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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d talk about our friends on Patreon and how much we love them, and the giveaway we’re holding for a C-5 9mm AR lower from New Frontier Armory.
• Our main topic is the revelation that Florida may — or may not — have been conducting background checks on their Concealed Weapons Permit applicants.
• The Egghead tells us all about the benefits of a Ham Radio license and how to get one.
• Savage1R detours from cryptocurrency to talk about his new AR-15 project, the DB5000.
• Weer’d fisks part 1 of an anti-gun rant by sex advice podcaster Dan Savage (no relation).
• David talks about butting heads with very anti-gun people in New York from High School through last year.
• and Steve talks about some hazards on the job of being a PI, and how things can go from calm to crazy really fast.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Stripped C-5 Lower
• Florida Report on NICS Incident
• Florida NICS Background Checks Reports. Some stuff is not making sense  
• Tampa Bay Times & Fake News: Background Check were performed after all

Savage Segment:

• DB5000 Test

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• Savage Lovecast Ep 591
• Big surprise: Student gun control activists have been getting help from Democrats, progressive groups
• Texas church shooting not the first time a good guy with gun takes down mass shooter
• Broward schools backtrack on gunman’s PROMICE program connection
• Youth Voting Data

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In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss getting the word out:
  • … about the podcast.  We’d like to have our listeners sharing ACP with others so that more people can enjoy the show.
  • … about Operation Blazing Sword, available swag, and the upcoming active shooter event. (Erin please flesh out the details of the event a little better for me)
  • … about your local Second Amendment groups who do the lion’s share of work for improving our rights. Join your local group, and get others to join as well!
• One of our new contributors, Egghead, gives a primer on amateur (ham) radio.
• Weer’d fisks a video of Robert Reich laughably called “5 Points to Counter the NRA”
• David, our other new contributor, talks about being pro-gun in a massively anti-gun state in “Gun Lovers and Other Strangers”.
• and Steve talks about crime and gun laws in the city of Detroit, and then about volunteering for Rick Ector’s group Legally Armed In Detroit where he helped instruct 700 women on the safe operation of pistols.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Florida Carry
• Massachusetts Gun Owners Action League
• Maine Gun Owners Assosiation

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• 5 points to counter the NRA
• 5 points to counter the NRA DEBUNKED
• Are Mass Shootings becoming more frequent?
• Gunblog Variety Cast Ep 160
• Australian Gun Laws: The Statistics

Tales From the Trunk:

• Giffords Scorecard gives Michigan a C –
• Legally Armed in Detroit

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In Episode 009 of the Assorted Calibers Podcast:

• Erin and Weer’d discuss 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.
• Weer’d Gives us part two of his 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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Show Notes:

• A new law intended to curb sex trafficking threatens the future of the internet as we know it
• Brady Campaign: Gun Violence 101
• Violence Policy Center: When Men Murder Women
• Lying about the Brady Bill
• Bernie Sanders repeats false claim about gun sales without background checks
• An Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault  Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003 (PDF)
• Getting away with murder

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In Episode 008 of the Assorted Calibers Podcast:

• Erin and Weer’d 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 explains the implications of the revelation 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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Show Notes:

• Thoughts on the NRA’s New President
• Brady Campaign: Gun Violence 101
• We adjust for population with murder rates. Why not for mass shootings?
• Children’s Exposure to Violence Survey (PDF)
• Bloomberg Lying about School Shootings
• National Fire Protection Assosiation School Fire facts
• Study Finds Criminals Get their Guns from Family and Friends
• Everytown Unintentional Shootings
• Myth of the Virgin Killer (PDF)
• After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication
• “Collusion Against Trump” Timeline
• Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation
• Spinning a Crossfire Hurricane: The Times on the FBI’s Trump Investigation
• Gowdy to Chris Wallace: Do You Want To Know The Truth About Whether Steele Dossier Was Used To Get FISA Warrant?
• Was Trump’s Campaign ‘Set Up’?
• About That FBI ‘Source’
  Did the bureau engage in outright spying against the 2016 Trump campaign?
• The FBI Informant Who Wasn’t Spying
  A secret source insinuated himself with Trump campaign officials. Ho hum.
• Kimberley Strassel Tweets on Crossfire Hurricane
• Concealed FISA Docs May Hold Key to Trump Surveillance
• Stopping Robert Mueller to protect us all
• Diane Roark’s 2013 Frontline Interview
• Madison on the Dangers of War

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In Episode 007 of the Assorted Calibers Podcast:

• There is an obligatory James Bond reference.
• 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 Cryptocurrency and some of the hazards you must beware.
• Weer’d Fisks a video that claims that the founding fathers actually supported gun control.
• Steven talks about a few tactics that Private private investigators can use to crack a cold case. One is rather glamorous, the other… not so much.

