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A dad with a carry permit stopped the Bend, Oregon school shooting minutes after it started, and the story left the national news almost as fast. What does that say about gun-free zones, and what would it cost to protect every school? You'll learn how the attack unfolded minute by minute, how a teacher and an armed parent ended it, and why two armed officers at every K-12 school would cost each taxpayer about $254 a year. Michael Schwartz walks through the Silver Rail Elementary attack, which killed three children and a teacher, with Brian Hill of The Complete Combatant, a combatives and armed-citizen trainer with more than 35 years of experience. Brian teaches Pistol Tactician in Alpine, California on November 14 and 15, 2026. Register: https://www.shootingclasses.com/thecompletecombatant/course/?courseId=6248 More from Brian: https://www.thecompletecombatant.com/ Also this week: Malcolm Gladwell told Oprah the Second Amendment was written to protect slave patrols, and Michael checks that against the historical record. A Maine congressional candidate answers a red flag question with a red herring. Brian Aitken of Topple, the ad network built for the gun industry (https://wearetopple.com/), on the New Jersey arrest and 7-year sentence that came from moving his own guns the way the state police told him to. And Stump My Nephew: one bolt-action rifle for everything, which caliber? CHAPTERS 0:00 Judge Benitez on why we have a Bill of Rights 3:00 Welcome, the 20K subscriber dinner, and go vote 10:02 The Bend, Oregon school shooting with Brian Hill 16:43 The teacher who fought back 17:52 The dad with a carry permit who stopped it 31:43 Why the story left the news so fast 35:51 Gun-free zones, armed guards and armed teachers 39:21 What two armed officers at every school would cost 46:19 Brian Hill's Pistol Tactician class in Alpine 49:45 In his own words: the dad who stopped the shooter 52:04 Malcolm Gladwell tells Oprah the Second Amendment was about slavery 1:10:19 A Maine candidate's red herring on red flag laws 1:23:14 Topple: ads for the gun industry, with Brian Aitken 1:34:07 Arrested in New Jersey for moving his own guns 1:54:57 Stump My Nephew: one bolt-action rifle, which caliber? Bearing Arms on Matt Dunlap: https://bearingarms.com/john-petrolino/2026/10/19/congressional-candidate-maine-backtracks-on-red-flag-law-n1234174 New episodes every Sunday. Subscribe and turn on notifications. https://gunownersradio.com #GunOwnersRadio #2A #ConcealedCarry #SelfDefense #GunRights

The Supreme Court hears Viramontes, the assault weapons ban case, on December 2. So what does the other side actually argue? Michael plays an interview with Everytown Law's top Second Amendment litigator and answers her point by point: "weapons of war," the six appeals courts that upheld bans, history and tradition, and a common-use argument that ends up making our case for us. Then Navy veteran Tate Adamiak, sentenced to 20 years after the ATF called his inert replicas and movie props machine guns, on the Sten replica the ATF lab rigged to fire one round, the raid with no warning, and the frozen accounts that left him "too rich" for a public defender. His full, uncut interview is on our channel as a Magnum Show episode. And Kostas Moros of the Second Amendment Foundation on the settlement that ends Contra Costa County's ban on red dots, weapon lights and single-action pistols like the 1911 for CCW holders. Also this week: what the ATF's new NFA guidance does and doesn't mean in California, Alisha on the difference between owning a gun and being ready to use it, Stump My Nephew on the FN Auto-5, and Sam on US v. Miller, the first big NFA case. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:38 What's that ring around a bullet? 