This podcast is everything 2nd Amendment. 2A is under attack everyday so we all must do our part to fight for our God given rights
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I don't like boxes, but I like Guns, everything else is added value.
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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.
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2A Advocate Cries Foul Over Waiting Period Vote in Maine Senate
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Sportsmans Alliance of Maine's David Trahan tells Bearing Arms he believes the state Senate's vote in favor of a 72-hour waiting period on gun sales violated the chamber's own rules, and he's prepared to challenge the vote in court if necessary.
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Colorado's New AR-15 Ban Also Targets Semi-Auto Pistols & Shotguns with 2A Advocate Ava Flanell
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I sit down with 2A advocate and firearms trainer Ava Flanell to discuss the new set of anti-gun bills working through the Colorado legislature. Ava Flanell explains the sneaky tactics behind each bill, like how they are also targeting handguns & shotguns and how the community can help fight against them. Ava also talks about the realities of testif…
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FPC Action Foundation president and CEO Cody Wisniewski joins Cam with the details of the latest gun-involved case to make it to the Supreme Court: Vanderstok v. Garland, which is challenging the ATF's rule treating unfinished frames and receivers as if they're fully functional firearms.
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Gun Control Off the Table in New Mexico Special Session?
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New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has announced she's bringing lawmakers back to Santa Fe for a special session, but one of her top allies in the state Senate says gun control (well, "gun safety", in his words) bills won't be brought up when the session begins.
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The Second Amendment Foundation's Lee Williams joins Cam with the latest on the investigation into the ATF raid on Little Rock airport executive Bryan Malinowski's home; a raid that left Malinowski dead and an agent wounded.
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Artificial Intelligence Hates The Second Amendment With John Lott Jr
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Join us as we explore the intriguing world of artificial intelligence and how AI views gun control. With politicians, students, reporters, and researchers relying heavily on these programs for various tasks, AI's bias toward gun control should concern you. In John Lott's study, he asked 20 AI Chatbots about crime and gun control. You're going to wa…
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Former ATF Official Slams New Rule on Gun Sales
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Retired ATF deputy assistant director Pete Forcelli says he's "appalled" by the new ATF rule re-defining who is "engaged in the business" of dealing firearms. As he shares with Bearing Arms Cam & Co, he believes the entire rule can and should be scrapped since there's now a federal gun trafficking statute that can be used to prosecute individuals f…
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Federal Judge Weighs Fate of NJ Gun and Magazine Ban
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Attorney Daniel Schmutter joins Cam with the details of a recent hearing challenging New Jersey's ban on so-called assault weapons and large capacity magazines, as well as a look at how the Supreme Court's decision in Bruen has invigorated the state's 2A community.
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New ATF Rule Aimed at Private Sales, Not 'Gun Show Loophole'
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Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Biden administration are blatantly misrepresenting what the ATF's new rule on folks "engaged in the business" of selling firearms is all about, and The Reload's Stephen Gutowski joins Cam to set the record straight.
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SAF Founder Chides Washington AG Over Mag Ban 'Falsehoods'
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Alan Gottlieb joins Cam to discuss Washington State's ban on "large capacity" magazines, which was recently ruled unconstitutional by a state judge, as well as Attorney General Bob Ferguson's claims that every other court in the country has "either rejected or overturned" rulings that have declared similar bans unconstitutional.…
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NC Gun Owners Launch Push for Constitutional Carry
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Grassroots NC's Paul Valone joins Cam to talk about the group's efforts to make North Carolina the 30th permitless carry state in the U.S., with thousands of gun owners signing on to a petition demanding GOP lawmakers take up the measure ahead of the November elections.
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'Red Flag' Study Offers Evidence of 2A Sanctuaries' Impact
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A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals the rate of "red flag" petitions and approvals is far lower in Colorado counties that have declared themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries.
