Keep and Bear Radio

Teenage Gun Owners, Revealing Firearm Research, and Shooting Sex Perverts

A court says Second Amendment rights apply to 18-year-olds. A major university study shows that more guns do NOT equal more crime. A woman is forced to shoot a home invader in her kitchen who is performing sex acts.

BFA's Legislative Affairs Director Rob Sexton discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly of recent news on this week's episode.

10 Things You Should NEVER Do After a Self-Defense Shooting

When it comes to armed self-defense, it's usually not the shooting itself that trips you up legally. More often than not, it's what you do afterward that gets you in hot water.

Sean Maloney, criminal defense attorney and co-founder of Second Call Defense, reveals common mistakes people make after defensive shootings that can get you arrested, prosecuted, and perhaps imprisoned.

Justice Scalia Drops the Hammer: The 2nd Amendment Means What it Says

In the previous podcast, Dick Heller, the man who saved the Second Amendment, talked about his victorious U.S. Supreme Court case, District of Columbia v. Heller.

So now it's time to hear from the late, great Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the 2008 majority opinion in that case and forcefully argued that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right.

An Interview with Dick Heller, the Man Who Saved the Second Amendment

Before 2008, some people argued that the Second Amendment was merely a collective right, an outmoded concept related only to old-fashioned militias.

Dick Heller, the respondent in District of Columbia v. Heller, talks about how his landmark case changed America's view of the Second Amendment from the red-headed stepchild of the Constitution to the cornerstone of modern gun rights.

How the News Media Deliberately Lies About Guns and Gun Rights

We live in a never ending news cycle, swimming in a sea of fake news, agenda driven stories, and outright lies, especially when it comes to guns and gun rights.

Rob Morse, author of the SlowFacts blog and host of Self Defense Gun Stories Podcast, discusses how the media has changed and today uses lies as a business model.

Emergency Powers Testimony and Victims of Katrina Gun Confiscation

BFA's Legislative Affairs Director Rob Sexton and NSSF Lobbyist Chris Lee present testimony on the most powerful emergency powers legislation in the U.S.

Plus victims tell their horrifying stories about how their firearms were confiscated or destroyed at gunpoint in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina back in 2005.

SPECIAL EDITION: News Conference Introducing Emergency Powers Legislation

Governments have shown they are willing to infringe on Second Amendment rights during times of emergency, at the very times rights are most important.

In this special edition of the podcast, BFA joins Rep. Scott Wiggam and Sen. Tim Schaffer at a news conference to introduce legislation preventing abuse of emergency powers.

Second Amendment Sanctuary: Fighting Unconstitutional Gun Control

All across America, cities, counties, and states have been declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries in a desperate and determined effort to stop the unconstitutional onslaught from the left.

Attorney and BFA legal advisor, Ron Lemieux, discusses why interest in the sanctuary movement has exploded, what resolutions and laws can and can't do, and the potential legal risk to gun owners.

Emergency Powers Legislation: Preventing Infringements of 2A Rights During Emergencies

When the COVID crisis hit the U.S. in 2020, some government officials around the country reacted badly, abused their power, and infringed on Second Amendment rights.

Rob Sexton, BFA's Legislative Affairs Director, outlines landmark new legislation from BFA and its partners to prevent such abuses at times of declared emergency.

Discrimination Against the Firearm Industry and the Bill That Aims to Stop It

The financial sector has been discriminating against the firearms industry for decades. The Obama administration even weaponized this discrimination with Operation Choke Point.

Chris Lee, Director of Government Relations and State Affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, talks about a new bill that seeks to fight back.