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Bearing Arms' Cam & Co
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.
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Episodes
- Bearing Arms' Cam & Co
Biden Shoves Acting ATF Director Out the Door
Acting ATF Director Marvin Richardson has been unceremoniously demoted months before his scheduled retirement, according to The Reload's Stephen Gutowski, who…
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GOA Explains What the Left Gets Wrong on 'Ghost Guns'
Gun Owners of America's Erich Pratt is out with a new op-ed on the real agenda behind the push to ban "ghost guns" in the Philadelphia Inquirer as the city's…
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Don't Blame Crime Spikes on '2A Absolutism'
The editors of the Houston Chronicle have a new scapegoat for the age-old problem of violent crime: "Second Amendment absolutism." As Cam shows, however, their…
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Gun Control Activist Fails to Qualify for Congressional Primary
Andy Parker vowed to defeat Republican congressman Bob Good when he announced his own congressional campaign earlier this year, but the gun control activist…
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Gun Industry Reacts to Biden's New Anti-Gun Push
Matt Manda of the National Shooting Sports Foundation joins Cam to respond to Joe Biden's announced (but not yet published) rules on "ghost guns" as well as…
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Lightfoot's Million-Dollar Gun Grab
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a new plan to cut crime; getting corporations and private donors to pony up a million bucks for two gun "buybacks" to be held…
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A Second Amendment Sea Change in CT?
The Connecticut Citizens Defense League's Holly Sullivan joins Cam to talk about why Gov. Ned Lamont's gun control bill ended up gutted in a Democrat-majority…
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Survey: Americans Trust GOP on Gun Policy, Not Dems
A new Morning Consult/POLITICO poll offers more evidence that the Democratic Party's enthusiastic push for more gun control laws is turning off voters and…
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NJ Carry Case on Hold Pending SCOTUS Ruling
A federal judge has agreed to a stay in a case challenging New Jersey's "may issue" laws; a stay sought not only by the plaintiffs in the case, but by the…
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Biden Wants Billion Dollar Boost to ATF Budget
$1.7 billion to be exact; more evidence that the administration wants to weaponize the federal agency and turn it into a gun control organization with law…
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New Licensing Bill Based on Ignorance... or Outright Stupidity
Minnesota Sen. John Marty claims his bill requiring gun owners to be licensed would stop juveniles from getting ahold of guns, despite the fact that state and…
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Support for Second Amendment Soars After Invasion of Ukraine
A new poll of voters shows that 2/3rds of respondents say the Second Amendment is more important than ever after watching the Russian army's invasion of…
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Columnist Compares U.S. Guns to Putin
Gun control activists are desperate to find some way to use Russia's invasion of Ukraine to bolster their attacks on our Second Amendment rights, but Boston…
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ABC News Shills for Biden's 'Ghost Gun' Rules
The ATF's final rules on unserialized firearms are expected to be released in just a few weeks, and ABC News is helping to set the Biden administration's…
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Are Stun Gun Bans a Thing of the Past?
Attorney Stephen Stamboulieh joins Cam with details on the successful fight to overturn the last outright ban on stun guns in the United States as well as how…
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When You Can't Run, You Must Stand Your Ground
2A activist Lauren Snyder joins Cam to talk about why the right of armed self-defense is so important to her, as well as her disgust at the disrespect shown to…
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A 'Stunning' Defeat for a Rhode Island Gun Ban
A federal judge has struck down Rhode Island's ban on stun guns, though he didn't seem too thrilled about having to reach that decision.
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A (Mostly) Clean Sweep for Constitutional Carry?
Two of the six GOP-controlled states that have pursued Constitutional Carry bills this year have now enshrined the measures into law, and the prospects of…
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Firearms Industry Steps Up to Arm Ukraine
The National Shooting Sports Foundation's senior vice president and general counsel Larry Keane joins Cam to discuss what specifically the Ukrainian government…
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The Importance of Armed Deterrence for National and Personal Defense
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led some Democrats to praise a government handing out "assault weapons" to civilians, even as they try to criminalize…
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Last Ditch Effort to Defeat Constitutional Carry
A permitless carry bill is on Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's desk, but his signature is not assured and anti-2A activists are mounting a last minute effort to…
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Activists Unhappy With Fine Print in New Gun Control Law
It was billed by gun control advocates as a bold new step towards "gun safety," but now some activists seem less than impressed by the details of San Jose's…
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California Mag Ban Getting SCOTUS Scrutiny
The National Rifle Association and the California Rifle & Pistol Association are urging the Supreme Court to accept a challenge to California's ban on "high…
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Teen Carjackers Are Playing a Deadly Game
Carjackings are soaring across the country and many suspects aren't even old enough to legally drive, much less carry a gun. But these teen offenders are…
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San Fran DA: Get Tough on Gun Makers, Not Violent Offenders
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is facing a recall election, and after his recent interview with the New York Times talking about about violent…
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Desperate Dems Say Constitutional Carry Defunds Police
Democrats, gun control activists, and some Alabama county sheriffs are hoping to derail a permitless carry bill by claiming that the legislation amounts to…
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Law Profs Urge SCOTUS to Overturn 'Assault Weapons' Ban
A dozen legal scholars are part of an effort to overturn Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons, and the Independence Institute's David Kopel, the main…
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Why 'Getting Guns Off the Street' Doesn't Solve Crime
Democrats in Baltimore looking to "do something" to address crime are talking up taking guns off the streets, but as a new report shows, the number of guns…
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Ukrainians Flock to Gun Stores, Ranges in Response to Russia Threat
Even before Vladimir Putin announced he was sending "peacekeepers" into two eastern Ukrainian provinces, many Ukrainans were taking a greater interest in…
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Permitless Carry Gaining Ground in Alabama
Despite the objections from some county sheriffs and many politically-appointed police chiefs in the state, lawmakers appear poised to give Constitutional…
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Beto Still Babbling About Gun Bans
Just days after Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke declared that he doesn't want to take any guns from anyone, the Democrat now insists he's not walking back the…
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Is SCOTUS Ready to Take on an 'Assault Weapons' Ban?
