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Tony Simon - owner of Simon Says Train and The 2nd is For Everyone: Diversity Shoot (2A4E). Tony is from rural Virginia where firearms were considered a tool for defense, hunting and entertainment. He served in the Marine Corps and moved to New Jersey after his enlistment and realized that in NJ here exists a totally different attitude about firearms. After the Sandy Hook tragedy the extreme anti gun legislation in New Jersey motivated Tony to get involved in the 2A movement. In 2015 he started “The 2nd is For Everyone: Diversity Shoot. This program has grown since the first event from 6 attendees to having trained HUNDREDS of people from every possible demographic. Tony has worked with some of the Industry's biggest names who have enthusiastically helped to grow this #2A4E effort, exemplifying the inclusive spirit that runs strong in the Second Amendment Community. To name a few, Sean Fisher of Black Bag Resources, Anthony Colandro of Gun For Hire Shooting Range, and Rob Pincus of I.C.E. Training. In th

Chuck Holton, Author of inspirational books, War Correspondent, and the host of The Hot Zone Podcast. Chuck has a authored several books, and his most recently published title is Prowess: The Man You Were Meant To Be. Holton answers the question of why now is the moment for this book? "Men are in trouble. Today's college applicants are 20% more likely to be female. Marriage rates are declining rapidly. In the most prosperous era in human history, men are three times more likely to commit suicide. A whole subculture of young men, known as "Involuntary Celibates" is now on the FBI's radar as a terror threat. Even healthy, well-adjusted guys spend so much time interacting with devices that they are losing the ability to have healthy interactions with women. But it doesn't have to be that way. Grey-haired warriors remember how manhood is supposed to work. This book explores the timeless wisdom of the manly arts as they USED to be, and explains them in concrete terms for today's passive, milquetoast generation

Marcus Allen Weldon – author of the book, titled “Surviving the System: The Story of the Santa Shooter.” Marcus writes about an incident which occurred in Detroit, MI in which he was protecting his own life, and also the life of a young woman who was being physically assaulted by two men at a gas station. Marcus’ story is a cautionary tale for all firearm owners. For taking this life-saving action he faced seven felonies and could have served a maximum sentence of 30 years, a minimum of 16 years. We are excited to be talking to him as a free man with all charges defeated.

Rob Pincus is a professional trainer, author and consultant and VP of Avidity Arms. He is also on the Board of 2AO.org and Walk The Talk America (WTTA). He and his staff at I.C.E. Training Company provide services to military, law enforcement, private security and students interested in self-defense. And most recently Rob was one of the organizers of a first-of-its-kind #2ARally on the west lawn of the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC! - Where did this idea come from, and how important was it for you and the other organizers that it be a true representation of the 2A Community? - You had a “Surprise Speaker” who was very well received by the crowd (Dan Gross, Former President of the Brady Campaign) – tell us about Dan. - Going in what was the yardstick you personally were using to determine whether it was a success? And now that we are on the other side of all the planning, how do you feel it went? - What was one of your biggest hurtles to get over or challenges leading up to the event? - Will thi

Jeff Knox is the Director of The Firearms Coalition. He is a second generation rights activist, following in the footsteps of his father, gun rights legend, Neal Knox, who spent 40 years in the trenches of the gun rights battle. Jeff is a regular columnist and contributor to a variety of print and online publications. He along with his brother Chris, maintain FirearmsCoalition.org. Jeff is also a member of the Organization Committee for the 2ndAmendmentRally.com that is happening in Washington, DC on Saturday, November 2, 2019 from 1:pm - 4:pm. What is the Rally all about? (Hint: Unity, Collaboration, Non-Partisan, Non-Group Specific gathering of ALL American Citizens who want to celebrate and restore their Rights.) Who are the Invited Speakers? (List found on www.2ndAmendmentRally.com ) What the Rally ISN'T. (Spoiler Alert: It is NOT a Protest, and it is NOT a "Carry Event") The Rally is open and free to all, but please let the Organizers know you are coming (On www.2ndAmendmentRally.com ) #2ARally

Pete Philippe is a lifelong gun owner, collector and shooter. He has also been interested in the internet and the progression of that technology. He realized that he could combine those two passions, and created an online platform to share Firearms Culture, 2A History and to bring Gun Communities from all across the nation together with his network of 2A Websites: Gun Channels and Gun Websites. Many of us know him simply as GWebs. Pete and Cheryl discuss the upcoming INCLUSIVE and GRASSROOTS #2ARally in Washington DC on Saturday, November 2, 2019 as well as a new historical Almanac that Pete is working on! Pete has authored "The Shooters Almanac"which has three facets: - To help untangle our 2A History & remind on daily, weekly, monthly basis - To help track the various Firearm related community & industry events - To inspire, motivate & inform our shooting community #ShootersAlmanac is a Crowd-Funded effort and YOU can help to make this a success by popping over to Indiegogo RIGHT NOW to pre-order yo

