Bearing Arms' Cam & Co

After the signing of the OBBB and the announcement of lawsuits challenging the National Firearms Act, what's likely to be the next big story for Second Amendment advocates? The Reload's Stephen Gutowski joins Cam to discuss several possibilities on the horizon.

With the taxes on many NFA items zeroed out starting on January 1, 2A groups are launching new legal assaults on the National Firearms Act itself. FPC Action Foundation head Cody J. Wisniewski joins Cam to talk about the latest legal battles, as well as the continued objections to the proposed merger between ATF and DEA.

Tonya Pereira of SURPLUS Provisions and Firearms joins Cam to talk about the store's recent move into gun sales at a time when lawmakers in the state have just banned sales of the most popular rifles in the country.

Silencer Central CEO Brandon Maddox joins Cam to discuss the latest language on suppressors and other NFA items in the One Big Beautiful Bill, and explains why he didn't sign on to a "No Compromise" letter sent by numerous companies in the firearms industry to Senate Majority Leader John Thune urging repeal of NFA taxes and registration requirements.

The American Suppressor Association's Knox Williams joins Cam with the latest on the NFA language in the One Big Beautiful Bill, as well as the unprecedented coalition of 2A groups fighting for its inclusion.

Maine State Rep. Jennifer Poirier joins Cam to talk about the deplorable tactics anti-gunners are deploying to put a "red flag" law in place, at the expense of both the Second Amendment and access to mental health services for those in crisis.

National Shooting Sports Foundation senior vice president and general counsel Larry Keane joins Cam with an update on the group's efforts to help reform the ATF, including a recent request to undo a Biden-era restriction requiring FFLs to keep reams of paperwork on hand for as long as they own their business; a move that could help future anti-gun administrations build a back door gun registry.

Rhode Island Senate Minority Leader Jessica de la Cruz says the bill banning the manufacture, sale, and transfer of commonly owned semi-automatic firearms adopted by the legislature last Friday is just the beginning, and tells Cam she expects anti-gunners will be back to take a bigger bite out of our 2A rights next session.

Cam details the wins and losses in New England legislatures last week, as well as the latest on the Senate budget language removing taxes and registration of suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and "any other weapons."

Friday is slated to be the last day of this year's legislative session in Rhode Island. It's also the day the full Senate is expected to vote on an "assault weapons" ban; one that, at the moment, differs from the version passed by the House. Cam details the potential scenarios for the bill, while also taking a look at the gun control bills that failed to become law in New York this year.

American Suppressor Association president Knox Williams joins Cam to discuss the prospects for repealing the tax and registration requirements for suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and "any other weapons," as well as the latest moves in a federal case challenging the restrictions.

Cam has the details on the Senate Finance Committee's language repealing the NFA requirements for short-barreled rifles, shotguns, and "any other weapons," as well as a conversation with Grassroots NC's Paul Valone on the prospects of turning North Carolina's permitless carry bill into law.

Englishtown Borough Mayor Daniel Francisco says he's been inundated with interest from other officials throughout the state after the borough council passed a first-of-its-kind resolution last week rebating $150 of the state's $200 application fee for concealed carry permits, and he expects more communities will soon follow suit.

California Rifle & Pistol Association chief Chuck Michel joins Cam to discuss the outrageous amount of money it takes to exercise your right to carry in Santa Clara County and lawsuit CRPA is filing in court to bring relief to local gun owners.

SAF investigative journalist Lee Williams joins Cam with the latest outrageous revelation about the railroading of Patrick "Tate" Adamiak, who's serving 20 years in federal prison for possessing items that were legal for him to own.

GrabAGun CEO Marc Nemati joins Cam to talk about the plans to take the company public (trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PEW", incidentally) and why he believes it will have a broader, positive impact on the firearms industry as a whole.

Firearms Policy Coalition founder and president Brandon Combs says the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act" (H.R. 38) authored by Rep. Richard Hudson is a good start, but could still be greatly improved with a couple of minor tweaks to the language.

Rhode Island 2nd Amendment Coalition VP Michael O'Neil says a sweeping semi-auto ban is certain to win approval in the state's House of Representatives today, but gun owners still have a chance to defeat the legislation once it's in the state Senate.

National Shooting Sports Foundation senior vice president and general counsel Larry Keane tells Cam the organization is strongly opposed to the idea of merging ATF and DEA into a single agency, arguing that the firearms industry and gun owners would be better off with structural reforms to the ATF instead.

NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford joins Cam for a wide ranging conversation that hits on the Supreme Court's denial of Snope, the latest on suppressor deregulation in the budget reconciliation bill, and attempts by anti-gun lawmakers in Maine to bolster a "red flag" referendum by violating state law.

Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to discuss the bitterly disappointing decision by SCOTUS to deny cert to a challenge to Maryland's ban on "assault weapons", with Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggesting that the Court will take up another case down the road, perhaps in a term or two.

Armed American Radio's Mark Waters joins Cam to discuss the ramifications of the Georgia Supreme Court's decision upholding the state's carry ban for adults under the age of 21 and the likelihood of a legislative repeal of the prohibition.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in a challenge to the Illinois ban on lawful carry on public transit on Wednesday, with the state of Illinois boldly (and erroneously) claiming that governments can prohibit the right to carry in almost every public place where lots of people may be present.

Gun Owners Action League head Jim Wallace joins Cam with the latest news on the fight over Chapter 135, as well as the radio silence from state officials when it comes to addressing questions posed by groups like GOAL and Safari Club International.

Knox Williams, head of the American Suppressor Association, joins Cam to discuss the removal of suppressors from the National Firearms Act, which is part of the budget reconciliation bill approved by the House on Thursday morning.