Charlie Cook is the host of Riding Shotgun With Charlie and the award winning “Blogger of the Year” who has gone viral with his #GunGram videos series where he plays the trumpet and shoots his gun at the same time and in rhythm to the music. Charlie is also a firearms instructor.The YouTube channel “Riding Shotgun With Charlie” features Charlie conducting interviews in the “stagecoach” while driving in various locations around the country with his “shotgun passengers”, which have included Masaad Ayoob, Phil Schreier, Cam Edwards, Ashley Hlebinsky, and many others, including Dan & Cheryl Todd. RSWC is published on Ammoland, and repurposed with Armed Lifeatyle Magazine for a column called “Writing Shotgun With Charlie”. He also writes articles for News2A.com.
He’s been a speaker at the Gun Rights Policy Conference since 2016, presented at AMMcon since 2017, and hosted the Concealed Carry Fashion Shows around the country. Charlie spoke on the Supreme Court steps at Heller 10. The Second Amendment Foundation awarded Charlie the Defender of Liberty in 2017 and “Riding Shotgun With Charlie” as the Ray Carter Blogger of the Year in 2019…and he didn’t write a word!
Charlie has been a musician for over 30 years, an instrumental music teacher for over 20 years, a shooter for 14 years and a firearm instructor for 10 years. He is also a certified instructor with the NRA, MA State Police, Utah BCI, SABRE Pepper Spray, & USCCA.
You may have seen some of his #GunGram videos on YouTube or on the Second Amendment Foundation’s Facebook page. He plays the trumpet and shoots a gun in rhythm with the music. His humorous videos have recently gone viral with over 2 MILLION views!
Photo bombed and bunny eared by SAF’s Alan Gottlieb, sitting next to Cheryl Todd while Massad Ayoob speaks at the 2016 GRPC
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Our guest today is Charlie Cook. Charlie is an award-winning writer, speaker, and the host of Riding Shotgun With Charlie. He is a firearms instructor and a musician and combines those worlds as the creator of the viral Gun Gram video series.
Charlie is also one of the organizers of the annual Amm-Con workshopping Event for 2A Media.
1) You are one of the organizers for an annual event called AMMcon. What is it and who should plan to attend?
2) Each year this event grows in attendance and prominence. Who are some of the Speakers lined up for 2026?
3) What are some of the key topics covered at Amm-Con?
4) Do you have a favorite moment from past Amm-Con Events – something significant that you learned that moved the needle on your own media work?
5) Amm-Con is hosted by SAF and along with their signature event, the Gun Rights Policy Conference. Tell us about the GRPC! (Fri, Sept. 25-27 in Dallas at the Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport hotel.)
6) How do people follow you?
Originally Aired 9.7.26