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How a Gun Saved My Life When It Almost Took It
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Competitive shooter Eddie Davenport and Walk the Talk America's Mike Sodini join Cam to discuss Eddie's candid column about his struggles with PTSD, the night he almost took his life, how a gun-owning friend helped him in his moment of need, and the impact of that outreach on his life (and the lives of others) today.…
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is presenting himself as a defender of "fundamental freedoms" on the campaign trail, but when it comes to gun control the Democrat is offering up a whole host of unconstitutional restrictions on our fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
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Advancing 2A Rights After Constitutional Carry
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With Constitutional Carry adopted in 29 states, a growing number of pro-2A lawmakers are looking for ways to continue to improve the right to keep and bear arms. After one bill aimed at "gun-free zones" failed in a Tennessee committee on Tuesday, Cam has a few suggestions for legislators that stand a better chance of getting enacted into law.…
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The Problem With AKs in America - With American AK Legend Jim Fuller
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In this podcast, I discuss the problems with AKs in America with the American AK legend Jim Fuller, life after selling his company Rifle Dynamic, and his latest ventures. Jim Fuller is an internationally recognized expert on the Kalashnikov rifle platform. He provides invaluable insights into the world of the AKs in America. Join us as we explore A…
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Parkland Dad Issues Stark Warning About White House 'Red Flag' Push
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Ryan Petty decided not to attend Kamala Harris's photo-op at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, but he has plenty to say about the new "red flag" office Harris unveiled during her trip, starting with why states should reject the hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds the Biden administration is throwing at states t…
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ATF Whistleblower Sheds Light on 'Operation Thor'
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Retired ATF Assistant Director Peter Forcelli joins Cam & Co with details on Sen. Chuck Grassley's investigation into Operation Thor; a multi-agency effort to combat cartel weapons trafficking that was abruptly and inexplicably shut down by the Biden administration. Forcelli also discusses last week's fatal ATF raid on the home of a Little Rock air…
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2A Community Divided Over Gun Rights for Illegals
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Are illegal immigrants part of the "the people" who possess the right to keep and bear arms, or are they excluded from the Second Amendment's protections because they're here illegally? A federal judge's decision to dismiss a case against an illegal immigrant charged with possessing a gun in violation of federal law has prompted plenty of debate in…
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NSSF Calls on Congress to Investigate 'Conspiracy' Behind Chicago's Lawsuit Against Glock
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation's top lawyer says the city of Chicago's new lawsuit against Glock is the result of a conspiracy between the city, the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, and the gun control group Everytown, and the organization is calling on Congress to investigate the closed-door conversations and backroom schemi…
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Everytown's Concealed Carry Claims Debunked by Reality
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Everytown for Gun Safety contends that the 3000 percent spike in concealed carry applications in New Jersey is making the state a more dangerous place, but the statistics tell a different story: one where crime is dropping as the number of lawful concealed carry holders grows by leaps and bounds.
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Connecticut Bill a Direct Attack on the Right to Carry
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Connecticut Democrats have introduced a bill that could turn much of the state into "gun-free zones" in the weeks around Election Day, but Connecticut Citizens Defense League president Holly Sullivan tells Bearing Arms that the group's 44,000 members are already rallying to defend their right to carry.…
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Massachusetts 2A Group Shines a Light on Shady Gun Control Moves
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As Massachusetts lawmakers huddle behind closed doors to put the finishing touches on a massive gun control bill, the Gun Owners Action League is reminding voters of all of the shady anti-Second Amendment moves and backdoor dealings that taken place in the legislature since the Bruen decision was handed down.…
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Gun Shop Owners Are Saving Lives With One Simple Step
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Essential Shooting Supplies owner Chuck Lovelace joins Cam to discuss the life-saving work being done by the dozens of FFLs around the state of Wisconsin, including himself, who are taking in firearms on a temporary basis when gun owners need a safe place to store them. Plus, Cam has news on how you can help the non-profit Hold My Guns with their o…
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Whistleblower's 'Fast & Furious' Memoir A Disturbing Must-Read
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Retired ATF Deputy Assistant Director Peter Forcelli helped to blow the whistle on Operation Fast & Furious, and his new memoir of his time in the Phoenix field office where the gunwalking took place offers an infuriating and troubling first-hand account of dysfunction and inexplicable decisions made by ATF officials and prosecutors with the U.S. A…
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ATF's 'Demand 2' Program Being Used to Smear FFLs
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In the wake of USA Today's big report on the 1,800 or so FFLs who've been tagged by the ATF for selling a large number of "crime guns", L.E.P.D. Firearms & Range co-owner Eric Delbert joins Cam to explain why the agency's list suffers from fundamental flaws, and how its being weaponized against FFLs around the country.…
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ATF Tries to Dodge Accountability for 'Zero Tolerance' Abuses
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Gun Owners of America's Erich Pratt joins Cam with news of how the ATF is trying to weasel its way out of the group's legal challenges to the agency's "zero tolerance" policy for FFLs, which threatens to put gun store owners out of business over minor and accidental paperwork errors.