1:05 Welcome, and the 20K Celebration Dinner 2:53 Friends of NRA Gun-A-Palooza, October 27 4:29 Inland Empire and Orange County voter guides are up 5:37 A mother and daughter on the San Diego ballot 7:00 The ATF's NFA guidance: what it means in California 8:53 This week on the show 10:27 The assault weapons ban case: what the other side says 26:48 Alisha: owning a gun isn't the same as being ready 28:31 Tate Adamiak: 20 years for replica guns, then a pardon 33:05 A collection of inert replicas 35:41 The Denix Sten the ATF lab forced to fire 37:47 Held at gunpoint on the way to work 40:05 The warrant: a cut-up barrel shroud 43:39 Assets frozen, then too rich for a public defender 48:58 What is a receiver? The rule changed four days after his arrest 51:45 Why did the ATF do it? 55:00 Kostas Moros: red dots, lights and 1911s back in Contra Costa 1:03:26 "It's not the courts, it's elections" 1:06:41 Viramontes on December 2, and what comes next 1:11:52 Stump My Nephew: the FN Auto-5 1:18:09 Sam Lichtman on US v. Miller, the first big NFA case THIS WEEK'S GUESTS Tate Adamiak, Navy veteran, pardoned September 2026 Kostas Moros, Second Amendment Foundation: https://saf.org Sam Lichtman: https://gunownersradio.com/blog MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 20K Celebration Dinner, Wed Oct 21, 6 PM, Elijah's, Clairemont Mesa. $20: https://gunownersradio.ticketspice.com/20k-celebration-dinner San Diego Gun-A-Palooza (Friends of NRA), Oct 27, 4 PM, BNS Brewing & Distillery, Santee. $20. Voter guides: https://sdcgo.org | https://orangecountygunowners.com | https://inlandempiregunowners.com Alisha Curtin, firearms instructor: https://sandiegoconcealedcarry.com Everytown interview we react to: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/supreme-court-takes-up-assault-weapons-ban-gun-control-attorney-predicts-a-win/vi-AA2dmhn4

At a Nebraska rally, President Trump said "let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego," and Governor Newsom called him deranged and dangerous. We read the full quote line by line. Michael says it was about gas prices and the media knows it. Dakota agrees on the meaning but says he still owes San Diego an apology. You decide. Then Lee Williams, the Second Amendment Foundation's investigative reporter, on Navy sailor Tate Adamiak. Tate was serving 20 years when Lee took his first call. Lee says he knew in two minutes Tate was innocent. Sixty stories later, Tate walked out with a presidential pardon, and Lee is now working through a list of about 20 more names. Also this week: blank ballots on a road in Alpine. John Petrolino on AMM-Con and GRPC. A dad, two daughters and a stranger at the froyo shop, and what the comment section got wrong about using force. The crew's best president debate, which you get to judge. And Stump My Nephew. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 3:44 Welcome, and the road to 20,000 subscribers 8:32 San Diego Gun-A-Palooza, October 27 10:05 Blank ballots on the road in Alpine: is it voter fraud? 20:44 Trump's "let them take out San Diego," in context 32:25 Dakota: he still owes San Diego an apology 55:05 Lee Williams: the reporter who got Tate Adamiak out 1:03:37 "I knew in two minutes he was innocent" 1:10:43 The toy Sten they called a machine gun 1:12:16 "The ATF is a predatory agency" 1:16:53 Two years of pressure, and a presidential pardon 1:25:56 20 more names 1:28:14 Lee Williams on journalism and AI 1:42:01 John Petrolino: AMM-Con and GRPC recap 1:59:14 Best president debate: Madison, Roosevelt, Coolidge, Eisenhower 2:26:13 A stranger at the froyo shop: what the dad got right 2:31:56 Pepper spray: between a harsh word and a gun 2:39:41 Pulling a gun to scare someone is brandishing 2:42:21 Don't comment anything you wouldn't show a jury 2:47:35 Stump My Nephew: the Vickers jungle mag THIS WEEK'S GUESTS Lee Williams, The Gun Writer, investigative reporter for the Second Amendment Foundation https://thegunwriter.substack.com https://saf.org Know of a case like Tate's? Lee's cell (call or text): 941-284-8553, or [email protected] John Petrolino, The Pen Patriot https://thepenpatriot.com MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE AMM-Con: https://amm-con.org Gun Rights Policy Conference: https://saf.org/grpc/ Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms: https://ccrkba.org Chuck Haggard Brian and Shelley Hill, The Complete Combatant: https://thecompletecombatant.com San Diego Gun-A-Palooza (Friends of NRA), Oct 27, 4 PM, BNS Brewing & Distillery, Santee. $20. Voter guides: https://sdcgo.org | https://orangecountygunowners.com | https://inlandempiregunowners.com

