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 later this year. The biggest problem with that idea is that there's absolutely no evidence that these compensated confiscation events actually do anything to reduce crime, suicides, or accidents involving firearms.
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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 legislative committee, and what it means for the gun debate going forward.
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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 could have a major impact on the midterm elections.
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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 state's acting Attorney General as well.
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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 enforcement powers.
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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 federal law already prohibit minors from acquiring weapons.
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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 Ukraine. SAF's Alan Gottlieb joins Cam to discuss the survey's findings, which are unquestionably bad news for anti-gun Democrats.
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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 Globe columnist Renee Graham's latest column is a bizarre new low.
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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 approved narrative in a new report touting the pending restrictions on home-built guns.
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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 some states are still trying to do an end run around the Constitution in order to make it nearly impossible to legally own an electronic weapon.
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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 her and other supporters during a recent legislative hearing in Arizona.
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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 going 5-for-6 are looking much better than they were just a couple of weeks ago. Cam has the details on the success stories, as well as the one red state where the push for permitless carry has stalled.
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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 is asking for and how the U.S. firearms industry is stepping up to deliver arms and ammunition to the Ukrainians fighting for their freedom and sovereignty.
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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 ownership of modern sporting rifles here at home. National Review's Jim Geraghty joins Cam to talk about why armed deterrence matters, from both a national and personal security perspective.
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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 persuade the governor to veto the measure because of opposition by some in law enforcement.
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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 new mandatory insurance requirements and fees on gun owners.
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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 capacity" ammunition magazines, which are commonly-owned but illegal to possess in the state, even if they were legally purchased before the ban took effect.
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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 playing a deadly game that can result in decades behind bars or the loss of their own life at the hands of an armed citizen.
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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 criminals, the firearms industry, "safe injection sites", and the growing number of addicts on San Francisco's streets, it's not hard to see why even some progressives are saying "no more."
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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 defunding the police. Here's why that argument doesn't hold up.
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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 author of a new brief urging the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the law, joins Cam to explain why history and precedent should compel justices to step in and grant cert.
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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 seized in any given year has no bearing on the city's homicide rate.
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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 owning a firearm for self-defense.
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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 Carry the green light this week, decriminalizing the right of legal gun owners to bear arms without first obtaining a government-issued permission slip.
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