This is an ACP Round Table.    Weer’d, Oddball, and David sit down and talk about a pile of News stories that pertain to the Second Amendment.

• David Chipman still not ATF Director, and it doesn’t look good for him.
• The New York Attorney General is Attempting to Work Around The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
• The Increase in Gun Sales not linked to the increase in gun crime
• Hold My Guns Gets an update to their website.
• Update on the Jailing of Jessica Watkins
• The absurdity of the UK Knife laws

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Trans Woman Jessica Watkins Stripped Naked and Left in Cell with Lights on for 24 Hours a Day for 4 Days – Is Still Being Held for Crime of Walking Through US Capitol, Talking to Cops, Following Orders on Jan. 6
• Jessica Watkins, An Oath Keeper Charged In The DC Attack, Fears Harsh Treatment Because She Is Transgender
• Pandemic gun violence surge was not linked to rise in gun sales, study finds
• Progressive groups urge US media to ‘prioritize accuracy’ in culture war topics
• New York AG could try to sue gun manufacturers under new law
• New York Will Allow People to Sue Gun Manufacturers for Violence
• White House silent on if it’s confident Biden’s beleaguered ATF nominee will be confirmed by Senate
• Hold My Guns Update
• Gun buying surge is causing more incomplete NICS checks
• Massive Demonstrations in Cuba Demanding Freedom, Waving American Flag
• American Flag Spotted In Massive Anti-Government Protests In Cuba
• Right To Carry Gif
• UK Knife Amnesty Cuts Up Gun Control Arguments

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In This Episode:

It’s nearly all Main Topic!

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the armed confrontation on a Massachusetts highway between police and members of the “Rise of the Moors” movement;
  • the failures of two anti-gun states to pass further gun control laws;
  • the San Jose punitive gun tax that penalizes the law-abiding;
  • the ATF’s internal memo classifying makers of home-made firearms as “Terrorists”;
  • the increase in ATF Default Proceeds due to increased gun sales;
  • and how the gun prohibitionist group “Change The Ref” created a fake High School to mislead gun rights activists.
• Weer’d then further fisks Manuel Oliver of “Change the Ref” in a video Oliver made about the Dunblane, Scotland school shooting.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Who Are the ‘Rise of the Moors’? What to Know About Suspects Arrested in Wakefield Standoff
• Leaked ATF report: Private gunmakers are criminals, terrorists and violent extremists
• More People Are Buying Guns. Fewer People Are Getting Background Checks.
• Spending, criminal justice highlight legislative session
• RI lawmakers reach deal on slate of gun controls
• The School That Wasn’t There
• Gun activists tricked into speaking at fake high school graduation
• Former NRA president tricked into doing an anti-gun violence PSA
• Change the Ref: The Lost Class Part 1
• Change the Ref: The Lost Class Part 2
• Change the Ref: The Lost Class Part 3
• Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 125: Deepfake Necromantic Blood Dancing

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• Change the Ref-Dunblane & Parkland 25th. Anniversary
• Man whose sister, 5, was killed in the Dunblane massacre reveals he is fighting to change gun laws in the US in her honour and urges people to ‘never forget the lives lost’ 25 years ago
• Dunblane Massacre
• Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 84: Fisk on UK Knife Crime
• Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 85: Fisk on UK Violent Crime
• List of Massacres in England
• Report: Parkland Shooter Did Not Use High-Capacity Magazines
• Acid attacks: UK government to ban acid sales to minors
• Number of Firearm Homicides by Year
• Origins of the NFA
• 7 Reasons for Describing Venezuela as a ‘Mafia State’
• The current status of UK knife control

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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d discuss a number of current events:
  • the status of David Chipman’s nomination as ATF Director;
  • Joe Biden’s latest threats against the Second Amendment;
  • a Biden Advisor attempting to blame lawful gun owners for violent crime;
  • and the current effort to make the pending enforcement change on pistol braces go away.
• Weer’d ask Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons and Headstamp Publishing how he got into collecting French rifles;
• and finally, Weer’d also interviews Paloma Capanna about the horrible mistreatment of Jessica Watkins at the hands of Jailers and the US Government.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• U.S. Senate panel splits over gun control advocate to lead firearms enforcement agency
• Disciplinary actions against Chipman
• David Chipman’s Alleged Racist Remarks About Black ATF Agents
• Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Comprehensive Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gun Crime and Ensure Public Safety
• President Biden announces plan to fight gun violence
• Top Biden adviser blames guns for crime surge and insists Republicans defunded police
• Exclusive: 48 Republican Senators Demand Withdrawal of Pistol Brace Ban That Would Affect Millions

Ian McCollum:

• Forgotten Weapons
• Headstamp Publishing 
• How Did I Get My Guns to Finnish Brutality? Polaris Logistics.

