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EP152 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio –  Facepalm, Give a Sigh, Everybody Roll Their Eyes

This episode is brought to you by the letters W, T, and F, and the number 8.

• It’s more than just a mom’s dilemma: What do you do when you’re too busy to get to the range for some recoil therapy? Beth gives us some advice.
• What kind of person cuts, strangled and tries to rape a woman? Sean takes a closer look
• What happens when a bank decides that they’d like to “help” their customers by sending them information on a USB stick? Barron facepalms himself so hard that he gets a concussion, that’s what.
• Miguel wanted a break from ranting, so he pulled some books from his book pile. This week, he’s recommending two. The Siege, and Jim Cirillo’s Tales of the Stakeout Squad
• GunBlog VarietyCast Radio is proud to introduce Special Guest Charl van Wyk to our show. Mr. van Wyk was a member of the Saint James Church in Capetown, South Africa, when it was attacked by terrorists, and he was able to save the lives of many by returning fire with his pistol. In the second of a three-part interview series, Charl tells us how he went from being an ordinary young man to a responsibly armed citizen.
• Tiffy’s back, back again. Tiffy’s back, tell a friend. In this installment of The Bridge, Tiffany talks about that Dana Loesch video and what it means to her.
• Following up on her segment on “proprioception”, Erin explains how our brains think of loved ones as extensions of ourselves, and why losing them is like losing a limb.
• Protect Minnesota is against a new bill that would bring Stand Your Ground to the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Weer’d is back with part three of his three-part series on their anti-self defense press conference.
• And our Plug of the Week is for the Plugable Pro8 Docking Station.

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support.

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EP151 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – The Bacardi Episode

I drink a rum in the mornin’ (yeah)
I drink a rum at night (gonna drink a rum at night)
I drink a rum in the afternoon (why?)
It makes me feel alright
I drink a rum in times of peace
and two in times of war (make love not war)
I drink a rum before I drink a rum
and then I drink some more (hey hey hey)
— The Pyrates Royale, “Drink a Rum”, 1999

• After her recent visit to Washington D.C. with the D.C. Project, Beth reached out to offer firearms training to the representatives in her home state of Alabama. Will anyone take her up on the offer?
• For Felons Behaving Badly,  Sean takes a closer look at a man arrested for a November shooting.
• Barron’s back again, this time with a segment about ransomware that isn’t and friends who remind you why you don’t click on unsolicited attachments.
• For those who have gotten the vapors about Dana Loesch’s nearly three-month-old video about fighting the violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth, Miguel has a simple question for you: Where have you been?
• GunBlog VarietyCast Radio is proud to introduce Special Guest Charl van Wyk to our show. Mr. van Wyk was a member of the Saint James Church in Capetown, South Africa, when it was attacked by terrorists, and he was able to save the lives of many by returning fire with his pistol. In the first of a three-part interview series, we talk about the church massacre and its aftermath.
• Tiffany is still on assignment.
• What is “proprioception?” Erin not only explains it, she pronounces it!
• Protect Minnesota is against a new bill that would bring Stand Your Ground to the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Weer’d is back with part two of his three-part series on their anti-self defense press conference.
• And our Plug of the Week is for Aiming for Zero.

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support.

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EP150 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – Let’s You and Him Fight

It’s called “rooting for injuries”, and it’s what the anti-gunners are doing.

• Beth wrote a textbook called “Women’s Handgun and Self-Defense Fundamentals”, and she tells us all about it.
• A $1M bond for man accused of kidnapping a family and forcing them to… shop at Target? Sean looks a little deeper into the story.
• Barron’s back with more on the expected second wave of ransomware.
• Miguel is fired up today. He’s irritated at those members of the pro-civil rights community who are blindly doing exactly what the anti-gunners are telling them to do.
• We welcome Special Guest Ali Slocum, who tells us about her journey from anti-gunner to gun student with instructor Jenna Meeks at Carry On Colorado.
• Tiffany is still on assignment.
• Pain? Anger? Sadness? It’s all in your head, but Erin tells you why that’s neither a dismissal nor a bad thing.
• Protect Minnesota is against a new bill that would bring Stand Your Ground to the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Weer’d starts a three-part series on their anti-self defense press conference.
• And Barron brings us our Plug of the Week for the Mission Critical baby carrier.

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support.

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EP149 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – I will hug you and pet you and call you George

True fact: Erin has been called a “cuddle slut”. Make of that what you will.

