Author Archives: Sean D. Sorrentino

EP167 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – Dog Bites and Murder Insurance

Weer’d is still pulling Stunt Cohost duty (no word on what kind of dress he’s wearing this week).

• MURDER INSURANCE!!! That’s what some anti-gun people are calling paid self-defense plans. Our own Beth Alcazar, who works for a company which offers such plans, talks about her encounter with the media on this issue.
• Police chase a teen driver after a drive-by shooting,and his mom hits every trope in the interview. Sean tells us more.
• Barron, Miguel, and Tiffany are on assignment.
• Erin is back… sort of. She’s not up to hosting just yet, but she did record a lengthy segment about her incident and her recovery so far.
• Michael Bloomberg is pushing hard against the SHARE act and Concealed Carry Reciprocity using “Celebrities” and virtually no production values! You know that Weer’d couldn’t pass that up.
• And out Plug of the Week is The Grassfed Gourmet Cookbook.

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

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EP165 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – The Tiffany Challenge

Erin is at a plastic surgeon for suture removal, so Weer’d is once again our Stunt Erin. He may or may not be wearing a dress. (This is radio, use your imagination.)

• A gas station shootout! Have the claims that concealed carry leads to blood in the streets finally been vindicated?… well, no.
• Beth, Miguel, and Barron are still on assignment.
• In the Main Topic, Tiffany talks about her experiences on the Resolutions Committee at GRPC. Will you take the Tiffany Challenge?
• Anti-gun billionaire and nasty little fascist Michael Bloomberg wants a Gun DNA Database, which means that his mouthpiece “The Trace” wants it as well. Weer’d explains how it’s a waste of time and money.

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

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EP165 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – The Mega Anti-Gun Nuttery Show

Erin’s hurt and everyone else is on vacation or assignment, so Sean and Weer’d talk about the Las Vegas shooting and how Hillary Clinton and Diane Feinstein rushed to the nearest camera to call for more gun control.

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

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EP164 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – Will the Junk in Sean’s Trunk Crush a Crowd in a Hurricane?

Whatcha gonna do with all that junk,
All that junk inside that trunk?
I’m a get get get get a TrunkCratePro!

• Beth is on assignment and will return soon.
• The Charlotte police and fire departments have no plans to search for a Dilworth, NC carjacking suspect who may have drowned. Given what Sean found out about the suspect that they did capture, it’s not surprising that no one seems to care.
• Barron is on assignment and will return soon.
• Why would anyone live in Florida when it has all those hurricanes? Miguel explains.
• Erin is back from Gun Rights Policy Conference, and she’s ready to tell us all about what she learned, who she met, and how her presentation went.
• Tiffany is on assignment and will return soon.
• When you’re in a crowd of 20,000 people and someone starts shooting at you, bullets are probably the only thing you’re thinking about. Erin teaches us about another less-known killer: Crowd Crush.
• After the mass murder in Nevada, Jimmy Kimmel leaped onto the stage to give an anti-gun monologue. Weer’d takes it apart in his unique fashion.
• And our Plug of the Week is for the TrunkCratePro Collapsible Trunk Organizer.

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

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EP163 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – Magic Carpet Ride

On a cloud of sound we drift in the night
Any place it goes is right

• What happens when more than 350 gun-toting ladies get together? Beth travels to Utah to attend a conference by The Well-Armed Woman to find out!
• Man Shot By Police After Holding Pregnant Woman Hostage. Sean and Erin love a happy ending.
• Barron is on assignment and will return soon.
• Miguel is NOT on assignment this week! He wants everyone to know that he’s “playing Mad Scientist with things nature never intended to be played with.”<Evil Laugh>
• We look deeper in the SHARE Act for our Main Topic.
• Tiffany is on assignment and will return soon.
• Florida is hot. And not “Swedish Bikini Team” hot; it’s “Dropped into pan of boiling water inside an oven” hot. So how do you keep cool when the power is out and the AC is off? Erin has some tips.
• Weer’d finishes his Audio Fisk sendoff of former Brady Campaign president, Dan Gross.
• And our Plug of the Week is for Magic Carpet Cruise Control, AKA Toyota Dynamic Radar Cruise Control.

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

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EP162 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – South Florida Knows How To Hurricane

That’s “be prepared for a hurricane” and not “make a rum cocktail.”

• Have you ever attended a Friends of the NRA Banquet? Are you curious about what it’s like? Beth shares her experience so you can decide if it’s something you’d like to do.
• A man is accused of robbing three Charlotte businesses, but Sean finds out that his conviction record isn’t the worst part of the story.
• Barron is on assignment and will return soon.
• In any situation you’ll get groups of people who have different skills and levels of preparedness. How prepared was Coral Gables, Florida for the long term loss of electricity? They apparently had their lawyers on speed dial. Miguel tells you what he thinks.
• Our Main Topic is “Dry Fire Practice: Is It Boring?”
• Tiffany finishes her three-part segment on the NRA Carry Guard Expo by talking about the good things she encountered within the Expo itself, especially the programs made for “the laaadieeeez.”
• Back from her Evacu-cation, Erin has some tips and tricks for you to make your evacuation plans easier.
• Now that the Brady Campaign’s Dan Gross  has been fired, Weer’d bids a farewell to Dan in the best way he knows how.
• And our Plug of the Week is for the Pocket Pro II shot timer.