Gun control groups spent years saying the best gun data didn't count. So a Georgetown professor ran his survey again, addressed the complaints they made, and the numbers came back even worse for them. Amy Swearer of Advancing American Freedom joins us to explain what the 2026 National Firearms Survey found, what was done to the man who ran it, and why 26.4 million Americans owning an AR-15 matters to the Supreme Court in December. Also this week: a Glock is back on the California roster, the ten gun bills Newsom just signed, what it actually costs to carry a gun in San Diego from scratch, Dan Wos on the fake "child gun death" statistic, and the Gun Owners Radio crew's recap of GRPC in Dallas. CHAPTERS 0:00 Dakota named a KUSI Community Champion 4:48 Welcome, and the road to 20,000 subscribers 9:51 Is printing illegal in California? 13:50 IPSC World Shotgun in Corinth, Greece 22:23 Virginia's voluntary "do not sell" gun list 25:34 Amy Swearer: they demanded better data 37:03 What they did to Professor English 40:59 Strict gun laws really do suppress gun ownership 45:12 Hawaii 14.5%, Alabama 47%: the state numbers 52:26 After the interview: 26.4 million AR owners 1:00:04 Dan Wos on GRPC and the "child gun death" statistic 1:18:51 GRPC recap: Judge Benitez's keynote 1:21:49 The ATF director at GRPC 1:35:58 Should the NRA shrink its board? 1:42:52 What self defense costs in California: $1,365.63 1:57:10 Newsom signs 10 new gun laws 2:29:14 A Glock is back on the California roster: 43X CA THIS WEEK'S GUESTS Amy Swearer, Senior Legal Fellow, Advancing American Freedom Her op-ed: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gun-control-activists-demanded-better-data-what-they-got-surprised-heck-out-them Dan Wos, author of Good Gun Bad Guy and host of The Loaded Mic https://www.loadedmic.com https://www.goodgunbadguy.com MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE 2026 National Firearms Survey, William English, Georgetown University (free on SSRN) Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Rights Policy Conference https://saf.org/grpc/ Not Me CA, self defense training help for women https://notmeca.org Dakota Adelphia and A Girl and A Gun San Diego https://dakotaadelphia.com San Diego County Gun Owners https://sdcgo.org

Dick Heller's name is on the case and he would rather you called it something else. He gave Dakota two hours in a hotel lobby in Washington and told the parts nobody prints. The tenant who turned out to have a trunk full of guns in a city where that was a felony. The postcard sitting in an otherwise empty desk drawer. The form he talked a police officer into signing, which is the only reason he had standing at all. And the four hundred cough drops he handed out on a freezing sidewalk the night before his own Supreme Court argument, without telling a single person in that line who he was. Also this week, the rest of Dakota's Washington trip: her rally speech on why the small seats decide everything, and three Women for Gun Rights state directors on what New York, Maryland and Colorado are doing to gun owners right now. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold open 1:02 GRPC Dallas and the Dakota takeover 4:53 The rally speech: the small seats decide everything 9:54 Lauren Hartnett, New York: the 30 day permit trap 24:42 Charneta Samms, Maryland: On Deck and getting women into competition 35:27 Barb Miller, Colorado: permission to buy a gun 53:24 Dick Heller: "I call it the Scalia decision" 1:02:39 "It's not a kind. It's a trunk full." 1:09:12 The form that gave him standing 1:28:28 The card that stops the argument 1:33:30 400 cough drops and McDonald v. Chicago 1:55:08 Tyler Yzaguirre, Second Amendment Institute THIS WEEK'S GUESTS Dick Heller https://gundude.org https://www.hellerfoundation.org Lauren Hartnett, New York State Director, Women for Gun