Paloma Capanna:

• 2am Patriot Publishing
• Excerpts from Events of January 6th
• Motion to Release Jessica Watkins (PDF)

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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d discuss the McCloskys pleading guilty to misdemeanors and what that might mean to Mark’s US Senate campaign, as well as the Missouri police chief who resigned over his state becoming a Second Amendment Sanctuary;
• Weer’d fisks Terry McAuliffe and his gubernatorial campaign against the Second Amendment;
• David talks about the different types of finishes on guns;
• and Weer’d interviews Paloma Capanna about her new white paper on the events of January 6th, 2021.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Gun-waiving St. Louis couple plead guilty to misdemeanors, forfeit guns
• Viva Frei- Is McCloskey’s Guilty Plea a HUGE MISTAKE? Viva Frei Vlawg
• Police Chief Resigns Over Gun Law He Says Will Help Anti-Police Activists ‘Torment Law Enforcement’ 
• Reno May – Police Chief RESIGNS Because of the Second Amendment Preservation Act!!!
• O’Fallon, Missouri police chief resigns, citing new Missouri law ‘designed to harass and penalize’

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• Giffords-Terry McAuliffe on Gun Safety
• Terry McAuluiffe Wikipedia
• McAuliffe signs gun control compromise into law
• Ouch, That Had to Hurt: McAuliffe Hits Bloomberg
• Why yearbooks keep revealing skeletons in politicians’ closets
• Violent Crime By State
• Dangerous states: Which states have the highest rates of violent crime and most murders?
• So how was the crime during the 2015 NRAAM?
• Virginia Beach shooting victim considered taking gun to work over concerns about colleague, lawyer says
• Ralph Northam Racist Campaign Ad

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Case hardening
• Turnbull Restoration: Color Case Hardening
• Bluing
• Chrome plating
• Nickel electroplating
• Electroless nickel plating
• Parkerizing
• Duracoat
• Cerakote
• Norrell’s
• Hydro Dipping
• Anodizing
• Brownells: Metal Prep and Coloring

Paloma Capanna Interview:

• 2Am Patriot Publications (Offer Code BEARD)
• Biden claims Jan. 6 rioters killed Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick

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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d discuss the controversy of Chris Cheng’s appearance on the cover of Recoil Magazine, and Recoil’s amazing response to complaints;
• Xander brings us his independent Thoughts on Mark Serbu’s breakdown of Kentucky Ballistics’ blown-up RN-50 rifle;
• David gives his thoughts on the ammo shortage and some of the potential causes for it;
• and Weer’d sits down again with Tom Kubiniec of SecureIt Tactical, who shares some of his thoughts on college.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Recoil Magazine Addresses Controversy Over LGBT Advocate, ‘Top Shot’ Winner Chris Cheng Cover
• Recoil Magazine Response

Independent Thoughts with Xander Opal:

• Kentucky Ballistics – My 50 Cal Exploded
• Mark Serbu – Kentucky Ballistics’ RN-50 Blow-up: First Look
• Kentucky Ballistics- My Final Update 
• “Put a Thumb in It” shirt
• M1903 SLAP Round

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• NICS Firearms Background Checks Month/Year
• First-Time Gun Buyers Grow To Nearly 5 Million In 2020
• Taking Stock Of Record-Setting 2020 Firearm Year
• Gun Sales Reach Record Highs In 2020
• Ammoseek.com
• A Message From Federal, CCI, Speer And Remington President Jason Vanderbrink On Ammo Demand
• Jason Vanderbrink, President of Federal, CCI, Speer and Remington Addresses Your Questions
• It’s Federal Season Podcast #18 – Ammo Shortages

Interview Tom Kubiniec:

• SecureIt Tactical
• An Ivy League Education: Is it Worth It?

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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d discuss the recent Federal Court ruling on California’s Assault Weapon Ban by judge Roger Benitez, as well as the ATF’s proposed reclassification of pistols with stabilizing braces;
• Xander brings us his Independent Thoughts on Gun Geekery and how it’s perceived by less experienced people;
• David gives us a deep dive on the history of the striker-fired pistol;
• and Weer’d sits down with Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons again, this time to talk about the origins of his company Headstamp Publishing.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• The Wizard of Paws Is Back on the Road Helping Pets Walk Again and ‘Making Families Whole’
• U.S. Judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons
• Court Decision PDF
• ATF Pistol Brace Proposal

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Forgotten Weapons: Schulhof Model 1887
• Forgotten Weapons: Passler Model 1887
• Forgotten Weapons: 1896 Bittner
• Glock History – Wiki
• Glock History – Glock
• Glock Firing Pin Spring
• Wolff Striker Spring
• Colt 1908 Mainspring

Ian McCollum interview:

• Pistols of the Warlords: Chinese Domestic Handguns, 1911 – 1949
• Forgotten Weapons
• Headstamp Publishing

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In This Episode:

Erin and Weer’d are joined by Oddball, David, Xander, and Adrian for a Round Table episode where we discuss:

• Being a good ambassador for the Second Amendment;
• David Chipman’s Senate hearing for ATF Director;
• Several recent shootings;
• A story where an armed teacher saved the day;
• Ian McCollum’s wildly successful Kickstarter Campaign for his book Pistols of the Warlords;
• And of course the usual unscripted shenanigans!

