Bearing Arms' Cam & Company

City council members in Redwood City, California have invoked the nuclear option after a pair of businesses applied to open up gun shops in the city. This week the city council voted unanimously to impose a 45-day ban on gun shops while city attorneys investigate whether the city can make that ban permanent; a tactic that other anti-gun locales are likely to adopt... at least until courts step in.

Democrats desperate to prove they can be tough on crime are instead pointing in many cases to laws that are aimed squarely at responsible gun owners hoping to exercise their Second Amendment rights; a midterm strategy that so far doesn't appear to be paying off for the left.

New Jersey's largest newspaper has come out in favor of the sweeping new restrictions on the right to bear arms proposed by anti-gun lawmakers like Gov. Phil Murphy, laughably claiming that the new measures are reasonable and rational despite the chilling effect they'll have on the exercise of a fundamental civil right.

The Reload's Stephen Gutowski joins Cam to talk about his new role as a CNN analyst focusing on gun issues, the pushback to the decision from gun control activists like Shannon Watts, and the supercharged moment for the Second Amendment in courts and statehouses around the country.

While the state's latest infringements on the right to bear arms are being challenged in court, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has spoken to a number of synagogue-goers who are still carrying to defend their sanctuaries in violation of New York's ban on concealed carry in houses of worship.

Scott Bach, head of the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, joins Cam to discuss the many anti-2A provisions in New Jersey's new concealed carry bill and what ANJRPC plans to do to fight their implementation.

Paul Valone, the head of Grassroots NC, joins Cam to talk about the continued delays in processing concealed carry licenses in North Carolina's most populous county; delays that the Second Amendment advocate pins on Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden, who's been accused of slow-walking permits in the past.

An untold number of concealed carry applicants have been stuck in a legal limbo for months, unable to receive their licenses because the Department of Veterans Affairs has yet to turn over mental health records required under North Carolina state law.

It's a local ordinance, but the city of Glendale, California's ban on concealed carry on vast swathes of public property could have national implications thanks to a new lawsuit filed by a coalition of 2A groups.

It's been more than three months since the Supreme Court struck down "may issue" carry laws in New York and a handful of other states but many gun owners who've applied for their concealed carry licenses post-Bruen are still waiting... and speaking out about the unreasonable delays.

The civil trial against Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith, who is accused of using her position to grant concealed carry permits to favored individuals (including donors), has revealed some ugly truths about "may issue" carry laws and the corruption and graft that they fuel.

The fallout continues over a Democrat-produced mailer literally targeting GOP State Senate candidate Corey Simon by putting his image on a shooting target; an image that some civil rights activists and Black Republicans say has "dangerous" and racist implications.

According to the FBI, armed citizens have stopped less than 5% of mass shootings, but Dr. John Lott with the Crime Prevention Research Center has crunched the numbers and found them to be massively under-reported. In fact, his data shows almost half of all mass shootings in 2021 were ended by a "good guy with a gun."

Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president Alan Gottlieb joins Cam to talk about last weekend's Gun Rights Policy Conference and the dozens of 2A legal cases the group is involved with; including three new suits filed just last week.

Dr. Robert Young with Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership joins Cam to discuss the latest gun control-centric edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association and how some physicians and healthcare workers are pushing back against anti-gun campaigns masquerading as public health efforts.

From Hawaii to New Jersey anti-gun officials are scrambling to adopt sweeping restrictions on the right to carry modeled after New York's latest infringement on our Second Amendment rights; including a de-facto ban on concealed carry on all private property.

Do increased gun sales lead to increased crime rates? According to gun control activists, the answer is "yes," but a new study published in the Journal of Surgical Research finds no connection between firearm purchases and the number of crimes. Dr. Mark Hamill, a trauma surgeon and associate professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center who was a primary author and researcher for the new study, joins Cam on today's show to discuss his findings and the current state of "gun violence" research in the medical community.

The women of the DC Project recently had their fifth Capitol Hill fly-in, with dozens of members holding meetings with more than 100 congressional offices. DC Project founder Dianna Muller joins Cam to discuss what she and others learned during their recent visit, as well as the vitally important messages members delivered to elected officials on both sides of the gun control debate.

Big Daddy Unlimited co-founder and Chief Happiness Officer Sherrie McKnight joins Cam to talk about the recent fight over what was supposed to be the chain's Morgantown, WV location; a setting that was scuttled by the gun store's landlord after a pressure campaign launched by local activists. McKnight says the company isn't giving up on the West Virginia city, but warns that the gun control lobby is serious about shutting down new and existing gun stores all across the country.

The state of Florida's Chief Financial Officer says he'll be closely watching credit card companies to make sure they're not tracking gun purchases by law-abiding citizens, while the head of one of the country's largest banks told Congress on Wednesday that his company will not be "voluntarily" reporting any transactions at gun stores.

Washington, D.C. AG Karl Racine is defending the designation of the DC-area Metro public transportation system as a "sensitive place" where concealed carry can be banned, despite the fact that the prohibition means those reliant on public transportation are unable to exercise their right to bear arms in self-defense even when they're not on board a bus or train car.

With Republicans enjoying a double-digit lead among voters when it comes to which party is better at handling violent crime, the gun control lobby is hoping to aid their anti-gun allies in the Democratic Party by providing them with focus group-tested talking points for the campaign trail and TV advertisements.

If you're a regular viewer or listener of Cam & Co, you've seen and heard Ryan Petty on the program on a semi-regular basis over the past few years. Now Petty, whose daughter Alaina was murdered at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018, is stepping up his student safety and pro-2A activism by joining the ranks of Bearing Arms' contributors, and joins Cam to discuss what led him to take this step and what he hopes to focus on going forward.

A Syracuse University professor is speaking out against the state's new law demanding concealed carry applicants hand over a list of their social media accounts so they can be reviewed for evidence of "good moral character"; a practice she says isn't likely to survive a constitutional challenge.

This year's Constitution Day Civics Survey from the Annenberg School of Public Policy reveals a high level of civic illiteracy on the part of many Americans, but there's at least one bright spot when it comes to our understanding of the right to keep and bear arms.