Rights Athena Defense Training https://athenadefensetraining.com https://www.facebook.com/AthenaDefenseNY Charneta Samms, Maryland Honeybear Tactical https://www.honeybeartactical.com https://www.facebook.com/HoneybearTactical Barb Miller, Colorado State Director, Women for Gun Rights High Calibre Gear [email protected] Tyler Yzaguirre, Executive Director, Second Amendment Institute https://www.sainational.org ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED Women for Gun Rights https://womenforgunrights.org A Girl and a Gun https://www.agirlandagun.org Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Rights Policy Conference https://saf.org/grpc/

Can they ban your gun? Michael drew a four question chart that walks you through it, and question three is the one the Second Amendment community has had backwards for twenty years. If your argument is that your AR is not a weapon of war, you have just conceded it can be banned, because that is exactly what the Supreme Court said about short barreled shotguns in 1939. The honest answer is better than the comfortable one. Also this week: the man who got the $200 suppressor tax killed explains what the Texas ruling actually means for you, and why California is still on the outside. CCW renewals in this state just went up by at least $93 as of September 1, and nobody is going to call and tell you. A 19 year old carrying illegally stopped a shooting at a Michigan mall, and the judge told him bringing a gun there was poor judgment, so we played his entire statement instead of the clip going around. Plus what a juror can actually do once the door closes, and a revolver that fires four calibers, all of them badly. Chapters: 0:00 Welcome, and Dakota is back from Washington DC 5:17 Can you ban my gun: the four question chart 14:15 How Good Are You, and the Echelon sweepstakes 15:40 Dakota wins KUSI Community Champion 17:40 What is on the show today 20:49 CCW renewals just got more expensive 33:58 Knox Williams on the end of the suppressor registry 1:02:41 The calculations women make 1:17:36 The mall shooting the judge called poor judgment 1:51:04 The four boxes of liberty, and what a juror can actually do 2:04:30 Stump My Nephew: the Phillips and Rogers Medusa Model 47 If you own an AR, carry in California, or have ever been told your rifle is not a weapon of war, this one is for you. Links from this episode: American Suppressor Association: https://americansuppressorassociation.com America First Policy Institute: https://americafirstpolicy.com "The Calculations Women Make" by Robyn Sandoval: https://www.agirlandagun.org/the-calculations-women-make/ Measure your handgun skills with us at gunownersradio.com Join San Diego County Gun Owners at SDCGO.org/join Win a Springfield Echelon at SDCGO.org/sweepstakes

If your California CCW expires in the next year, the renewal you did last time is gone. As of September 1, every renewal needs a fresh set of Live Scan fingerprints, a passport-style photo, and another $25. Michael and Dakota walk through what AB 1078 actually changed, why the author of the bill matters more than the bill does, and the piece almost nobody has explained: the new rule runs your renewal on two separate clocks, and the one that finishes last is the one that decides when you get your permit back. Also this week: two dozen new handguns just landed on the California roster (yes, including a biometric smart gun), where the Glock ban stands now that it has been folded into Renna v. Bonta, a straight-talk conversation about socialism and fascism that neither host fully agrees on, and Senate District 38 candidate Laura Bassett on the one Democrat seat Cal Matters called vulnerable. Chapters: 0:00 Cold open and intro 1:00 Welcome, Labor Day weekend, and Dakota's ladies-only match 3:06 The clip going around: the Minneapolis officer's carry-handle AR 8:54 How Good Are You: Dave Reed's measured-performance class, September 23 in Alpine 10:31 Judge Benitez dinner (now $99), the SDCGO Echelon sweepstakes, and what's on today 13:17 California handgun roster: two dozen new models, the Biofire smart