Surprising Coalition Challenging Part of NY Carry Law
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.
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Iowa Student Sues Over 2A T-shirt Suspension
An Iowa high schooler has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her school district and a civics teacher violated her First Amendment rights by suspending her for wearing a pro-Second Amendment t-shirt to class; a case that could one day have far-reaching implications for students across the country.
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Prove You're Not Crazy Or You Can't Own A Gun?
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.
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GunTubers Still Concerned After YouTube Admits "Mistakes"
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.
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Is Anyone Happy With Alabama's Permitess Carry Law?
Alabama's permitless carry law took effect on January 1st, but both Second Amendment supporters and some in law enforcement say the new measure needs some adjustments... though they disagree about what changes should be made.
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A Closer Look at California's "Carry Killer" Legislation
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.
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The Truth About Florida's New Permitless Carry Bill
Anti-gun prohibitionists aren't just freaking out about the prospects of permitless carry in the Sunshine State. They're misleading the public about what the bill does and doesn't do, claiming that thousands of violent criminals would be able to carry a gun "no questions asked" if the bill becomes law.
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CA Anti-Gunners Aim At 2A Rights
If gun control actually worked, California should be the safest place in the nation. But the 100+ gun laws already in place have failed to prevent a rise in violent crime in many cities, as well as the high-profile shootings in Half Moon Bay and Monterey Park. Still, lawmakers are looking to impose even more infringements on the right to keep and bear arms in the coming weeks, including making it more expensive to exercise your right to armed self-defense.
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Sun-Times Snowflakes Offended by Challenge to IL Gun Ban
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".
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In Defense of the Second Amendment
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.
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Biden Exploits CA Shootings to Demand Gun Ban
Joe Biden is once again exploiting tragedy to try to criminalize a fundamental civil right, pointing to the recent shootings in California as he repeated his demand for Congress to pass an "assault weapons" ban; specifically a new gun ban bill authored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
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Cheng: Focus on Mental Health, Not Guns After Monterey Park
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.
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2A Attorney Weighs in on IL Gun, Mag Ban
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.
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Maryland Lawmakers Ready Attack on Right to Carry
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.
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Massachusetts 2A Group Responds to Semi-auto Ban
Jim Wallace of the Gun Owners Action League in Massachusetts joins Cam with the latest news on a huge gun ban that would outlaw the sale of all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns in the state, as well as a new database that Wallace says raises grave concerns about the privacy of legal gun owners.
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2A Activist Offers Life-saving Advice to Stalking Victims
Nikki Goeser, executive director of the Crime Prevention Research Center and a victim of a violent stalker herself, joins Cam to discuss her new op-ed at Fox News offering advice for others on how to protect themselves from stalkers and why armed self-defense is an important, but often overlooked, factor.
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Why this Gun Store Owner is Fighting ATF's Bump Stock Ban
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.
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Gun Store Owner Blasts IL "Assault Weapons" Ban
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.
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SAF Founder Hails Ruling on NJ Carry Laws
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.
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Appeals Courts Wrestle With Gun Bans For Felons
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.
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Growing Resistance to CT Gov's Gun Ban Plan?
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.
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Attacks On Gun Industry Ramping Up In 2023
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.
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New Year, Old Threats To 2A Rights
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.
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NJ Gov Signs Carry Killer Legislation
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.
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Gun Ban Opponents Predict Civil Disobedience
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.
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