Erich Pratt is the Senior Vice President for Gun Owners of America (GOA). GOA is a national grassroots organization representing more than two million Americans dedicated to promoting their Second Amendment freedom to keep and bear arms. #1) Let’s dive right in on the topic of Red Flag Gun Laws or ERPOs. What are they, and who would think these are a good idea for America. #2) Recently our mutual friend, Dianna Muller, founder of The DC Project, and 22 year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department testified at the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on the “Assault Weapons Ban”…she famously stated at that Hearing that she would not comply…a former law enforcement officer…would not comply with an “Assault Weapons Ban”…can you talk to us about why she, and millions of other law-abiding American Citizens, would hold such a view? #3) The Anti-Rights crowd loves to say that 98% of Americans – including gun owners – agree that we need Universal Background Checks. Yet, when I talk to people around the nation, I defin

Logan Metesh is an historian and writer who runs High Caliber History LLC and has worked for museums with the NRA, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Park Service. Logan’s work has been published in a variety of print and online outlets. He has served as an historic arms facilitator for Mysteries at the Museum, Gun Stories with Joe Mantegna, NRA Gun Gurus, and American Rifleman TV. Interview topics: Joseph Belton and his repeating rifles bought by Congress in 1777. - Founders absolutely knew about repeating rifles - Joseph Belton > gunsmith in Philly > designed repeating rifle - Congress ordered 100 > Belton's fees too high - Guns never delivered, BUT that doesn't negate Founders' knowledge of repeaters The Australian law from March that would destroy museum arms. - New South Wales decided to change "deactivation" definition for museums - Would completely destroy the guns - Amendment has been debated since March - Issued ruling that places decision in the hands of the police chief - Co

Adam Wilson, a once homeless high-school dropout, is now a highly decorated 14-year law enforcement veteran who was recognized in 2018 by the National Association of Police Organizations that sponsors the annual TOP COP Awards® for producing the top investigation in North Carolina. And in addition to all of that is he also the author of Tactical Reload: Strategy Shifts for Emerging Leaders in Law Enforcement. -Being a high school drop-out -Growing up with one kidney and how it was different for me -Why I wrote the book -Leaving home very young living in a trailer with no power, working sewage, or furniture. -Getting into policing -Finding success through failures-Don’t be afraid to be embarrassed -Post-Ferguson effects on staffing -Psychological tests and mental health in policing -Millennials have generational differences, but which generation isn’t different than the ones before -3 steps to leadership for someone young in their career -Leadership should be from a place of servitude not authority

John Crump is a firearms journalist and NRA instructor. He is the Virginia State Director for Gun Owners of America, and a life-long Constitutional Advocate. John is also one of the organizers of an event coming up in April of 2020 in VA called Gun-A-Thon For GOA! Tell us about the Gun-A-Thon event? Gun-A-Ton For GOA Event in Virginia from 10:am - 6:pm on April 25, 2020, where you encourage people from all over the nation to: "Come Join Your Favorite YouTube stars, gun rights activists, and podcasters. Also come see the latest in gear from our awesome sponsors. Shoot some guns and help support Gun Owners of America!" The rise of Red Flag Laws Take us through this whole new thing that people are talking about. Red Flag has a negative kind of sound to it…but if they are bad, who are they bad for? Importance of the Virginia elections in November What is happening in VA and we have listeners and viewers from all across the nation…and people can barely keep up with elections in their own city and state…why i

Chris is a husband, father, grandfather, former tech business owner, life long firearm owner and current owner of CloverTac Productions, a pro firearm media company based out of Texas. Topics: Chris' passion for youth shooting sports and instilling the skills and values in his own, now adult, children and scores of other young people. Texas Legislative issues and the broader context they have for the nation. Chris also spoke about his #fuddlyfe project of which is says, "sorta speaks to what we should and should not be doing when it comes to representing the community. The #FuddLyfe Project is an effort in outreach and to further meaningful, productive communication with firearm owners that may be ignorant of certain anti Second Amendment legislation and the effects they can have on the firearm community at large. To first understand who we must attempt to reach through the #FuddLyfe Project we first have to explore the word “fudd”. If we take a look and examine the root of the word “fudd”, we find that

Founder of The DC Project, Dianna Muller, shared an update on what is happening with her non-profit, grassroots effort, that is an educational, nonpartisan initiative that brings 50 women, one from each state, to Washington, DC, to establish relationships with their legislators and reveal the faces and stories of firearms owners and 2nd Amendment supporters. The DC Project will be holding their very first Fund-Raiser Reception in conjunction with the 2019 Gun Rights Policy Conference in AZ on 8.19.19 at AZFirearms in Avondale, AZ. The funds that The DC Project raises will help the group as they travel to the nation's Capital each year to interact with their efforts to Educate, Preserve and Present as advocates of our precious and unique Constitutional American Rights.