gun, Renna v. Bonta and the Glock ban 25:12 The SDCGO voter guide: supervisors, treasurer, assessor, city councils, school boards 33:53 Socialism and fascism: the definitions, the spectrum, and why gun owners should care 1:05:24 AB 1078: new Live Scan fingerprints, the 90-day window, and the two-clock renewal trap 1:22:24 Laura Bassett, Senate District 38: running at the only vulnerable incumbent in Southern California 1:54:01 Stump My Nephew: the pistol maker that built five side-charging handles If you carry in California, if you are staring down a renewal, or if you just want the law explained by people who are actually going through it too, this one is for you. 🔔 New episodes every Sunday. Subscribe and turn on notifications. 🌐 gunownersradio.com #GunOwnersRadio #CCW #CaliforniaGunLaws #SecondAmendment #ConcealedCarry

The Supreme Court just took a case about assault weapon bans, and the whole fight turns on four words from Heller: dangerous and unusual. Attorney Alan Beck, who won Wolford at the Supreme Court, wrote an amicus brief arguing that courts have had those words backwards for years. Unusual never meant rare. It meant carrying a weapon in a way meant to terrify people, and the distinction goes back to English common law in 1328. Also this week: a retired Navy SEAL says 18 year olds cannot be trusted with a firearm off duty, and we take that apart. Anti gun groups demanded better data on defensive gun use and got a number more than twice what they expected. A school board candidate in South San Diego County gets attacked for our endorsement, and her reason for carrying is one nobody bothered to ask about. Plus the Dixie Chicks, and a straight answer on which home defense shotgun to buy. Chapters: 0:00 Cold open: soldiers are not allowed in my home 0:48 Welcome, and why the voter guide matters 4:31 Michael gets Judge Benitez to sign a 60 round magazine 10:34 The Madison quote that stuck with Alisha 14:14 What is on the show today 14:47 How Good Are You: the September 23 training day with Dave Reed 15:44 Win a Springfield Echelon at SDCGO.org/sweepstakes 17:41 Attorney Alan Beck on what dangerous and unusual really means 19:31 Where the phrase comes from: English common law and the 1328 Statute of Northampton 24:42 Common use, and the forty million AR-15s in circulation 26:12 Why counting up guns is the wrong test 28:43 Unusual never meant uncommon 30:26 The dagger at the market versus the battle axe in armor 33:18 Whatever happened to the bazooka argument 35:50 Leland Yee, California's biggest anti-gun voice, and the Stinger missiles 38:11 Parity with the average foot soldier 40:44 Which of the forty five amicus briefs are worth reading 44:53 Guns for me but none for thee: Eddie Gallagher on 18 year olds 48:29 If the standard is emotional regulation, where is the line 53:28 The cases fighting for 18, 19 and 20 year olds 58:39 The Second Amendment is not a second class right 1:01:00 Anti gunners demanded better data and got it 1:04:24 1.67 million defensive gun uses, and why that was an undercount 1:04:56 The new number: 2.2 million a year 1:07:23 What the survey did to the female ownership claim 1:14:54 Dixie Chicks: anti self defense, pro revenge 1:17:38 Goodbye Earl worked through the other options first 1:24:05 Delia Dominguez Cervantes attacked over an SDCGO endorsement 1:24:51 They doctored our voter guide before sharing it 1:31:39 Why she got a CCW, in her own words 1:38:12 Stump My Nephew: Eddie from Lakeside wants a home defense shotgun 1:42:53 Mossberg 500 versus Remington 870 1:46:52 The budget answer: Mossberg Maverick 88