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Tampa Crime Stats Neuter Gun Controllers' Arguments Against Permitless Carry
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When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed permitless carry into law last year, gun control activists predicted the state would become a more dangerous place. Instead, as cities like Tampa have reported, gun-involved crimes have plummeted even as more Floridians are exercising their right to carry without a government-issued permission slip.…
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Key Takeaways from Dettelbach's 'Face the Nation' Sit-Down
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ATF Director Steve Dettelbach preferred to talk about auto sears rather than bump stocks in his CBS News interview, and the agency chief is lobbying for Congress to take up "universal" background checks in addition to expanding the agency's operating budget, which would be slashed by 7 percent if a funding package announced on Sunday wins approval …
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Wisniewski Weighs in on Bump Stock Arguments
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FPC Action Foundation's Cody J. Wisniewski joins Cam to break down Wednesday's oral arguments in Garland v. Cargill, the case that will determine whether the ATF's administrative ban on bump stocks will be allowed to stand.
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GOA Summit Seeks to Energize 2A Activists
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Cam gives his take on today's oral arguments in Garland v. Cargill, and chats with Gun Owners of America's Kailey Neiman about the group's just announced Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit and why 2A activists from across the country should plan on attending.
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Cargill's Confident Ahead of SCOTUS Arguments on Bump Stock Ban
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Michael Cargill is a man on a mission; not only to take down the ATF's ban on bump stocks, but to curb the ATF's rulemaking abuses. Cargill joined Cam just before leaving for Washington, D.C., where the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Garland v. Cargill on Wednesday, and explained why this case is crucially important to every gun owner in…
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Purdue Professor Says Research Shows Benefits of Armed Citizens
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Dr. J. Eric Dietz from Purdue University's Homeland Security Institute joins the show to highlight some of his latest research documenting the benefits of armed school staff and citizens serving as church security.
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MN Gun Bill Could Cripple Youth Shooting Sports
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Minnesota Gun Caucus Legislative Director Rob Doar joins Cam with an update on the first few days of this year's session, which has already seen the introduction of sweeping semi-auto bans, storage mandates that would make it almost impossible to act in self-defense inside the home, and a bill ostensibly aimed at protecting wildlife from lead poiso…
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Colorado Democrats' Gun Control Condundrum
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Colorado's Democratic majority is at odds with itself over the desire to create new crimes out of our right to keep and bear arms while doing everything possible to keep criminal defendants, even those accused of stealing firearms, from spending time behind bars.
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Everytown, NBC Take Aim at 2A Content Creators
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NBC News reporter David Ingram has helped to demonetize the YouTube channel of Larry Vickers after his guilty plea to illegally importing machine guns, but the gun control group Everytown, which was also pushing the streaming service to take action, has a far bigger goal: restricting all gun content it deems to be lacking in "educational content fo…
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Looking Back in New Mexico, Ahead in California
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Zach Fort of the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association joins Cam to talk about the just-wrapped session in Santa Fe and the prospects of a special session later this year, while California Rifle & Pistol Association legislative affairs director Rick Travis shares some of the most egregious assaults on our 2A rights filed in Sacramento for the sess…
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USA Today Tries to Name and Shame FFLs Over "Crime Guns"
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USA Today has published a list of some 1,300 firearm retailers that part of the ATF's "Demand 2" program because they've sold at least 25 guns traced by the agency in the past year that were purchased within the last 36 months. While the ATF says being on the list isn't evidence of wrongdoing, and the paper notes the large number of big box retaile…
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Virginia Democrats Continuing Their Attacks on the Second Amendment
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Virginia Citizen Defense League president Philip Van Cleave joins Cam with an update on the wave of gun control bills still advancing in the legislature after a key deadline on Tuesday, including semi-auto bans, "gun-free zones", and more.