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Show Notes

• Shaken Vs Stirred
• NRA Protest Coverage Video #1, Video #2
• Transporting Firearms and Ammunition
• Michael Waldman’s video on gun control is historically askew
• Article 1 of the US Constitution
• Colonial Firearm Regulation PDF
• John Stossel Tries to Get a Gun Permit

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Episode 006 was recorded on location in Dallas for the 2018 NRA Annual Meeting, so pardon the difference in sound quality.

This week:

• Erin and Weer’d recount their stories from the show – people they met, events they attended, and the guns and gear they saw.
• Connie recaps a momentous week in politics, including the peace talks with North Korea.

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In Episode 5 of the Assorted Calibers Podcast:

• Erin and Weer’d Talk about the NRA and their Diversity Outreach.
• They also discuss the first anti-gun law passed in the state of Vermont.
• Connie tells us about how many of the various cabinet-level positions haven’t been staffed, and why that’s a bad thing.
• Weer’d fisks the Facebook Viral Video where a man “Destroys” his AR-15 in possibly the worst way.
• Steve talks about some of the perils that befalls a private detective when they have to sit in their car for hours when on surveillance.

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• Girl Scout Fighting Rifle Fund Raiser T-Shirt
• Gov. Scott signs Vermont gun bills: When new steps take effect
• NRA backs Challenge to Vermont Magazine Ban
• Scott Pappalardo Destroys his AR-15
• More people are killed with hammers and clubs, than with rifles
• Gun Blog Varieity Cast Ep 112

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In Episode 004 of the Assorted Calibers Podcast:

• Erin and Weerd talk taxes (and how you can donate to Operation Blazing Sword to keep from giving the Government your hard-earned money).
• They also discuss the UK’s knife bans and the broader implications they have for both Britons and the world.
• Connie analyzes John Bolton’s appointment as National Security Adviser.
• Savage1R steps back the technical talk and dives into the philosophy of why cryptocurrencies are important and why we should all care.
• Weer’d Fisks part 2 of Shannon Watts on the 1A Podcast where she focuses on armed teachers to deter school shootings.
• Steve tells a story where he was the subject of an investigation.

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Thanks to all for listening!

Links:

• Operation Blazing Sword 
• London Knife Ban
• UK Knife laws: Welcome to the Police State
• A Taxonomy of National Power 
• 1a Five Years after Sandy Hook
• FBI Study on Mass Shootings (PDF)
• “Concealed Carry is Herd Immunity Against Crime” t-shirts for sale 

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Hello Internet!   This is Episode three of the Assorted Calibers Podcast,  the Second Amendment Podcast that has a little bit of everything!

This Week:

Erin and Weerd Discuss Operation Blazing Sword and LGBTQ gun rights.

Erin interviews new contributor Connie Elliott, who lists the amazing life experiences that led her to become our “Washington in Plain English” translator.

Now that you actually have some cryptocurrency, Savage1R shows how you can use them.

The Weer’d Audio Fisk is part 1 of Shannon Watts on the NPR 1A Podcast.

Also new to the show is Steve, the “house dick” who is here to tell stories about his life as a private investigator in Tales From the Trunk. This week, Steve tells a story of an attempted carjacking that changed his outlook on life and firearms.

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Show Links:

Erin Palette on Cam & Company

1a Five Years after Sandy Hook

Everytown: Gun Violence By the Numbers

Priorities For Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence

NPR issues large correction about stay-at-home mom/gun-control activist

Shannon Watts Linkedin

Weerd World Lying about the Brady Bill

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Hello Internet welcome to episode 2 of the Assorted Calibers Podcast!   The Second Amendment Podcast that has a little bit of everything!

This week Erin and I talk about Youtube’s new gun policy.

The Weer’d Audio Fisk is Megyn Kelly’s Lecture on the Parkland Massacre.

Savage1R explains how one actually acquires cryptocurrencies.

Weer’d interviews Gail Peppin of the Massad Ayoob Group about how she wasn’t always pro-gun.

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Show Links:

Restricted By Youtube Gun Enthusisists have taken to PornHub

Megyn Kelly on the Parkland Shooting

Bloomberg Misleads on School Shootings

School shootings are not the new normal, despite statistics that stretch the truth

Myth of the Virgin Killer (PDF)

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