Bearing Arms' Cam & Company

Mae Toppino says that like most other high school students, she's concerned about safety in schools. But she doesn't want to just feel safe. As she recently told a Florida legislative committee, she wants herself and other students to be safe. Toppino joins Cam to discuss her first-time testimony, as well as why she's decided to start using her voice to protect both innocent lives and the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.

California Rifle & Pistol Association head and Second Amendment attorney C.D. "Chuck" Michel joins Cam with updates on nearly a half-dozen challenges to the state's gun control laws, as well as the latest on the litigation taking on Illinois' new ban on "assault weapons" and "large capacity" magazines.

With complete control of state government for the first time in ten years, Democrats have unleashed an avalanche of anti-gun bills this session, and Rob Doar of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus joins Cam to detail some of the threats and how gun owners are pushing back.

Ryan Petty joins Cam with his reaction to the calls for more gun control in the wake of the shooting at Michigan State University, as well as offering approaches to address active shooters without infringing on the rights of law-abiding citizens.

LEPD Firearms and Range co-founder Eric Delbert joins Cam to talk about how several new local ordinances imposed by the Columbus, Ohio city council are impacting law-abiding gun owners, including a ban on 30+ round magazines that comes complete with a six-month jail sentence.

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University is siding with a coalition of 2A groups in opposing New York's mandate that concealed carry applicants turn over a list of their social media accounts for police to peruse and look for evidence of "good moral character"; filing a brief with the Second Circuit alongside groups like the Asian Pacific American Gun Owners Association, D.C. Project, and the Liberal Gun Club arguing that the mandate is a clear violation of the First Amendment rights of New Yorkers.

New legislation in New York and Hawaii would require would-be gun owners to submit to a mental health evaluation before they could legally exercise their right to keep and bear arms; an idea that is not only constitutionally unsound but is drawing plenty of opposition from healthcare workers.

The Reload's Stephen Gutowski joins Cam to talk about the recent strikes levied by YouTube against a number of gun vloggers. While the tech giant says those actions were a mistake, Gutowski says the intentionally vague policies of many social media outlets are likely to continue to ensnare 2A influencers going forward.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is launching his latest assault on the Second Amendment with help from Democratic lawmakers, and Cam has details on the devilish nature of their new response to the Supreme Court's decision in Bruen, which would make it a crime to carry a concealed firearm almost everywhere in the state.

The editors of the Chicago Sun-Times are clutching their collective pearls over the fact that Illinois residents are daring to defend their right to keep and bear arms by taking on the state's new gun and magazine ban in court; a legal fight the paper absurdly declares a "callous attack" on a "sensible law".

Bestselling author and 2A advocate Larry Correia joins Cam to talk about his new book "In Defense of the Second Amendment", Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest attacks on gun owners, and the importance of protecting our right to keep and bear arms.

Competitive shooter, California gun owner, and Asian Pacific American Gun Owners Association founding board member Chris Cheng joins Cam to discuss his reaction to the shootings in Monterey Park, California, the anti-gun response from California lawmakers, and what he'd like to see instead of further infringements on a fundamental right.

C.D. "Chuck" Michel, lead attorney for the Illinois Gun Rights Alliance and head of the California Rifle & Pistol Association, joins Cam to talk about the ILGRA's pending lawsuit taking on the state's gun and magazine ban, as well as the California counties that are still refusing to approve a growing stack of concealed carry applications.

At a legislative hearing in Annapolis on Tuesday, Maryland Democrats signaled their eagerness to adopt a host of new "gun-free zones" for concealed carry holders, even as the state police announced a massive increase in demand for the carry licenses among the state's peaceable gun owners.

Central Texas Gun Works owner and Second Amendment advocate Michael Cargill joins Cam to discuss the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Cargill v. Garland declaring the ATF's ban on bump stocks a violation of federal law and why he's confident that the Supreme Court will uphold that decision.

Dan Eldridge, owner of Maxon's Shooter's Supplies in Des Plaines, Illinois, says the state's ban on "assault weapons" and "large capacity" magazines will be challenged in court, and predicts the newly-enacted law will be quickly put on hold by a federal judge.

Second Amendment Foundation founder and executive vice president Alan Gottlieb joins Cam with his take on a federal judge granting a temporary restraining order blocking several components of New Jersey's newly-enacted restrictions on the right to carry in a case brought by a coalition of gun owners and 2A groups including SAF.

The Gun Control Act of 1968's ban on gun ownership for those convicted of felony of felony offenses is facing renewed legal scrutiny in light of the Bruen decision, with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals agreeing to hear the case of a Pennsylvania man barred from exercising his 2A rights because of a decades-old conviction for welfare fraud.

Holly Sullivan of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League joins Cam to talk about the potential threat of an expanded ban on modern sporting rifles pushed by Gov. Ned Lamont and the surprising resistance to the plan on the part of some Democratic lawmakers.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation's senior vice president and general counsel Larry Keane joins Cam for a wide-ranging discussion about the coming threats to gun owners and the firearms industry in 2023; from new regulations handed down by the ATF to the attempt by anti-gun groups to sue gun makers under public nuisance laws in several blue states.

Armed American Radio's Mark Walters joins Cam to talk about the year in store for the Second Amendment; from bans on so-called assault weapons, potential action from SCOTUS, and the continued advance of Constitutional Carry.

New Jersey residents hoping to exercise their right to bear arms in self-defense will have to wait a little longer after Gov. Phil Murphy signed a sweeping bill into law on Thursday that's being described by 2A advocates in the state as a "carry killer" complete with bans on carrying in most public places and a host of other restrictions on law-abiding gun owners.

What will happen if Illinois lawmakers end up approving a sweeping ban on semi-automatic rifles early next year? At a legislative hearing this week opponents promised to sue over the proposed infringements, while warning legislators that many otherwise law-abiding gun owners will simply refuse to comply.

A sweeping bill imposing a host of infringements on the right to bear arms is headed to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy for his signature, but the head of the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs tells Cam that a legal challenge to the new restrictions (and a request to block them from taking effect) will be filed before the ink is dry on the state's latest gun control laws.

A growing number of progressives and Democrats in Illinois are expressing concern over plans to ban so-called assault weapons, expand the state's "red flag" laws, and raise the age to possess or purchase a firearm from 18 to 21; not necessarily because of constitutional concerns, but fears of "over-policing."