I’m super excited about this one, We have Daniel on and we’ll be talking Magnum Automatics.
You know you’ll enjoy!
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In Episode 009 of the Assorted Calibers Podcast:
Erin and Idiscuss FOSTA-SESTA and the implications it has for free speech on the internet, the safety of people in real life, and why it’s relevant to the Second Amendment.
Savage discusses Initial Coin Offerings and the laws and pitfalls associated with them.
Connie talks about Memorial Day in Washington DC and answers some political questions that Erin and Weer’d asked.
WI Gives us part two of the fisk of the Brady Campaign’s “Gun Violence 101” video.
and Steve gives us his reflections on how Hollywood portrays private investigators and why they’re wrong.
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We’ll be talking Copies and Knock-off handguns.
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So the reason I do the “Gun Death” Files is to show how insane the anti-gun obsession with the metric of “Gun Death”. Of course without guns there would be no “Gun Death” (and their goal is banning guns, not making us safer) but if there are still dangerous people around, the “Gun Death” files show just how easy it would be for murderers to murder in a world without guns.
One of the arguments the anti-gunners give for using the “Gun Death” Metric, is because guns make murder “too easy”, and there is the implication that lawful gun owners like us are just one bad day away from going on a killing spree.
This mornings new headlines got me thinking of this. First in Cambridge Mass:
About 3:58 a.m. Wednesday two people allegedly stole a bottle of water at the Richie’s Shell station on Cambridge Street.
The clerk went outside and confronted the men about it. When he did, one of the men got a bag from his car and pulled out a gun and shot at the clerk.
I’m curious on the “Confrontation”, was he trying recover the bottle of water. That would be a stupid move. Or was he going to take a picture of the car, license plate, and thieves so assist the police? I probably would have done that….but maybe not given that this is a self-service gas station (one I’ve used personally BTW) so the property likely has a dozen cameras.
I will take a moment to point out that these low-rent criminals who would steal a fucking bottle of water (seriously if you’re going to steal something, at least make it a soda….I’d say grab a beer or a bottle of wine, but this is Massachusetts, you can’t buy alcohol in convenience stores here) had a gun. You can’t get a carry permit in Cambridge or neighboring Boston unless you’re politically connected. This is the most anti-gun state in the union, and yet somebody was shot over a bottle of water.
Still good news:
The clerk was taken to Cambridge Hospital with non-life threatening injuries (police say the bullet grazed his foot or leg) and has since been released and is working with police to piece together the events.
Glad he’s OK, he could have been killed. But meanwhile in Boston:
A man was stabbed to death Tuesday evening at a barber shop in Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood, according to police.
The Boston Police Department says the man was stabbed in the upper torso following an argument that took place shortly before 5:45 p.m. at the La Familia Barber Shop.
The victim was taken to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The victim’s name has not been released.
If the gun was so much more deadly, why is the man shot ok, and the man stabbed, dead. Turns out both weapons are about as deadly, and honestly I don’t have the time to deep-dive on that study to see if they’re actually comparing apples to apples. I believe it was Mas Ayoob who said “I’ve rarely encountered somebody shot 20 times”, pointing out that once somebody gets to stabbing, they often do it a ton, and in contact ranges they aren’t missing much, and you can stab a LOT faster than you can shoot as a general rule.
Of course we all know if we let the anti-gunners win, they won’t leave us alone, they’ll just get even stupider when going after knives.
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In Episode 007 of the Assorted Calibers Podcast:
Erin and I discuss the optics of Oliver North as the new NRA President
Savage discusses ways to get your cryptocurrencies to start making money for you.
In Washington in Plain English, Connie discusses the news that the FBI was indeed spying on the Trump Campaign.
Weer’d fisks part one of the Brady Campaign video “Gun Violence 101”
And in Tales from the Trunk Steven talks about how one deals with the basic biological necessities when stuck in your car on surveillance.
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Hello Internet, this is Episode 007 of the Assorted Calibers Podcast
This Week Erin and Weer’d discuss their return from the NRA Annual Meeting, the aftermath of the protests there, and flying with firearms.
Savage discusses how to manage your Cryptocurrencies and some of the hazards to be wary of.
Weer’d Fisks a video that claims that the founding fathers were actually pro gun control.
Steven talks about a few tactics that Private private investigators can use to crack a cold case, one very glamorous, the other….
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We’ll be going live soon, talking about guns for those who might not be gun nuts
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So I was on my way home when I got news that NRA President Peter Brownell was stepping down and Oliver North was to be the new NRA President
Regardless of the fact that Oliver North’s convictions were vacated on appeal, he is not only a man tarred with the specter of scandal but is also associated with illegally smuggling guns. Appointing a convicted-if-vacated gunrunner to be the public face of a national gun right organization is as short-sighted and tone-deaf as appointing not-convicted-but-clearly-guilty child murderer Casey Anthony to run the Girl Scouts of America.
I understand that the Iran Contras were a political shit-show, but that’s what I think when I hear “Oliver North”, so much that I’ve really tuned him out ever since. So while he’s been a VERY active member of the NRA Board of Directors, and I can’t recall a year where I haven’t seen him at the Annual Meeting where he didn’t give a speech (BTW that’s more than many of the Board of Directors can Say), But I never bothered to listen.
Go read Erin’s whole article, she has a lot to say on the subject that’s worth your time.
Some have said “Well the Anti-Gun side won’t be happy with ANY President the NRA has”, which is true, but somebody like Charlton Heston got the NRA a lot of positive press, and his other political endeavors such as Civil Rights made him tough for the anti-gunners to attack….they did, but it was easy to see their motives. Also former President Sandy Froman was awesome, a Jewish Woman from the San Francisco Bay Area, go ahead, attack her, call her a “Terrorist!”
I know he won’t do it, but I’d love to see Tom Selleck as an NRA President.
He’d get attacked (and probably killed off of his several very lucrative acting jobs) but it would be a net positive for the NRA
But a convicted gun-runner who was selling guns to honest-to-god terrorists, I don’t care about the fallout or his dedication, that’s playing into the enemy’s hand.
I understand that the President of the NRA is more-or-less a ceremonial position. Erin ends her post with this:
Will the NRA survive this? I don’t know. I hope they do, because they’re the nation’s oldest and largest gun rights organization. It’s going to depend on a lot of
factors, including what their new president says and does. Maybe they will take my words to heart and understand that inclusionary language will bring them more members, more money, and more political influence than divisive rhetoric.But if they won’t… perhaps they don’t deserve to survive this.
I highly doubt this will kill the NRA, but I don’t foresee it HELPING the organization, and while it is large, the current political climate shows it needs a LOT of help right now.
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Episode 006 is recorded on location in Dallas for the 2018 NRA Annual Meeting, so pardon the different sound quality.
This week Erin and Weer’d both recount their stories from the show.
People we met, events we attended, and guns and gear we saw.
And Connie recaps the week in politics in Washington in Plain English including the peace talks with North Korea.
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You might guess, we’ll be talking about what I saw at the NRA show this year.
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