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After Flagrant Abuses of Bruen, Will SCOTUS Finally Weigh in on 'Assault Weapon' Bans?
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FPC Action Foundation's Cody J. Wisniewski explains why the Supreme Court should step in and grant cert now to one or more cases dealing with bans on so-called assault weapons, instead of waiting for the cases to go to trial in the Fourth and Seventh Circuits.
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Crunch Time for Grisham's Anti-Gun Agenda
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Zach Fort from the New Mexico Shooting Sports Association joins Cam as the state legislature kicks off its final week of the 2024 session with a dozen or so gun control bills vying for lawmakers' attention, including a 7 day waiting period on gun sales, a new "gun-free zone", and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's ban on gas-operated semi-automatic long…
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Historic Drop in Homicides Leaves Anti-Gunners Scrambling for New Talking Points
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The Center for American Progress' chief gun control advocate says the historic decline in homicides last year shows the need for more restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms, but Cam says the data actually points to a very different conclusion: more guns does not equal more crime.
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Giffords' New Chief Ignores Grassroots Opposition to Anti-Gun Efforts
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In a softball interview with Vanity Fair, Giffords' new executive director Emma Brown laid out a false narrative about the gun control movement and Second Amendment supporters, while laying out her group's plans for the future.
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Colorado Democrats Ready to Californicate the Right to Carry
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Coloradans with concealed carry licenses could soon find themselves unable to lawfully carry almost everywhere in the state, thanks to a bill currently being drafted that would create a huge number of "gun-free zones". As FASTER Colorado's Laura Carno tells Cam, the bill would not only curtail the right to carry in many public places, but would pro…
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Taking a Bite Out of the Big Apple's Gun Laws
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New York attorney Amy Bellantoni joins Cam to discuss the recent oral arguments before a Second Circuit panel in Frey v. Nigrelli, which challenges several aspects of New York's carry laws including the post-Bruen ban on lawful carry on public transit.
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Another Brick in California's Gun Control Wall Crumbles
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California Rifle & Pistol Association head Chuck Michel discusses Judge Roger Benitez's decision tossing out the state's ammunition background check law and prohibitions on online and out-of-state ammo purchases for California residents, as well as what happens next as the case moves to the Ninth Circuit.…
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Maine Governor Tries to Thread the Needle on Gun Bills
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Gov. Janet Mills may not have made either side of the gun debate happy with her calls for changes to the state's background checks and private gun sales; not nearly enough for anti-gunners who are pushing for bans on so-called assault weapons, waiting periods, and more, and too much for many Second Amendment advocates who see her proposals as a big…
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2A Advocate: No Way to Fix Massachusetts Gun Control Bill
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Gun Owners Action League executive director Jim Wallace joins Cam & Co to offer his take on S2572, and says there's no way to fix the fundamentally flawed legislation that the state Senate is rushing to pass this week.
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Anti-Gunners Aren't Just Targeting What Guns You Can Buy
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They're also trying to limit how Americans can purchase a firearm by going after buy now, pay later services. Credova CEO Dusty Wunderlich joins Cam to discuss the gun control lobby's strategy, as well as the efforts to push back by some state and federal lawmakers
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Iowa Lawmaker Wants to Remove Barriers to Armed School Staff
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Iowa Rep. John Wills joins Cam to talk about his work to help school districts in the state adopt policies allowing for trained and vetted school staff to carry concealed in case of an attack on campus; a measure that's run into some roadblocks thanks to insurers.
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