Bearing Arms' Cam & Co

Description: New Jersey Firearm Owners Syndicate's Joe LoPorto joins Cam to talk about the growing number of Garden State municipalities that are refunding portions of the state's $200 concealed carry application fee back to local residents.

Author Jacob Sullum joins Cam to discuss his new book Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives.

NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford joins Cam to discuss the NRA's newly filed lawsuit challenging Florida's three-day waiting period on gun sales, as well as the latest on several lawsuits seeking to overturn "assault weapon" bans.

California Rifle & Pistol Association Legislative Director Rick Travis joins Cam with the latest news on AB 1127 and other bills that pose a direct threat to our Second Amendment rights.

LEPD Firearms and Range co-owner Eric Delbert says he can already see a difference in the ATF's interactions with FFLs in the months since Donald Trump's second term began, and outlines some of the positive changes that have taken place.

Though the Washington Post reports that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro will no longer charge people with felonies for openly carrying rifles and shotguns in the District of Columbia, there's some fine print and unanswered questions that gun owners need to be aware of before testing out the new policy.

NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford joins Cam to discuss the cert petition just filed with the Supreme Court in Duncan v. Bonta, a case challenging California's ban on "large capacity" magazines where the Ninth Circuit declared magazines are completely unprotected by the Second Amendment.

Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to talk about an historic win in the Ninth Circuit and the Trump administration's success in reducing wait times for D.C. carry permits.

MN Gun Owners Caucus Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Rob Doar joins Cam to talk about a recent victory in the state Supreme Court and the group's role in an amicus brief challenging NFA restrictions on short-barreled rifles.

The Supreme Court will get another crack at taking up bans on so-called large capacity magazines when they return to D.C. after their summer recess. As Cam details, lawsuits taking on California and Washington's mag bans will be waiting for the Court's consideration once the fall term begins in just a few weeks.

Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to discuss the decline in gun sales and how it's impacting the firearms industry and consumers alike.

Grassroots NC head Paul Valone joins Cam with an update on the efforts to override Gov. Josh Stein's veto of permitless carry, including one "no" vote in the House that's flipped to a "yes".

NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford joins Cam to discuss the new federal lawsuit taking on the registration of suppressors, short-barreled firearms, and "any other weapons" required by the National Firearms Act.

Kansas State Rep. Rebecca Schmoe, a longtime Second Amendment advocate, joins Cam with a timely reminder of why even gun owners in the reddest states around need to remain vigilant about sneak attacks on their Second Amendment rights.

Bearing Arms contributor John Petrolino joins Cam to discuss New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin's recent attacks on gun stores in civil courts, empowered by a law that vaguely requires FFL's to take "reasonable" controls when selling firearm-related items.

Gun Owners Action League Executive Director Jim Wallace joins Cam to talk about GOAL's involvement in defending Air Force veteran Kyle Culotta, a recent transplant from Arizona who's being held without bail in a Massachusetts jail and facing more than a decade in prison for simply possessing several firearms and a large capacity magazine without a Massachusetts license to carry.

Anti-gunners are hard at work trying to scare folks about suppressors and providing misleading and downright inaccurate information about the effects of the language in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that zeroes out the $200 transfer tax on most NFA items.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation's Mark Oliva joins Cam to talk about the gun control lobby's pushback to the growing number of women who are embracing their Second Amendment rights, as well as the latest attack on gunmaker Glock from anti-gun politicians in California.

Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb joins Cam to discuss the good news in the case challenging the lengthy delays in processing concealed carry permit applications in Los Angeles County.

Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to talk about the DOJ's new proposed rule giving prohibited persons a pathway to restoring their Second Amendment rights, as well as Gavin Newsom's recent cosplay as a Second Amendment supporter.

California Rifle & Pistol Association legislative affairs director Rick Travis joins Cam with a rare bit of good news from the statehouse in Sacramento, as well as update to the Glock ban bill making its way through the state Senate.

Missouri law is clear that the state legislature is the only authority empowered to create gun laws (with very limited exceptions), but the city of St. Louis blatantly ignored the preemption statute in adopting a gun storage law. Now a judge has ruled the ordinance unenforceable, in a victory for gun owners and the Second Amendment.

Second Amendment journalist Lee Williams joins Cam to discuss the latest Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which is jam-packed with anti-gun "research"; and also provides an update on the ongoing appeal of Patrick "Tate" Adamiak.

Cam details some of the pro-2A language in the spate of budget bills receiving markups in the House, as well as the latest "gun-free zone" fail in Chicago.

Attorney Elliott Harding joins Cam to discuss the Fourth Circuit's decision upholding the federal gun law preventing his clients from purchasing a handgun at a gun store because they're adults younger than 21; a decision that Harding says will soon be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has vetoed a bill allowing private schools to approve trained and vetted staff and volunteers to carry concealed firearms for student safety, arguing that the private schools are better off having to wait for first responders to arrive in the case of an active attack on campus.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed 2A supporters a victory in a challenge to a California law that could muzzle gun-related speech. California Rifle & Pistol Association head Chuck Michel joins Cam with the details.

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.