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Show Notes

• ATF Director Nominee David Chipman Ripped Apart by Pro Second Amendment Senators
• Key Senators Mum on Biden ATF Nominee After Contentious Hearing
• Press Release: We Oppose David Chipman’s Nomination as ATF Director in the Strongest Possible Terms
• Contact Your Senators in Opposition to David Chipman as ATF Director
• Gunman ignores California gun laws, kills eight others before police next door can arrive
• Police: 2 dead, 20+ injured in Florida banquet hall shooting
• Mass Murder Stopped by Man Armed with Rifle in Arkansas
• Armed school employee stops alleged attempted kidnapping in Ogden
• School Carry Utah
• Update: A Million Dollars – and a Worldwide Booksigning Tour?
• Pistols of the Warlords Kickstarter
• Protesters in Portland attack man suspected of being Andy Ngo

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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d discuss a bunch of news stories:
  • Leo Prinsloo, the driver of South African dashcam fame, gives his account of the harrowing attack on his transport vehicle;
  • Texas gets Constitutional Carry;
  • March For Our Lives activists cry some more as the media has topped giving them attention;
  • the Congressional hearing for anti-gun lobbyist David Chipman as ATF Director has been scheduled;
  • and we review an attempted spree killing that was stopped by a good man with a gun.
• Next, Xander brings us his Independent thoughts on the Mark McCloskey campaign video;
• and finally, Weer’d interviews Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons and Headstamp Publishing about his latest book, Pistols of the Warlords.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Latest Footage & Interview with Leo Prinsloo
• Senate vote has Texas ‘constitutional carry’ gun bill on verge of becoming law
• Parkland activist calls out media for not ‘aiding’ gun reform efforts under Biden after doing so under Trump
• ATF Nominee David Chipman, Hearing Wednesday
• Gunman Kills Old Woman, Starts to Look for More Victims Until an Arkansas Man with a Hunting Rifle Takes Aim

Independent Thoughts with Xander Opal:

• Mark McCloskey Runs for US Senate

Ian McCollum interview:

• Pistols of the Warlords: Chinese Domestic Handguns, 1911 – 1949
• Forgotten Weapons
• Headstamp Publishing

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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d discuss the latest Supreme Court case involving gun rights, and yes it went 9-0 in our favor!
• Both the ATF ruling on receiver definition and David Chipman’s confirmation hearing as ATF director has yet to materialize.  Is the Biden Administration even prioritizing gun control?
• A question was asked: How could Bill Maher could be fully vaccinated, yet test positive for COVID-19? Weer’d talks about what PCR is and how this might be possible.
• Xander gives us his Independent Thoughts on food prep and impulse buying.
• David talks about Pistol Caliber Carbines.
• Finally, Matt from Geeks, Gadgets and Guns gives us some survival tips for the open road.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Supreme Court rules warrantless home gun confiscation is unconstitutional in 9-0 vote
• Biden’s Proposed Ghost Gun Rule Still Not Officially Published
• Bill Maher is Fully Vaccinated and Tested Positive for Covid
• Lab Alert: FDA Issues Safety Letter about Potential for False Positive Results with Antigen Tests for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2
• Polymerase chain reaction

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Mauser C96
• Beretta 93R
• Heckler & Koch VP70
• CAA MCKS & Ronis
• Colt Model 635
• Marlin Camp Carbine
• Ruger Deerfield
• Sig MPX
• Colt AR6951
• Beretta Cx4 Storm
• Kel-Tec SUB2000
• Hi-Point 995
• Ruger PC Carbine
• CZ Scorpion
• Kriss Vector
• Tavor SAR

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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d discuss both an amazingly tone-deaf statement by a politician before exploring the new ATF Memo about re-defining what constitutes a legal firearm;
• Xander lists his Independent Thoughts on the importance of friendship when it comes to prepping;
• David talks about some misconceptions common to new or uninitiated shooters pertaining to firearms;
• finally, Weer’d interviews Tom Kubiniec of SecureIt Tactical about how he came to be the CEO of a gun safe company when he started as a professional guitar player.

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Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Democratic senator says government can combat gun violence the same way they tackled the opioid crisis
• Opioid Overdose Crisis
• ATF-Definition of “Frame or Receiver” and Identification of Firearms
• Summary of Proposed Rule 2021R-05
• Full ATF Proposal( PDF)
• Massachusetts Assault Weapons Debacle: Schrödinger’s Gun!
• “Assault Weapons” Anti-Gunners Want to Ban Them, But Don’t Want to Define Them

Tom Kubiniec Interview:

• SecureIt Gun Storage
• Uli Jon Roth
• ULI JON ROTH GUITAR SOLO 70,000 TONS OF METAL 2017

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