In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • Massachusetts taking its sweet time in renewing Weer’ds gun permit renewed, and it’s well over the promised 60 days;
  • The best new gun publication in 2025 is … The New York Times?
  • SCOTUS hearing petitions regarding (the nation of) Mexico’s lawsuit against Smith & Wesson;
  • and (the US state) New Mexico’s Supreme Court decision about the governor’s carry ban.
• John Richardson returns to talk about permitless carry returning to North Carolina;
• David explains the difference between Snap Caps and dummy rounds.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• How to Apply for a Massachusetts Firearms License 
• The best new gun publication in 2025 is … The New York Times
• Supreme Court seems likely to block Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit against US gun makers
• More Anti-Math
• Fast and Furious Scandal: New Details Emerge on How the U.S. Government Armed Mexican Drug Cartels
• New Mexico Supreme Court makes ruling on governor’s ban on guns in some Albuquerque areas

John Richardson

• No Lawyers, Only Guns and Money
• Elect a new NRA
• Washington Gun Law: North Carolina’s Dangerous Constitutional Carry Bill

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Iliza Shlesinger: Plunge That Search Claw 
• The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute
• A-Zoom
• A-Zoom Centerfire Snap Caps
• A-Zoom Orange Value Pack Snap Caps
• A-Zoom Rimfire Dummy Rounds
• Tipton Snap Caps
• 9mm Action Proving Dummy Round
• Fiocchi 12 Gauge Dummies
• Brass Wool Snap Caps 12 GA
• Pachmayr 22 LR Plastic Snap Caps
• Carlson’s Rimfire Snap Caps .22 Long Rifle, Aluminum
• Chamber Swage
• Brownells Product Spotlight: Carlson’s Rimfire Snap Caps
• Commercial Snap Caps
• DIY Snap Caps
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • an attempted mass stabbing in Boston;
  • transgender people embracing the Second Amendment;
  • KE Arms winning their lawsuit against GWACS.
• Xander gives us his thoughts on red flag laws;
• and Myles tells us how spent the weekend training new shooters.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• The Pros and Cons of Using Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) for Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19
• Reading a Truly Cringey Tinder Profile – Zach Noe Towers – Stand-Up Featuring
• Off-duty Boston police officer shoots and kills armed man inside Chick-fil-A in Copley Square
• The trans Americans turning to guns for protection
• GWACS Loses Again In Lawsuit Versus KE Arms

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • Operation Blazing Sword has joined with other 2A orgs to file a Petition for Certiorari in Antonyuk v. James;
  • Democrats expressing regret for electing David Hogg toe the DNC;
  • Kash Patel has been sworn in as FBI Director… and is also ATF Acting Director?
  • Maine’s new firearm waiting period law being blocked by a Federal judge.
• Xander talks about how many guns you should have to support the Second Amendment;
• and David explains “rim jam” and how to avoid it.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• Operation Blazing Sword Petition for Certiorari Filed in Antonyuk v. James
• Dems Having Major Buyer’s Remorse After David Hogg Starts Texting Them Outrageous Messages
• FBI Director Kash Patel to be named ATF chief
  • Video: Why We SHOULDN’T Abolish the ATF (…Yet)
• Federal judge blocks Maine’s firearm waiting period

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Ram Jam – Black Betty
• The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute
• Rim (Firearms)
• 45 ACP
• 308 Winchester
• 25 ACP
• 32 ACP
• 38 Super
• 6.5 Japanese
• 22 Long Rifle
• 22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire
• 8 millimeter Lebel
• 7.62 by 54 R
• 303 British
• Lee Enfield
• Bloke on the Range: Why Lee-Enfield Rimjams Are Not A Big Deal
• Bloke on the Range: Some Modern .303 Rimjams
• Smith & Wesson Model 52
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

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There’s so much 2A news that Erin and Weer’d can’t handle it by themselves!

In This Episode

Erin, Weer’d, David, and Oddball discuss:

• a mass shooting in Sweden and the calls for yet more gun control (despite Sweden’s gun laws being some of the strictest in Europe);
• a teenage gunman’s attempt to steal a plane being thwarted by an armed pilot;
• a New York Times story about YouTube influencers and changing gun culture;
• the ruling by a District Court judge in Mississippi that the machine gun ban is unconstitutional post-Bruen;
• an Appeals Court in Louisiana ruling that suppressors aren’t “arms”…  but is that good?
• an Illinois judge’s ruling that FOID cards are unconstitutional;
• President Trump’s Executive Order to “Protect the Second Amendment” and what it  may mean;
• Everytown admitting that gun control is an infringement;
• the DOGE Audit uncovering the web of taxpayer money funding gun control, including Bloomberg, the Brady Center, Giffords, and others.

