- Lifelong musician
- Instrumental music teacher for over 20 years
- 2009 firearm instructor
- 2016 spoke at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Tampa, FL
- 2019 – Ray Carter Blogger of the Year Award – GRPC
Charlie Cook:
https://ridingshotgunwithcharlie.com
Charlie’s store
https://ridingshotgunwithcharlie.creator-spring.com/?
Charlie Cook on Ammoland
https://www.ammoland.com/author/charliecook
Riding Shotgun With Charlie on Audible
https://www.audible.com/pd/Riding-Shotgun-With-Charlie-Podcast/B09T33VN3Q
Riding Shotgun With Charlie on iHeart Radio
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-riding-shotgun-with-charli-30654270/
Riding Shotgun With Charlie on iTunes
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riding-shotgun-with-charlie/id1275691565
Riding Shotgun With Charlie on Podcast Addict
https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/riding-shotgun-with-charlie/2078817
Hand-made in 2022 to track the Riding Shotgun With Charlie travels. The robots asked to ride along next time.Charlie Cook on You Tube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq52xMnT0OWhvABvFlXvDXw
Daily Bullet – Charlie Cook – Riding Shotgun with Charlie
Dec 7, 2020
About Charlie Cook
Charlie Cook is a firearms instructor, writer and podcaster, best known as the creator and host of Riding Shotgun With Charlie. A lifelong musician who taught instrumental music for more than 20 years, Cook brought a teacher’s approach to firearms education after becoming an instructor. His podcast began in 2017 and describes its goal as entertaining and educating people who are into firearms. Conversations often drift into music and politics as well. Cook also writes about firearms and gun rights, and his work has appeared on AmmoLand.
Riding Shotgun With Charlie is built on long-form interviews recorded around the country, often at industry and advocacy events. Guests include attorneys, instructors, range and gun store owners, competitive shooters, adaptive shooters and leaders of gun rights organizations. Recent episodes have covered Massachusetts gun law changes under Chapter 135, Second Amendment litigation, NRA programs such as America’s Rifle Challenge, and adaptive shooting for people with disabilities. As of October 2026 the show was still releasing new episodes about twice a month, with numbered episodes past 260. That makes it one of the longer-running independent interview shows in the gun rights community.
Key Facts
- 2017: Riding Shotgun With Charlie podcast launched
- August 2026: Released episodes recorded at the NRA Annual Meetings with Jeff Gonzales and Tom Gresham
- September 2026: Interviewed Chad Barber about NRA’s America’s Rifle Challenge (RSWC #261)
- October 2026: Episode #264 featured the Adaptive Defensive Shooter Summit
Sources
Across the Gun Websites Network
- Charlie Cook on the Daily Gun Show Daily Gun Show.com
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