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 live in MA where an extreme gun control law goes into effect on Oct 23, 2024. As a firearms instructor, what changes are there going to be for getting a carry license.
2) How did a musician become a “Blogger of the Year” and a writer for Ammoland, Armed Lifestyle Magazine, & News2A.
3) Being a one-man team, how are you able to keep everything going, like the YouTube channel, podcasting the show, social media for new episodes, and keeping up with keeping the show going?
4) You are one of the organizers for an annual event called AMMcon. What is it and who should plan to attend?