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Show Notes

• Gunman in Sweden school shooting ‘shot himself dead after killing 10 people’
  • Browning BAR Rifle Review: Vintage Gentleman’s Hunting Semi-Auto
• Sweden to tighten gun control laws after deadly shooting
• Pilot stops teen who entered a regional airport with guns, demanding a plane
• How YouTube Is Changing American Gun Culture
  • Kentucky Ballistics & the Slow Mo Guys
• District Court Judge Rules Ban on Machinegun Ownership Unconstitutional Under Bruen
• Court Rules Suppressors are NOT Protected by the Second Amendment
• Judge Webb Finds Statutes in FOID Card Act Unconstitutional in People vs. Brown
• Protecting Second Amendment Rights EXECUTIVE ORDER
• Everytown right now: “If they get rid of Second Amendment infringements, we won’t have any gun laws left!”
• EXPOSED: Taxpayer Dollars Laundered Through NGOs to Everytown, Other Anti-Gun Operations

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • snow in Florida and earthquakes in New England;
  • members of certain 2A groups are able to apply for non-resident California concealed carry permits;
  • Chris Cheng of Operation Blazing Sword sits down with Washington Gun Law for an interview at SHOT Show;
  • a Florida man being shot by his own gun when LEO disarms him;
  • Tom Knighton’s comparison between Canada’s healthcare deaths and US gun deaths.
• John Richardson talks about the devastation of North Carolina from Hurricane Helene;
• Myles reviews the Henry Lever Action Supreme (LASR);
• and David talks about semi-auto pistols vs. revolvers.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• Federal Judge Orders California to Accept Nonresident Concealed Carry Permit Applications from Pro-Gun Group Members
• Washington Gun Law: A Sit Down with Chris Cheng of Operation Blazing Sword
• Florida Officer Faces Termination for Accidentally Shooting Man with His Own Gun
• Guns Don’t Kill People. Canada Kills People

John Richardson Interview

• No Lawyers Only Guns and Money
• Western North Carolina Needs Your Help!

South Paw Corner

• Henry Lever Action Supreme
• Swampfox Tomahawk II
• Swampfox Trihawk Prism Scope
• Weaver / Picatinny Mount for Henry Lever Action Supreme .223 & .300 Blackout
• Wheeler Professional Digital Trigger Gauge

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Revolver
• Semi-Auto
• Smith & Wesson
• S&W 1917-01
• S&W 1917-02
• Colt
• Colt 1917-01
• Colt 1917-02
• Glock
• Ruger
• Sig Sauer
• Springfield Echelon 01
• Springfield Echelon 02
• Handi-Racker
• Maglula
• Gun Nutz
• Defensive Revolver with Clint Smith
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • a Bloomberg publication clutching their pearls over SHOT Show, and what it says about who’s winning the culture war over guns.
  • a successful self-defense shooting with a legally-carried handgun… in New York City?
  • an anti-gun lawyer who thinks that “high capacity magazines” were invented in WW2.
  • reports from the January NRA Board Meeting are out,  and things look promising.
• Weer’d interviews John Richardson about running for NRA Board of Directors.
• and David looks at the new no-lock S&W revolvers.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• SHOT Show 2025 Preview: More Assault Weapons and Silencers
• Brandon Herrerra: We Need to Talk About Keltec
• Keltec PR57 pistols
• Gunman claims self-defense in deadly clash at Brooklyn park, no charges likely: sources
• “Concealed carry is herd immunity against crime” t-shirt
• New Jersey argues in its brief that “the earliest [large capacity magazines] with magazine capacity beyond 10 rounds were designed specifically for use by soldiers during World War II.”
• January 2025 NRA Board Meeting

John Richardson Interview

• No Lawyers, Only Guns and Money
• Elect a new NRA

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Smith & Wesson
• Tompkins plc
• American Outdoor Brands
• Smith & Wesson Website
• 629 Mountain Gun
• 686 Plus Mountain Gun
• 432 and 632
• Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson, 5th Edition
• History and Future of the Smith & Wesson Internal Lock
• British owner sells Smith & Wesson to Arizona company
• The S&W Revolver Internal Lock
• Lipsey’s Exclusive: S&W No Lock 686 and 629 Mountain Guns
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the passing of Cam Edwards’ wife, Elaine;
  • Germany disarming political groups (again);
  • a bill in Colorado that, if passed, will ban the sale of most guns;
  • the ATF defying a court order by posturing about pistol braces create short-barreled rifles;
  • the Firearms Policy Coalition suing Massachusetts over their Handgun Roster;
  • the Second Amendment Foundation’s legal victory against Pennsylvania over adults  18-20 carrying guns;
  •  a negligent discharge on another podcast, and what we can earn from it.
• David gives his review of the Mountain Billy GOAT-15.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• A January Thanksgiving
• Germany: AfD members banned from owning guns in new court ruling
• Sale, manufacture of semiautomatic guns that accept detachable magazines would be banned in Colorado under bill
• Rogue ATF Bureaucrat Ignores Injunction on Pistol Brace Rule
• FPC Moves to End Massachusetts Handgun Ban
• SAF Win in Lara v. Evanchick
• Wow, Gun Goes Off In Podcast Guest Pants Who Wasn’t Wearing A Holster