We graded every city council in San Diego County on your Second Amendment rights, a decade of record for all 18 of them, A through F. Exactly one earned an A, and the reason why goes back to the fight to get CCWs issued in San Diego at all. Then: Indiana three gunner Adam Wilcox sits in the studio while Dakota walks him through California gun law one statute at a time, and watches his face. Plus the SDCGO voter guide is finally here, Judge Benitez joins us for dinner on September 9, and Bill from North County does something that almost never happens: he stumps Sam. Chapters: 0:00 Cold open 2:27 Welcome: Alisha is out, Dakota and Adam are in 3:39 What's on the show today 6:05 SDCGO sweepstakes: win a Springfield Echelon, drawn live October 2 8:09 How Good Are You? Dave Reed's class, September 23 in Alpine 9:48 The MEGA JAM video: is loading brass backwards good training? 12:43 Snap caps, and how to induce a malfunction safely 15:51 The best malfunction clearance Michael ever saw 16:59 Meet Judge Benitez: September 9 dinner, talk and Q and A 19:35 Adam Wilcox: told his homebuilt AR was dumb, then went for 1,000 yards 26:24 What a three gun match actually looks like 32:02 Three gun is a drag race: how time plus scoring works 35:25 Does competition make you a better defensive shooter? 39:17 A Girl and A Gun: rangemaster life, Fall Fest, and this weekend in San Diego 44:13 California vs the world: the laws that shock everybody else 46:16 The ten day wait 49:25 The Firearm Safety Certificate 51:28 The handgun roster: why you cannot buy a new Glock here 54:19 Ten round magazines, and the veteran they tried to make a felon 58:06 You cannot take your own ammunition home from the range 1:01:52 Three guns per 30 days, CCW, and the sensitive places list 1:09:12 The CDC put defensive gun use back on its website 1:10:43 Where the 60,000 to 2.5 million range comes from 1:13:08 Gary Kleck, and why attacking the man is not a rebuttal 1:19:04 The paragraph that does not survive contact 1:25:23 Is there a number that would not warrant a hit piece? 1:26:53 Why the right does not depend on the statistic 1:30:10 Election season: the SDCGO voter guide is here 1:32:08 Grading all 18 San Diego city councils 1:33:02 The only council that earned an A 1:34:29 B, C, D, and the councils that work against you 1:41:09 Who is on the voter guide, and how you can help 1:45:13 School boards: where a mayor like Dane White starts 1:48:48 Stump My Nephew: the .44 that is not a .44 1:57:28 Sam's new blog: Dog Catches Mailman. What Next? If you have ever wondered whether your vote actually touches your gun rights, this is the episode that shows you exactly where it does. Voter guide: https://www.sdcgo.org/voterguide Judge Benitez dinner, September 9: https://www.sdcgo.org Sweepstakes: https://www.sdcgo.org/sweepstakes How Good Are You? class, September 23: https://www.gunownersradio.com Sam's blog: https://gunownersradio.com/blog New episodes every Sunday. Subscribe so you don't miss one. https://www.gunownersradio.com #2A #SecondAmendment #GunRights #California #ConcealedCarry

AOC now says "Woke 1 was crazy." She never said she was wrong. This week Michael and Dakota walk through what a movement looks like on the way down: the rebrand, the platform almost nobody reads out loud, and a DSA representative who could not answer a simple question about who investigates a rape. Then Charlie Cook on AMCON, San Diego County kicking ICE and Border Patrol off the sheriff's range, and Black gun owners in Chicago charged with felonies while holding valid licenses. 00:00 Welcome: Michael and Dakota, and where Alisha is 02:01 A Girl and a Gun: last night's handgun safety class 02:40 How good are you? Could you put a number on it? 03:51 Dave Reed's measured training day, September 23 in Alpine 05:46 Meet Judge Benitez: dinner in San Diego, September 9 11:57 Tickets, and the SDCGO Echelon sweepstakes 14:28 What's on the show today 15:58 The beginning of the end of woke 18:31 "Woke 1 was crazy": a rebrand, not a retraction 20:08 We read the DSA platform out loud 25:59 "If my daughter is assaulted, who finds him?" 35:06 A former DSA organizer breaks it down 37:07 A former Democrat operative on who the party wrote off 45:28 AOC will not answer the question 48:18 What actually changes it: get active, elect the right people 50:48 Charlie Cook: AMCON, the alternative media conference 1:03:41 amm-con.org, and who is speaking this year 1:09:46 San Diego County kicks ICE and Border Patrol off the range 1:13:19 A $127,000 contract turned away 1:22:24 The voter guide, and why volunteers matter 1:26:38 Chicago: valid FOID, valid CCL, felony charges 1:43:12 Stump My Nephew 1:47:44 This week's question: the little spring behind the pistol grip 1:52:07 Sam's articles on the Gun Owners Radio blog Meet Judge Benitez, September 9, San Diego: https://sdcgo.org AMCON, alternative mass media conference: https://amm-con.org Charlie Cook, Riding Shotgun With Charlie: https://ridingshotgunwithcharlie.com Gun Owners Radio: https://www.gunownersradio.com Read: https://gunownersradio.com/read

