Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 145: Bi-Partisan Outreach and Moar Hogg

In This Episode:

  • Erin and Weer’d discuss the follies of anti-gun activist David Hogg’s company “Good Pillow”;
  • they also rejoice in a very good NPR segment on, of all things, the Pink Pistols;
  • then Oddball gives us his thoughts on a video by Tacticool Girlfriend and Gun Penguin;
  • next, Xander has Independent Thoughts on keeping Second Amendment activism non-partisan;
  • and finally, guest Sean Sorrentino provides us with us his opinion on the anti-gun bill HB8.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

Oddball’s Corner Pocket:

Sean Sorrentino:

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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 144: Point and Counter-Point

In This Episode:

  • Erin and Weer’d discuss an anti-gun lawsuit/fishing expedition by the State of New Jersey against Smith and Wesson;
  • Xander brings us his independent thoughts on training vs. gear;
  • Matt from Geeks, Gadgets and Guns presents his counter-point that maybe a pistol red dot sight might be a piece of gear that improves your shooting;
  • and David closes out the show with some loving history about the 1911 pistol.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

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ATF Logic

So this is a breaking story:

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and the United States Postal Inspection Service has arrested a Florida man and seized his websites (autokeycard.com and autokeycards.com) for selling a drawing on a piece of metal.

The ATF raided and arrested Kristopher Justin Ervin, 41, of Jacksonville, FL, for manufacturing machine guns. Ervin did not sell or make any firearms.

Read more: https://www.ammoland.com/2021/03/autokeycard-com-seized-by-atf-owner-arrested-for-selling-a-drawing/#ixzz6ojVVaAn7
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The man sold a credit card-sized piece of metal with an outline of a lightning link.

So yeah this is their company banner:

I guess this means we’re all felons now, because that picture is on my website, and now it’s on your device you’re reading this on.

If you don’t know what a Lightning Link is, well here’s a PDF for you to read that includes technical drawings, which I assume are also illegal Machine guns. Essentially a lightning link is a drop-in auto-sear for an AR-15 pattern rifle, and it’s so simple you could 3D print one, you could probably cut one out of a soda can with a pair of scissors, and there are examples that are registered on the NFA as transferable machine guns, and full-legal examples command a VERY high price, especially given that you’re simply buying a piece of sheet metal.

So yeah if that shit is all machine guns…..and THIS shit is Machine guns…..


(BTW watch that video, it CLEARLY shows that a bump stock you physically pull the trigger for EVERY shot.)

So if all these things that aren’t even firearms are all “Machine Guns” what about this?

Yep, I think all these people own full-auto machine-revolvers!!!!!11!!

Seriously, try explaining this bullshit to a non-gun-nut and see if they even believe you!

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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 143: The Most Tone-Deaf Article Ever Written

In This Episode:

  • Erin and Weer’d first discuss a successful court case for the Second Amendment in Washington State, and then the most tone-deaf article ever written, which just happens to appear on the Giffords blog;
  • Xander brings us his Independent Thoughts on prepping and extreme weather;
  • David reviews the KP-15 Polymer AR-15 lower;
  • and then Weer’d fisks “Guns Down America” accusation that the NRA is insurrectionist.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

Weer’d Audio Fisk

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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 142: Let’s Make The Second Amendment Non-Partisan Again

In This Episode:

  • Erin and Weer’d discuss even more (mostly good) 2A news!
    • Montana is now Constitutional Carry;
    • Fort Fairfield and Paris, Maine are now Second Amendment Sanctuaries;
    • Mayors of large cities are urging Joe Biden to ban guns though executive orders;
    • and Erin was interviewed by a German publication on gun control.
  • Weer’d sits down with Lara Smith to discuss how to best make gun control non-partisan again;
  • and Weer’d brings us an Audio Fisk of a news show that asks “Does Gun Control Work?”

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

Lara Smith interview:

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 141: Some Good News for the Second Amendment

In This Episode:

  • Erin and Weer’d have good news on the Second Amendment front!
    • We discuss Utah going Constitutional carry;
    • Second Amendment Sanctuaries and their legality;
    • Infighting within Bloomberg’s shell group March for Our Lives;
    • And we cover a defensive shooting where a young boy protects his Grandmother from  a home invasion.
  • David brings us his take on the best woods for rifle stocks;
  • and the ACP House Dick talks a bit about the financial aspects of running a private investigation firm.

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Show Notes

Banter:

Main Topic:

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

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.25 Auto Speculative Fiction

This is just a super nerdy article on what if when John Browning invented the .25 ACP it supplanted .22 Rimfire and Rimfire ammo went the way of Pinfire.

Go have a read, but it makes perfect sense!

And for the nay-sayers this is the big take-away:

But what else would this mean? Well, a few things I think. And most of these things make me wish we lived in that alternate universe.

Scalability: This is probably the most important thing for most shooters. Rimfire ammunition has to be produced on special machinery, designed specifically for producing rimfire ammunition. This means that when there is a huge run on the market for .22, ammo makers cannot simply “scale up” production; they are limited by the capacity of the equipment they own (or obviously, any huge additional investment they are willing to make). This isn’t the case with centerfire ammunition.

Centerfire ammo lines are much more versatile. The ol’ .45 Auto ain’t selling so well but we’re outta .38 Special? No problem; let’s tool up half of those machines for .38 Special and increase output. Half the reason for the massive price hikes and lack of availability of .22 a couple of years ago was due largely to an increase in demand, but a very finite production capability. Having our plinkers loaded up with a centerfire round would help alleviate this a little.

Also remember that .25 ACP is semi-rimmed, that means it can work in a revolver just as easily as semi-auto, but with less rim to allow rim-lock in the latter.

And Centerfire is just a better technology than rimfire, hence why .22 LR. .22 WMR, and .17 HMR are pretty much the only rimfires left in a world filled with a rainbow of centerfire cartridges!

Give it a read!

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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 140: The Text of Those Bills

In This Episode:

  • Erin is stuck in interstate traffic, so Weer’d recruits two men to do the job of one woman;
  • Weer’d, Oddball, and David review the text of several anti-gun bills and discuss their ramifications;
  • and Weer’d sits down with Lara Smith of the Liberal Gun Club to discuss how best to lobby your elected representatives to side with the Second Amendment.

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Show Notes

Lara Smith:

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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 139: Soon May the Tendieman Come

In This Episode:

  • Erin and Weer’d forgo a Main Topic for some amazing segments!
  • Xander talks about the merits of being excellent, and not judging new gun owners for the guns they have;
  • Speaking of cheap guns,  Oddball recently bought an Altor and he shares his thoughts on this minimalist pistol;
  • and finally, there’s been a lot of talk about the short sale of Gamestop stocks. Oddball, Weer’d, and Matt were discussing it before an ACP Film Track, and the result was too good — and too timely! — for a Blooper Reel.

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Show Notes

Oddball’s Corner Pocket:

Gamestonks:

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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 138: The Sick, Lame, and Lazy Round Table

No one had any segments ready and several contributors weren’t feeling well, and so Weer’d, Oddball, Steve, and David got together to have a round table of 2nd Amendment news and miscellaneous discussion.

We talked about:

  • The COVID Vaccine and the changes to the lockdowns;
  • a new Kansas law that would recognize all carry permits (despite Kansas being a Constitutional Carry state);
  • Anti-Gunners that are targeting State Preemption;
  • Bloomberg targeting “gun influencers” on YouTube;
  • and why should you worry about gun control in a world of 3D Printers?

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