA-ILA's Joe LoPorto joins Cam to dissect the 2026 session in New Hampshire, where a pair of pro-2A bills failed to make it to the governor despite pro-gun majorities in both the House and Senate.
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974
Victory for Virginia gun owners, defeat for anti-gun Dems
VCDL President Philip Van Cleave joins Cam with details of Thursday's court victory, where a Lynchburg Circuit Court judge shut down the state's attempt to resume conducting background checks on private gun transfers in defiance of an existing injunction.
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SAF Seeks to Halt Garden State Gun Grabs
SAF Director of Legal Operations Bill Sack joins Cam with details of the group's newly expanded lawsuit against several north Jersey police departments and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office for confiscating the lawfully-owned guns of multiple residents whose family members sought mental health treatment or had a mental health evaluation.
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Historic Meeting of 2A Minds in New England
CCRKBA Director and CCDL head Holly Sullivan joins Cam with a recap of the first-ever New England Firearms Advocacy Conference, held last weekend in Massachusetts.
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971
Democrats Bluster As Prosecutors Say 'No' to Gun Ban
At least ten prosecutors in Virginia have now said they will not enforce the Democrats' ban on "assault firearms" and "large capacity" magazines, which is set to take effect a month from today, and Armed American Radio's Mark Walters tells Cam he expects that number to grow in the coming days.
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970
Glock Bans are Bad Enough, but It Doesn't End There
NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commeford joins Cam to discuss the new lawsuit filed by NRA, SAF, and FPC against Maryland's ban on Glocks and other striker-fired pistols, which is part of a broader strategy by gun control groups to do an end run around the Heller decision.
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969
Virginia Prosecutor Explains Decision Not to Enforce Gun and Magazine Ban
Justin L. Griffith, Commonwealth's Attorney for Pulaski County, joins Cam to detail his decision not to enforce Virginia's new ban on "assault firearms" and "large capacity" magazines set to take effect on July 1.
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New England Firearms Conference a Must-Attend for 2A Activists
The New England Firearms Advocacy Conference is coming up this weekend in Chicopee, Massachusetts, and organizer Holly Sullivan with Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms joins Cam with a preview of the must-attend event for 2A advocates in the region and across the country.
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Virginia Prosecutors Refuse to Enforce Gun Ban
Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to discuss the growing number of prosecutors in Virginia who say they won't enforce the state's "assault firearms" ban, as well as the latest right-to-carry case that just landed at the Supreme Court.
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A Conversation With ATF Director Robert Cekada
ATF Director Robert Cekada joins Cam for a wide-ranging conversation that includes his thoughts on the Adamiak case, the Biden administration's refusal to prosecute gun trafficking cases in Arizona, and more.
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Good News In the Grassroots Fight to Regain 2A Rights in Massachusetts
Cape Gun Works owner and The Civil Rights Coalition head Toby Leary joins Cam with the results of a surprising new poll in Massachusetts that bodes well for the Coalition's referendum to repeal the state's anti-2A package of laws known as Chapter 135.
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Papers Please: NJ AG Demands Sales Records From Garden State Gun Shops
NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford joins Cam with details of the outrageous subpoena demands from New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, who's seeking ten years' worth of records on the sale of Glock handguns by gun dealers in the state.
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Second Amendment Groups Sue Over Virginia Gun Ban
Second Amendment Foundation Director of Legal Research and Education Kostas Moros joins Cam to discuss the new federal lawsuit filed by SAF, FPC, and NRA over Virginia's gun and magazine ban set to take effect on July 1.
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Minnesota Dems Threaten Sit-In Over Gun Ban Bill
Minnesota House Democrats are threatening to hold a sit-in on Thursday night in an attempt to pass a sweeping piece of legislation that would ban so-called "assault weapons" and "large capacity" magazines; a stunt the MN Gun Owners Caucus calls "political performance art."
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'Boot Camp' for Patriots and the Great Crime Decline
It's a two-fer on today's Bearing Arms' Cam & Company. First, AMAC head Dave Weber joins the show to preview the organization's upcoming "Boot Camp for Patriots." Then, Cam takes on The Trace's befuddlement over the historic decline in crime at a time when the nation is "awash in guns."
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Modern Day Minuteman Helps Stop Massachusetts Shooting
Cape Gun Works owner Toby Leary joins Cam to discuss the armed citizen who helped stop a convicted violent felon who was shooting at motorists in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Monday, and how the state's gun laws make it harder for residents to protect themselves and others.
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959
Dhillon Says DOJ Not Playing 'Smallball' With Denver, USVI Lawsuits
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon joins Cam with the latest on the DOJ's pro-2A litigation efforts, and says the agency isn't playing legal "smallball" by taking on Denver's local ban on "assault weapons" or the U.S. Virgin Islands' gun storage mandate and slow-walking of gun permits.
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Why Is Tate Adamiak Being Subjected to 'Diesel Therapy'?
SAF investigative journalist Lee Williams joins Cam to discuss the disturbing revelation that Patrick 'Tate' Adamiak is about to undergo a 50-day road trip where he'll be out of contact with his attorneys and family, even as the Supreme Court is set to consider his appeal in conference next week.
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Massachusetts Man Faces 100 Years in Prison After Gun Seizures
Gun Owners Action League's Jim Wallace explains why the group is getting involved in the legal defense for a 23-year-old who could spend the rest of his life behind bars simply for possessing legally purchased guns and unserialized frames and receivers.
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956
Virginia Gun Sales Skyrocket
NSSF's Mark Oliva joins Cam to discuss the surge in gun sales in Virginia ahead of a ban on so-called assault firearms, as well as increased sales in other states where gun control is on the move.
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955
Cautious Optimism Over ATF's Package of Proposed Rules
NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford joins Cam to discuss the broad strokes of the ATF's package of proposed rule changes on gun regulations, and what the organization will be watching for once the actual text of the rules is released.
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ATF Rules and Virgin Island 'Gun-Free Zones'
In addition to discussing some of the ATF's new proposed rules, Cam welcomes Virgin Islands Safe Gun Owners founder Kosei Ohno to the program to respond to USVI Gov. Albert Bryan's new executive order creating "gun-free zones" in all government buildings.
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Media's Anti-Gun Bias on Display in Coverage of Attempted Assassin
The media continues to deflect attention away from the political leanings of the California man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump and other top administration officials, with the L.A. Times doing a deep dive on the supposedly gun-friendly section of L.A. County where the suspect legally purchased a shotgun and pistol.
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Gun Control Groups Get Vague After D.C. Assassination Attempt
Second Amendment Foundation Director of Legal Research and Education Kostas Moros joins Cam to discuss the real goal behind the incredibly vague demands to "do something" on gun control after the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
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The Sound of SCOTUS Silence
Another orders list has been released by the Supreme Court with no news on any of the hardware bans discussed in conference. Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam with his take on what that means, as well as how the left is already trying to use the attempted attack on the WHCA dinner in D.C. to demand a federal crackdown on gun owners.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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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