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• GOA
• GOALS
• Mountain Billy Gun Labs
• Mountain Billy Staff
• GOAT-15
• Swampfox Liberator
• Goat 15- Handguard
• Goat-15 Box
• Goat-15 Lower
• TFBTV NRAAM 2024
• Magazines 1
• Magazines 2
• GOAT-15 Weight
• Goat-15 Bolt Face
• Goat-15 FCG
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • Justin Trudeau stepping down as Canadian Prime Minister;
  • the hand-wringing and calls to “do something” after two New Year’s attackers passed their background checks to rent trucks on Turo. Car owners won’t tolerate what gun owners endure;
  • the man who stabbed two people on the New York Subway, who has been arrested over 80 times;
  • meanwhile, New York City is adding tolls to the streets to encourage more people to go on the dangerous subways.
• Weer’d discovered an Everytown project badly in need of a fisk;
• Michigan has passed a suite of new gun control laws, and Xander needs to rant about them;
• and David gives us information on drop-loading guns and whether or not it will harm the extractor.

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Show Notes

Main Topic

• Live updates: Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader
• Turo CEO: Attackers had clean records, so background checks wouldn’t have stopped them
• This is the 10th deadliest mass killing in the U.S. since 2006. We need to Ban every car that can go over 20 miles per hour
• Shooting near New York nightclub: At least ten injured victims
• Jamar Banks, accused of two train stabbings, seen being escorted out of NYPD’s Transit District 2
• Congestion pricing maps show which New York roads and tunnels are and are not impacted
• Charging working-class people exorbitant amounts of “fees” to force them onto a dangerous public transit system where they aren’t allowed to defend themselves without being charged with a crime.

Weer’d Audio Fisk

• Everytown-Are You Good With That?
• Senator Mazie Hirono Veteran Suicide Gun Control
• The Accessibility of Firearms and Risk for Suicide and Homicide Victimization Among Household Members
• Bushmaster’s Corporate Overlords Leaving the Gun Business
• North American Arms Belt Buckle .22
• Underoos
• Zero Tolerance’: The Biden Admin Is Allegedly Shutting Down Gun Stores For Minor Clerical Errors
• Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
• Young People Fear Gun Violence, But Also Think Guns May Keep Them Safe
• Gen Z is more conservative than many realize — but the Instagram-fluent generation will revolutionize the right
• CDC 2018 Cause of Death by Age (PDF)

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Handgun Radio
• Extractor
• Colt 1911 Parts Diagram
• Glock 19 Parts Diagram
• Mossberg 500 Parts Diagram
• Mossberg 500 Function VIDEO
• Michiguns
• The 1911 Volume 2
• Shotgun Extractors 1
• Shotgun Extractors 2
• Rim Damage
• C&Rsenal: The Alofs
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

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Due to the holidays we didn’t have any segments, but David joins Erin and Weer’d for a Round Table where we discuss Second Amendment news.

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Show Notes

• Shouldn’t gun control proponents have to demonstrate their preferred laws actually reduce homicide?
• Rantz: Seattle Police chief frontrunner doesn’t think 2nd Amendment is ‘appropriate’
  • Follow-up: He’s been appointed Seattle police chief.
• Poland has become the first EU country to introduce compulsory gun & shooting classes in all its elementary schools
• Range V Garland (PDF)
• Federal Appeals Court Again Tosses Gun Ban for Man Who Lied to Get Food Stamps in the 90s
• This is Why All of You Want to Abolish the ATF
• The Terror of a Wrongful ATF Raid
• Why Did the ATF Raid Baltimore Gun Rights Advocate Mark ‘Choppa’ Manley’s House?
• ATF raids Community Activists home days before Thanksgiving
• ATF Director Resigns
• ATF Director Resignation Letter
• Federal judge Rules Ban on Gun Drug Possession Unconstitutional
• Congress Authorizes More Gun Ranges on Federal Land
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

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