The Army told Paul Benfield he was colorblind. That left him two job options: mortician, or truck driver. So he enlisted as a human resources clerk instead. On purpose. Because the human resources clerk is the person who files the transfer paperwork. Retired US Army Major Paul Benfield served 21 years, from a broke peacetime Army in 1997 to the Pentagon in 2018. He enlisted, went to war, came back, commissioned as an officer, and did it all again. He was in a hangar in Hungary on September 11th, 2001, five days after his first daughter was born. He took an RPG to his truck in Fallujah. He raided the wrong house in Baghdad. And he is one of the few people who can tell you honestly what changed across the entire Global War on Terror, because he saw it from the bottom and from the top. Michael Schwartz has known him since high school. They were next door neighbors. Michael tried to talk him out of enlisting, and says so on the record. This is not a special operations highlight reel. It is a career, start to finish, told by a friend. Chapters: 0:00 Cold open 2:28 Why this interview, 25 years after 9/11 5:33 Meet retired US Army Major Paul Benfield 6:36 The peacetime Army: saying "bang bang" because there was no money for blanks 11:03 He went to Airborne School before he ever joined the Army 13:33 Colorblind: your choices are mortician or truck driver 16:11 The loophole: enlist as the clerk who files the paperwork 16:56 Korea, the 82nd, and the plan backfiring 18:20 The phone call from JSOC, February 2001 19:58 What JSOC was actually doing before 9/11 26:51 September 11th: a hangar in Hungary and a colonel who thought it was a drill 31:16 Tracking casualties, and six hours total in Afghanistan 35:41 "Done by Christmas," and the whack-a-mole that followed 38:02 Afghan small arms: AKs, PKMs, and a British Enfield 42:47 Becoming an officer, and curing his own colorblindness 48:15 What "human resources" means at a tier one unit 52:23 M16 to M4: the rail system that changed everything 55:22 Ranger, Green Beret, Delta: who is who 1:00:29 Why nobody can tell you how Delta picks 1:04:30 Hollywood and the broken veteran myth 1:09:22 Ranger School, and the vendetta that backfired 1:15:50 Sadr City during the surge 1:20:52 The RPG that hit his truck and did not go off 1:29:45 "We shot him on purpose. He was just the wrong guy." 1:38:19 Two definitions of corruption 1:41:15 Kabul falling 1:44:07 1997 to 2018: what actually changed 1:45:38 Twenty one years, four kids, and a marriage that survived it 1:49:33 "I told him it was the stupidest idea. I was wrong." 1:51:29 Is the war on terror even over? If you served, if you have a kid thinking about enlisting, or if you have only ever seen this war through a movie, this one is worth your time. New episodes premiere every Sunday at 5 PM PT. More at gunownersradio.com #GunOwnersRadio #Veterans #WarOnTerror #ArmyVeteran #MilitaryHistory

Executive Order 9066 put roughly 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent behind barbed wire with the machine gun posts pointed inward. No charges, no trial. Many of the men in those camps volunteered for the US Army anyway, and the unit they formed became the most decorated in American military history for its size and length of service. Chris Cheng spent six years researching them. He joins us to talk about his new novel, The Purple Heart Battalion, why "internment" is the wrong word, and why the president who signed that order still gets a pass. Also this week: where your election money should really go, how ammunition actually works, Maryland's attempt at its own SB2, and Stump My Nephew.     