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Gun Talk Redux

In This Hour: — David Codrea from War On Guns on how to become an effective gun rights activist. — President Jimmy Carter and his legacy of pushing gun bans. — What are the most accurate hunting rifles? [Listen]

We covered quite a bit in the first half hour, including a good way to get involved, realistic expectations for the incoming Trump administration, and a key to assessing whose voices to heed…

Here’s yesterday’s Gun Talk Hour 3 discussion with host Tom Gresham for those who missed it…

Gun Talk Radio

REMINDER: Gun Talk (Radio) is on from 2:05 til 5:00pm Eastern, today. Even if you listen on the podcast, you can call in during the live show with your thoughts on the 5 guns you should have, or buy, in 2025. @HT_GunWriter and David Codrea will be with me today.
— Tom Gresham (@Guntalk) December 29, 2024

I’ll be joining in for a bit at around 4:00pm Eastern.

Listen here.

Gun Talk

Why do some gun stores and trainers support restrictions on gun rights? David Codrea has some ideas. [Listen]

I had another interesting chat with Tom Gresham, much of it revolving around my AmmoLand piece about the gun store owner who supports the Biden administration killing private sales.

Point/Counterpoint

Wrong. These are vets who said they need or get help with their personal finances. Then they are stipped of their rights for life. Current law provides a method — those adjudicated (in court) as mentally incompetent, lose gun rights. A court. Not a bureaucrat at the V.A.
— Tom Gresham (@Guntalk) March 6, 2024

What can I say but “Chris Murphy”?

I should go back and retitle this Damned Lie/Truth.

It’s What Weasels Do

Law professor Don Kilmer details now government lawyers lie to the courts on Second Amendment issues… [Listen]

If judges are hesitant to impose sanctions, I’m wondering why more use isn’t made of ethics complaints to the bar…

Gun Talk Redux

Journalist David Codrea examines the gun laws that enabled the attack on parishioners in a Catholic church in Nigeria. The same gun laws some want passed in the U.S. [Listen]

Here’s my conversation yesterday with host Tom Gresham.

Another ‘Gun Sense Voter’

Anti-gun activist attempted to kill Justice Kavanaugh at his home…with a gun – Just remember who the crazy ones really are in the debate over guns. [More]

And Tom Gresham and The Federalist identify a prime inciter…

[Via President Non_Fudd]

UPDATE:

What is the possible reason for Ruth Sent Us to take that picture and post it as a “special message” to Kavanaugh’s wife and children? [More]

Because they’re ruthless? (Funny thing is, “thanks” to publicly accessible online filings, it only took me a few minutes to find some of the names behind this group and where they’re from. If someone not as nice as me wanted to play hardball in terms of publicizing meatspace locations, well, what is that saying regarding turnabout?)

[Via Michael G]

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