Politicians are trying to fix our nation's problems with more and more laws. Kevin Dixie is going to the source of many of the problems that plague our citizen's lives, and like a physician is seeking to heal the body, rather than merely address the symptoms. Kevin Dixie is the owner-operator of No Other Choice Firearms Training (NOC) and the Founder of Aiming For The Truth, a 6-spoked approach to healing broken families and strengthening the community bonds of neighbors, to improve the lives of people in the cities and states of our nation. This program is focused on getting to the roots of the factors that are driving violence in our communities. A mission of solving real issues and avoiding the blaming of tools to avoid dealing with the complexities that exist. While the Politicians are breathlessly writing more and more laws in a public “show” of “doing something” about murderers who for a variety of reasons have and will seek to hurt others, you are working on the core issues that cause a life to run

At a time when many people are trying to scare the public away from supporting the NRA, we sat down with Gina Roberts, who wants to support the NRA by running for a position on the Board of Directors. We also spoke about the dangerous precedent set by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors that has passed a resolution declaring the National Rifle Association a “domestic terrorist organization” and urged the federal government to do the same. Additionally, we discussed Red Flag Laws, ERPOs, and Universal Background Checks. Gina Roberts is a competitive shooter, is one of the CA Delegates to The DC Project, serves as the President Emeritus of the San Diego Log Cabin Republicans as well as the Corresponding Secretary of the Escondido Republican Women’s Federated. Gina is one of the faces chosen to grace the 2019 TIME Magazine Cover dedicated to discussing “Guns In America”, and she is also running for a position on the NRA Board of Directors in 2020.

Want to truly make our schools safer? Jim Irvine tells us about a proven program called FASTERSavesLives. Created in 2013 by concerned parents, law enforcement, and nationally-recognized safety and medical experts, FASTER is a groundbreaking, nonprofit program that gives educators practical violence response training. Classes are provided at NO COST to school districts. Working with active killer experts, Jim educates school officials about active killer events. He instructs FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response) classes which include mindset, shooting fundamentals, force on force, and trauma care. Jim Irvine is President of Buckeye Firearms Association and Foundation and a director with FASTER Saves Lives.

Did you know that the Federal Government is forcing Veterans to choose between their health and their Second Amendment Rights? Kim Petters, Retired U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant, is a Veteran Advocate in the state of Delaware. Kim’s career in political advocacy began when she successfully led a campaign to increase medical marijuana access to those diagnosed with PTSD. Since then, Kim remains a key player involved in several other bills introduced to her state legislature, to include a bill to restore Second Amendment Rights to Medical Marijuana patients, which so far has passed the senate floor unanimously.

Alex Lanshe, is known as the Warrior Millennial. He is the author of Warrior Attitude: 21 Ways to Think and Act Like a Warrior that Will Transform Your Outlook on Life, and Anatomy of a Warrior: The 7 Virtues all Warriors Must Live by to Successfully Protect and Serve, with a Foreword by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Afterword by Gavin de Becker. He is a national speaker and the host of The Anatomy of a Warrior Show Podcast. On today's show we talked about the importance of being Ordinary Warriors, engaging in Logical and Critical Thinking, teaching our young people Philosophy, and leading the discussion on being Pro-Self-Defense. - What the true foundation of freedom and self-protection is - How to end the gun-control debate with anyone you speak with - The secret power of the ordinary warrior

We enjoyed a conversation with the Founder, Patrick James, and Co-Founder, Jon Britton, of Cold Dead Hands Constitutional Advocacy Group on the topics of: - When murder is already illegal, can more legislation really make American's safer? -There is an interesting and a stark contrast between the mass murderers who were government approved gun owners, and at the man in Philadelphia who was a felon. What laws will make better citizens? - It is We the People who have failed to live up to the expectations of our Founders. We, as a whole have lost the responsibility and self-reliance required to maintain the purity of liberty and freedom. And as such, may likely find ourselves repeating history if we can't take up that torch again. - We have heard people mocking the "good guy with a gun is what will stop a bad guy with a gun" theory, and on air we discussed the idea that one simply cannot compare a police response to a civilian response to emergency situations.

An in depth discussion with the President of award-winning Pro-Rights group, the Arizona Citizens Defense League, Dave Kopp, about the mission of the AzCDL Foundation to help keep secure Safe Schools and Healthy Students in the state of AZ. To that end, the non-profit, AzCDL Foundation Organization, will host author and speaker, Col. Dave Grossman, and the FASTERSavesLives Group to help bring awareness and support for increased school safety measures in AZ. Also discussed are "Red Flag Gun Laws" that are touted as a way to keep Americans safer, but are simply Gun-Confiscation Orders disguised as mental health awareness.

PART 2 of 2 - due to a recording glitch this file was split into two separate segments. Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman , U.S. Army (Ret.) is the Director, Killology Research Group, an author, a speaker, and a former West Point Psychology Professor. All of this geared toward this one goal: We must protect the children who have been entrusted to our care. Killology is the scholarly study of the destructive act, just as sexology is the scholarly study of the procreative act. In particular, killology focuses on the reactions of healthy people in killing circumstances (such as police and military in combat) and the factors that enable and restrain killing in these situations. On Gun Freedom Radio, Col. Grossman discussed the ever more addictive qualities of modern video games and the negative impact they can have on not only adults but very much on our children and teens. Also, that disarming citizens in the name of “protecting society” is to create a society of empowered criminals. Further, he discussed the