Bearing Arms' Cam & Co

Bearing Arms' Cam & Co

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Bearing Arms editor Cam Edwards provides a daily dose of 2nd Amendment news and commentary, alongside interviews with experts, newsmakers, and gun rights activists from across the country. Follow Cam Edwards on Twitter @CamEdwards. Follow Cam and Company on Twitter @CamAndCompany.

Episodes

August 6, 2025 24 mins

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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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July 8, 2025 32 mins

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.

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July 7, 2025 25 mins

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.

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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.

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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.

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