A challenge to Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision upholding the ban by declaring AR-15s and other…
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DC Democrats Wary of Pushing Gun control Ahead of Elections
Joe Biden once again demanded the Democratic-controlled Congress take up his push for new gun control laws on Monday, but as The Hill reports, many Democrats…
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Chicago Teen Accused of Murder Hours After Court Hearing on Gun Charge
A 16-year old busted for illegally carrying guns twice in 2021 now stands accused of murdering a 15-year old on a Chicago street just hours after he was in…
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Beto's Gun Ban Backtrack a Career Killer?
RedState's Brandon Morse joins Cam to discuss the political fallout of Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke's abrupt about face on coming for our guns and whether…
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New Study Shows Major Flaw in Gun Bans
The issue? A severe lack of compliance on the part of gun owners who don't take too kindly to having their rights trampled on.
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No-Knock Warrants and the Second Amendment
The police shooting death of 22-year-old Amir Locke, a legal gun owner and concealed carry holder killed during the execution of a no-knock warrant in…
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Attack of the Anti-Gun NIMBY's
For almost five years, Jason Pratt's been operating Tomcat Tactical Firearms from his home in the Denver suburb of Greenwood Village without issue. Then his…
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Biden's Pivot on Policing About Politics, Not Public Safety
Joe Biden's high-profile trip to NYC to talk crime with Mayor Eric Adams is more about political messaging than public safety, which may please gun control…
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A Rocky Mountain Red Wave Election on the Horizon?
Colorado is generally thought to be a reliably blue state, but a new poll suggests that a red wave election could sweep Republicans into power at the state…
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Democrat AGs back Mexico's lawsuit against gun industry
Thirteen blue-state attorneys general have signed on to a brief supporting the Mexican government's lawsuit blaming US gunmakers for cartel violence south of…
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CNN guest says 2A activists promoting "human sacrifice"
And CNN host Jim Acosta was happy to play along, suggesting that gun owners take a "maximalist view of freedom over lives," despite the fact that hundreds of…
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AGs ask SCOTUS to take second look at gun ban
Half of the country's Attorneys General have signed on to an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to revisit Maryland's ban on so-called assault weapons…
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No way, San Jose: 2A activists fight new infringements
Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to discuss San Jose's new mandatory fee and insurance requirement for legal gun owners, why the city's so eager…
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Georgia Democrat unveils anti-Constitutional Carry bill
State Sen. Sally Harrell's not just hostile to permitless carry. She's proposing a bill that would criminalize possession of a gun without first taking a…
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Stalking victim: you are your own first responder
Cam's back from the SHOT Show with some final thoughts on this year's event, but he's also joined by Nicole Goeser, the executive director of the Crime…
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Seeing SHOT Show through a first-timer's eyes
Cam checks in with Ryan Petty, who's attending SHOT Show for the very first time. Petty, who recently received his FFL, shares his experience as a new…
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A 2A grassroots success story from New Jersey
Cam sits down with Diversity Shoot's founder Tony Simon for a wide-ranging conversation about the changing face of gun ownership and how many new gun owners in…
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SHOT Show kicks off with good crowds, new guns
The 2022 SHOT Show is officially underway in Las Vegas, and Cam has an on-the-ground report with The Reload's Stephen Gutowski touching on Range Day, the…
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2022 SHOT Show Preview
After a year's absence thanks to a global pandemic, the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show is set to kick off in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday. Bearing Arms…
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Noem says 2A rights shouldn't come with fees attached
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem joins Cam to talk about her push to remove the fees for carry licenses in the state, why she believes other Republican governors…
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Philly suburb sees massive drop in murders
While Philadelphia hit an all-time high in the number of homicides last year, the suburb of Chester, PA has seen a dramatic turnaround in the number of…
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A "public health approach" to violent crime makes no sense
It's one of the go-to arguments for anti-gun activists, but as Cam details, a "public health approach to gun violence" is really just code for "it's time to…
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Delaware Dems demanding 2A permission slip
Delaware residents hoping to legally have a pistol in their home may soon have to first beg for permission and show proof of live-fire training, at least if…
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New CA gun control bill may not be enough for Newsom
A new gun control bill unveiled by several California Democrats this week promises to allow private citizens to sue gun makers and sellers and hold them…
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California Dems Next Target: Gunmakers
A motley crew of California Democrats have unveiled legislation empowering local governments and private citizens to sue gun makers and sellers and hold them…
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SAF's Gottlieb warns: blue wave of gun control likely in 2022
As we close out 2021, we're taking a look back at this year's victories along with the threats and success stories we're likely to see in 2022. The Second…
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NH bill has anti-gun officials sweating
A bill expanding New Hampshire's firearm preemption law and imposing consequences on officials who willfully impose local gun control ordinances in violation…
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Sheriff's anti-Constitutional Carry post backfires bigly
Mobile County, Alabama Sheriff Sam Cochran is intent on preventing the state from adopting Constitutional Carry legislation, and a recent Facebook post by the…
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Activists call for mandatory insurance for gun owners
Anytime a pundit says "here's a 'gun safety' idea that even conservatives can get behind," you know you're about to hear something that no conservative would…