Bearing Arms' Cam & Co

Kostas Moros, Second Amendment Foundation's Director of Legal Research and Education, joins Cam to discuss the WSJ's ongoing attacks on Stand Your Ground, permitless carry, and the right to bear arms in general.

Ashley Hlebinsky, executive director of the University of Wyoming Law School's Firearms Research Center, joins Cam to discuss the details of a new initiative to provide K-12 teachers with valuable lessons on the Second Amendment that's funded by a Department of Education grant.

Cam highlights an ongoing issue in anti-gun locales; using municipal zoning laws to ice out gun stores and chill the exercise of our Second Amendment rights.

According to the gun control group Everytown, defensive gun uses are rare things. But as Heritage Foundation's Amy Swearer notes, even using Everytown's data (which dramatically undercounts DGUs) these incidents are far more common than gun-involved homicides.

California Rifle & Pistol Association Legislative Director Rick Travis joins the show with some unexpected good news for gun owners from the state capitol in Sacramento.

A trio of Second Amendment-related cases are slated for this week's Supreme Court conference, including Duncan v. Bonta's challenge to California's magazine ban and a lawsuit taking on the "assault weapon" ban imposed by Cook County, Illinois. Will the Court greenlight one or more of these cases or continue delaying consideration of laws banning commonly owned arms?

Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center head Rob Doar joins Cam to talk about the ongoing efforts by more than a dozen cities in the state to adopt local gun bans in violation of the state's firearm preemption law; efforts that are now largely on hold after the Law Center and MN Gun Owners Caucus sued St. Paul over its new ordinance.

Twenty-five attorneys general are urging the Supreme Court to declare Hawaii's "vampire rule" on concealed carry unconstitutional. Cam breaks down the AG's amicus brief in addition to today's recidivist report, armed citizen story, and good deed of the day.

Virginia Citizens Defense League president Philip Van Cleave joins Cam to talk about the onslaught of gun control bills looming on the horizon in Richmond, as well as the Democrats' strategy of delaying introduction of these bills to avoid a resurgence of the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement and grassroots opposition to their plans.

American Suppressor Association head Knox Williams joins Cam for a wide-ranging conversation touching on President Trump's nominee to head up the ATF, the push by Rep. Andrew Clyde and other members of Congress to get the DOJ to stop defending the NFA's tax and registration requirements, and the state of the suppressor industry ahead of the repeal of the $200 NFA tax starting on January 1.

Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-GA) joins Cam to discuss his letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, signed by 30 other members of the House, that demands the DOJ end the National Firearms Act's registration requirements after the $200 NFA tax was repealed as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The Supreme Court's oral arguments in Wolford v. Lopez won't take place for another couple of months, but the plaintiffs challenging Hawaii's "vampire rule" have filed a brief that thoroughly dismantles the law banning concealed carry on all private property unless expressly granted permission by the property owner.

Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to talk about the growing number of cases challenging bans on "assault weapons" and "large capacity" magazines that will soon be reviewed by the Supreme Court.

Massachusetts attorney Daniel Hagan joins Cam to with an update on the case of Kyle Culotta, as well as several other cases involving non-residents charged with exercising their 2A rights without a Massachusetts-issued permission slip.

Cam examines Notre Dame Law professor Haley Proctor's latest column pondering what James Madison would have thought about AR-15s, and details a defensive gun use out of Texas involving a stalker ex-boyfriend.

Connecticut Citizens Defense League head Holly Sullivan joins Cam to discuss the group's lawsuit (along with Second Amendment Foundation) challenging Connecticut's ban on so-called assault weapons, as well as CT Attorney General William Tong taking aim at Ruger.

Six years ago the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement swept across Virginia like a wildfire after Democrats gained complete control of state government. Will history repeat itself now that the anti-gun left has once again captured the legislature and governor's office?

There's no sugarcoating the disastrous results for gun owners on Election Day, including passage of a referendum establishing a "red flag" law in Maine and Democrats seizing complete control of state government in Virginia. Cam details some of the more than two dozen gun control bills vetoed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin that will soon be revived, and predicts a revival of Second Amendment sanctuaries in response to the upcoming onslaught of anti-gun legislation.

Second Amendment Foundation Director of Legal Research and Education Kostas Moros joins Cam to talk about the group's newest lawsuit; this one taking on an egregious gun confiscation in New Jersey.

Armed American Radio host Mark Walters joins Cam to discuss the recent reporting by Sharyl Attkisson that reveals the number one source of U.S.-made guns recovered in Mexico is the Mexican government; a fact that completely undermines claims by gun control activists on both sides of the border that the U.S. firearms industry is to blame for cartel violence.

NRA Executive Vice President Doug Hamlin joins Cam to discuss the organization's restructuring. The NRA is consolidating its magazine offerings and its Membership, Marketing and Advancement Divisions; moves Hamlin says are part of the NRA's first balanced budget in several years, and steps that will allow additional resources for NRA's Institute of Legislative Action for the 2026 election cycle.

Air Force veteran Kyle Culotta is finally free from custody after four months behind bars for possessing firearms without a permit in Massachusetts; guns that were lawfully purchased and legally owned in his home state of Arizona. Gun Owners Action League Executive Director Jim Wallace joins Cam with the latest on Culotta's case.

The Supreme Court has considered five different cases dealing with Section 922(g)(3) and its prohibition on "unlawful" drug users possessing firearms, but so far has only granted cert to U.S. v. Hemani. Cam and Armed American Radio's Mark Walters break down why the DOJ wanted Hemani to be the case that determines the future of the statute.

Chicago's crime rates may be down compared to recent years, but they're still far higher than many other American cities. As Cam details, some community activists and crime victims say the violence is the result of choices made by the Democrats in charge of local and state government.

Virgin Islands Safe Gun Owners founder Kosei Ohno joins Cam to detail a bill that would outlaw possession of commonly owned firearms and magazines, and the ongoing efforts to deny gun owners an opportunity to testify in opposition to the plan.