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

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EP161 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – We Are But Mad North-North-West

Erin’s neighborhood was supposed to get its power restored this weekend. Now it’s been pushed back until Tuesday next week.

• Beth says it’s always the right time to talk to children about firearms, and the new book “Safety On” by Yehuda Remer can help you with that.
• A second suspect has been identified in a NW Charlotte homicide, and good news! He’s not quite as awful as the suspect they have already charged!
• Barron is on assignment and will return soon.
• To be, or not to be: that is the question. Or perhaps the question is “to stay, or not to stay.” And when the hurricane blows southerly, Miguel knows a hawk from a handsaw.
• Our Main Topic is the new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll showing that more Americans than ever have a gun in their homes.
• Tiffany covers a few of the Every Day Carry travel considerations that aren’t usually discussed in the average concealed carry permit class.
• Erin left the hurricane behind. But she has preps in place, so why evacuate? She shares her thoughts on avoiding troubles as a valid prepping strategy.
• The Joyce Foundation Shell Group, States United, has cooked up a “Video Game” to oppose concealed carry Reciprocity, and gets the reaction from alleged Real People™. Weer’d has the audio.
• And our Plug of the Week is for the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program.

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

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EP160 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – Round and Round

Blood going round and round: Good.

Hurricanes going round and round: Bad.

• Beth is on assignment and will return next week.
• What kind of sicko breaks into rehab facilities and sexually assaults the patients? Sean takes a closer look.
• Barron is on assignment and will return soon.
• What do you do when a Category Five hurricane is barreling down on you? If you’re Miguel, you fret that you don’t have enough propane, because you’ve already used yours to smoke ribs and brisket.
• Our Special Guest this week is Kelly Grayson, the Ambulance Driver, here to explain what lifesaving medical equipment lay rescuers should have in their kits… and more importantly, what they shouldn’t have.
• Tiffany’s back with her first after-action report on NRA’s Carry Guard Expo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. You’re going to love her off-the-cuff interview with her Uber driver.
• Unlike Miguel, Erin is evacuating Florida before Hurricane Irma arrives. On the eve of her departure, she gives us her thoughts on the bug-out process.
• Weer’d talks about the Kellermann Study  in nearly every episode. This week he finally gives that piece of anti-gun “Scientific” research the Patented Weer’d Fisk Treatment that it so richly deserves.
• And our Plug of the Week is for Smuggler’s Notch Litigation Wheat Whiskey.

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

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EP159 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – We Agree With Nancy Pelosi. Yes, We’re As Surprised As You Are.

“Lickspittle” is an excellent pejorative that deserves more usage.

• Beth taught a USCCA class in Connecticut this past weekend, where apparently the state wants to make it as difficult as possible for people to get CCW permits or firearms, with blocks at every turn! Where’s reciprocity when you need it?!?!
• What kind of person robs a bank and murders 2 tellers in the process? The story quotes the FBI report, but Sean reads the criminal record.
• Barron is on assignment and will return soon.
• Do you know a loved one’s most important medical details when they need to be taken to the ER? Stuff that will be needed RIGHT THIS MOMENT? Miguel has some suggestions for us.
• Our Main Topic is The End of Antifa. Their left wing allies are telling them to knock it off. It’s a cynical Sister Souljah moment by the establishment.
• Tiffany is on assignment and will return soon.
• You survived the hurricane – now you have to survive the flooding. Erin gives prepping advice based on what she’s seen in Houston.
• Former Bloomberg lickspittle Mark Glaze goes out on his own, and now he’s out for blood! Weer’d looks at Glaze’s talking points through the ages.
• And our Plug of the Week is for the Wondery podcast, “Tides of History.”

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

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EP158 GunBlog VarietyCast Radio – Nashville is Nice, So I’ll Say It Twice

Sean continues his love affair with the City of Nashville.

• What does a #1 New York Times bestseller have to do with range etiquette? Beth talks to us about Range Rules & Expectations.
• When is a dispute not a dispute? When it’s an armed robbery. Sean finds out about our deceased suspect.
• Barron is on assignment and will return soon.
• This week, Miguel discusses that oft-repeated maxim of the Tactical Shooter: Competitions will get you killed in the streets!
• Our Main Topic is the Eclipse. Sean spent the weekend with Co-host Emeritus Adam in Nashville and watched the Eclipse in Gallatin, Tennessee.
• Tiffany is headed up north for the very first NRA Carry Guard Expo. She tells us what NRA Carry Guard is, and what is she hoping to learn at the Expo.
• It’s hot and you’ve got to walk to safety. What things should you bring? Erin explains hot weather survival gear.
• Weer’d sends us a message from a dark future. It’s like “12 Monkeys” up in here.
• And our Plug of the Week is the City of Nashville.

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

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