• Beth was in Washington for The DC Project: 50 women from 50 states talking to legislators about gun rights. Now she’s back to tell us about it.
• Two men are arrested for shooting a third to death. Sean takes a look at the suspects.
• What do you do if your bank wants personally Identifiable Information? Do you just email it to them? You might be tempted to do just that, but Barron explains why that’s a terrible idea.
• Have you seen the video of the angry woman burning down a house in Milwaukee? Miguel goes over some lessons learned in this horrifying video.
• We welcome Special Guest Andrew Greene of the Grayguns Shooting Team to the show to talk about how competition shooting is his therapy for PTSD.
• Tiffany is still on medical leave.
• Have you ever wonder why Erin hugs everyone? So did she. It turns out that there’s a good physiological reason for it.
• In the wake of the shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise, the Loaded Conversations crew cut an emergency show to let everyone know how much they hate those who disagree with them. Weer’d has the audio fisk.
• And our plug of the week is $10K for 2A. Erin has cooked up a plan to humiliate Sean at the Gun Rights Policy Conference. She just needs your help to raise $10,000 for pro gun charities to make it happen. Don’t help her. Please.

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support.

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EP148 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – Welcome to the Suck

People are the reason we can’t have nice things.

• Beth is on assignment this week.
• A Gastonia grandmother is tied up and robbed at gunpoint. Who would do such a thing? Sean checks him out.
• Barron explains how setting up a dedicated firewall will protect your network from WannaCry 2.0 ransomware.
• Florida just enacted Enhanced Self Defense Immunity. Miguel tells us why this is a very welcome development.
• For our Main Topic we have Special Guest Lucas Apps from Triangle Tactical Podcast. Luke explains what he thinks the biggest problem is with advancing our gun rights.
• You may have survived your ordeal, but how do you survive being a survivor? Erin talks about ways to cope with anger, guilt, and PTSD.
• Tiffany is still on medical leave.
• It’s now the final week of Weer’d’s audio fisk of the Demanding Mommies’ protest at the NRAAM!
• And our plug of the week is a call to action. Get in touch with us! Like us on Facebook, send us emails, and donate or subscribe to the podcast!

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support.

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EP147 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – The Stupid Episode

Listener Violet (age 4) tells us not to use the word “stupid” because it’s a bad word.

• Special Guest Noelle, age 3 and a half, talks with her mom Beth about gun safety.
• Barron is on assignment.
• NC “teen” rapes and robs a couple in Charlotte. Sean takes a look at this “teen’s” history while Erin explains that she’s not an awful person.
• Miguel explains to listener Violet that there are stupid people who do stupid things in stupid places, and you should never be stupid enough to join in.
• In the Main Topic, Sean and Erin discuss the Pat McNamara video on Comedy Central.
• A young child can still help out during an emergency. Erin gives you suggestions on what they can do and how you can reassure them.
• Tiffany is on medical leave. Wouldn’t you like to send her a message of support using the GBVC Radio contact page?
• How long can it go on? Weer’d is now in his third week of the Demanding Mommies’ protest at the NRAAM!
• And our plug of the week is the Czech Etched Glass Nail File Set. Sean recommended cooking gear last week, so Erin decided that nail files were a perfectly acceptable recommendation.

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support.

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EP146 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – The Jesus Number

Three contributors are on assignment this week. You’d think that would make for a short podcast, right? Not to worry, Erin fills the time with an Epic Rant.

• Beth, Barron, and Tiffany are all on assignment this week.
• A shooting somehow *leads to* violence on I-40. Sean helps you figure out how that’s possible.
• It’s getting hot out there. Miguel uses his vast personal knowledge of heat injuries to tell you how to avoid suffering in the summer heat.
• In the Main Topic, Erin talks about Christianity, Pacifism, and “The Jesus Number”.
• Last week was so much fun, and the Demanding Mommies’ protest at the NRAAM was so long, that Weer’d gives us Week Two of his Protest Audio Fisk.
• And our plug of the week is Anova Culinary Bluetooth Sous Vide Precision Cooker. Yes, Sean is plugging cooking equipment. But in his defense, A) John Doughty recommended it to him, and B) Sean’s wife really likes it.

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support.

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EP145 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – Crossing State Lines

Despite the great time they had in Atlanta, neither Beth nor Erin violated the Mann Act in the creation of this podcast.

(Fun fact: there is a Mann Act, there is an Elkins Act, and there is a Mann-Elkins Act. They all have to do with interstate shipping, but only one deals with debauchery.)

• Beth and Erin attend the Meet and Mingle for Women in the Firearm Industry last weekend. What did they do, who did they meet, what’s it all about? They’ll tell you about it.
• He was in jail awaiting federal firearms charges and needed bail. So what did he do? He talked his wife and his mother into pimping out underage girls across state lines, that’s what. Sean takes a closer look at this prince among men.
• Miguel digs into his pile of books to pull out the book he thinks is the most important book for anyone who carries a gun for self defense.
• Barron takes a few minutes while on break at work to record a quick segment about the need for offline backups in an era of ransomware.
• In the Main Topic, we welcome Special Guest Tony Simon of The Second is For Everyone Diversity Shoot.
• Tiffany is still recovering from her surgery, so she records us a short segment to tell us why she can’t record a segment.
• You saw the photos from the Moms Demand protest at the NRA Annual Meeting. You had to know that Weer’d would be doing an Audio Fisk of the participants, right?
• And our plug of the week is for Operation Blazing Sword’s first public event, “One Aim: Safety for Everyone!”

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support

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EP144 GunBlog VarietyCast – The Gross

*Pacifiers & Peacemakers – Holster Funk

*Felons Behaving Badly – Man identified in fatal Lincoln Co shootout, shooter won’t be charged

*Flea Market – Dancing in the blood of our friend

*Main Topic – Special Guest: Gail Pepin

*The Bridge –  Why do you need so many guns?

*Blue Collar Prepping – Useful Creams and Ointments

*This Week in Anti-Gun Nuttery – Anti-Gun nut opens a Lemonade stand and tries to sell an AK

*Plug of the Week – Carolina Ceramic Coatings

*Episode Sponsors – Remington Ammunition and LuckyGunner.com

EP144 GunBlog VarietyCast – The Gross

“A dozen, a gross, and a score,
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus five times eleven
Is nine squared and not a bit more.”
— Leigh Mercer, wordplay master and recreational mathematician (1948)

• Do you get Holster Funk? Beth tells you how to avoid it while carrying in the hot, humid South.
• Sell stolen guns and hold people at gunpoint? Momma might have something to say about that. Who got shot? Sean takes a closer look.
• Barron is on assignment this week.
• They say “Choose your friends well, for your enemies will choose you.” Miguel shines a bright light on those who have chosen us, and what he sees will shock you.
• In the Main Topic we welcome Special Guest Gail Pepin of the Massad Ayoob Group and the Pro Arms Podcast
• How do you answer when people ask you “Just how many guns do you really need?” Two-Gun Tiffany gives us her answer.
• After last week’s fungal infection segment, Erin follows up with some creams and ointments that every prepper should have.
• A State legislator opens a stand to sell lemonade, cookies… and an AK-47, because he objects to citizens selling their property without government permission. Weer’d points and laughs.
• And our plug of the week is for Carolina Ceramic Coatings.

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support

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EP143 GunBlog VarietyCast – Fungi Aren’t Fun, Guys

Soothe that itching and burning for knowledge with the cool, creamy salve of GunBlog VarietyCast Radio.

• Following up on last week’s “Career Day” segment, Beth brings her son on the show to talk about the unfairness of the school letting a police officer talk about guns, but not his mommy.
• A father of three was shot and killed in Raleigh. Why? Sean looks to see if there’s more to this story.
• Barron is on assignment this week.
• Miguel looks at the vast difference in the size of pro-gun and anti-gun organizations, which prompts him to ask his legislators “Why are you so afraid of Mom’s Demand?”
• In the Main Topic we welcome Special Guest Keith Pantaleon, who also got to be a special guest of the State of New Jersey for the high crime of possessing a firearm while black.
• Tiffany ran into Maj Toure of Black Guns Matter at the NRA Annual Meeting. Thinking quickly, she whipped out her cell phone and interviewed him on the spot.
• Of all the fun things you can do in ROTC, no one ever told Erin that fungal infections were on the agenda. Luckily for us, she uses this terrible experience to bring you some practical strategies for getting rid of them.
• What happens when Protect Minnesota’s Joan Peterson stands up and gives her anti-gun talking points at a town hall meeting? Weer’d will let you listen in.
• And our plug of the week is for the NSSF-AFSP Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Thanks to LuckyGunner and Remington for their sponsorship. And a special thanks to Firearms Policy Coalition for their support

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