Chapters: 0:00 Cold open and intro 1:20 Welcome: who we are and what's on the show 2:36 A congressional candidate picks the wrong fight on a Maui beach 12:48 Upcoming classes: Tactical Comms, How Good Are You, Apache 18:36 Chris Cheng: The Purple Heart Battalion 45:39 California elections: the governor's race and where your money should go 1:02:39 We're Going Ballistic: how ammunition actually works 1:37:30 Maryland's own SB2 and Montgomery County's 100-yard carry ban 1:51:47 Stump My Nephew: the British Empire's WWII sidearm CHRIS CHENG The Purple Heart Battalion: https://amzn.to/3RFnRJn Website: https://topshotchris.com Instagram, X, YouTube, Facebook: @topshotchris UPCOMING Tactical Communications and Signals Intelligence with John Baldwin, Saturday August 15, Oceanside. $200, or $180 for Pew Pew Crew members. https://gunownersradio.com How Good Are You with Dave Reed, Wednesday September 23, private range in Alpine. 15 seats, $250, $50 off for Pew Pew Crew. No CCW required. https://gunownersradio.com A Girl and A Gun handgun safety and fundamentals with Dakota, August 20: https://dakotaadelphia.com Apache, September 4 to 6. Thursday evening lecture on raising kids in a world that has guns at P2K Sports in El Cajon, plus two range days. AMMCON, September 25, Dallas: https://amm-con.org Get involved with San Diego County Gun Owners: https://sdcgo.org/volunteer If you carry, vote, reload, or argue about ammunition on the internet, this one is for you. New episodes every Sunday at 5 PM Pacific. Subscribe so you do not find out last. https://gunownersradio.com #GunOwnersRadio #SecondAmendment #ConcealedCarry #442nd #PurpleHeartBattalion

A gun shop in Fallbrook got an email offering them money to give away lockboxes to active duty military. Their first reaction was the same one you are having right now: this smells like a Moms Demand Action front. So Jason Martin and his crew did the sensible thing. They dug into it before saying yes. What they found is a suicide prevention program called Pause to Protect, run through the University of Colorado and funded by the Department of War. A Marine walks in, shows an active duty ID, and walks out with a lockbox. No application, no paperwork, no personal information collected, nothing that looks like a registry. Jason sat on a panel of shop owners from around the country who all came in skeptical and came out of it the same way he did. Michael takes the whole thing apart on air, piece by piece, and lands where a lot of you will land: a free safe for a Marine is just a good deal. The part almost nobody talks about is in there too. Service members living in the barracks still have nowhere legal to keep a firearm, because no base in Navy Region Southwest has actually built a plan around the order allowing troops to carry on base. The rest of the show is stacked. Hawaii answered the Wolford decision by handing out free "no guns" signs to businesses, so the crew walks through what one of those signs actually does and does not do to you legally, in Hawaii and in California. AR-15s are back on Virginia shelves after the injunction. Michael has the update on Renna, the roster case he is a named plaintiff in, including the newly added AB 1127 Glock claim and the motion for summary judgment, plus why the Miller case still matters even after the Supreme Court takes up two assault weapons bans. Sam gets stumped (sort of) by a machine gun that only fires one round per trigger pull. Michael makes the case that protests do not work and lays out what does: elections, lawsuits, and culture. And Alisha closes with the story out of Cerritos, where a concealed carry holder stopped a man with a knife in the middle of a Sunday lunch rush in Los Angeles County. Chapters: 0:00 - Welcome, and who is at the desk this week 1:58 - What is on: Alisha's gun cleaning class (July 29) and Tactical Comms with John Baldwin (Aug 15, Oceanside) 5:10 - Corrections: the slung shot is a real weapon, and a fair point about what a CCW actually costs 14:06 - Dinner with Alan Beck after the Wolford win 17:00 - Hawaii's answer to Wolford: free "no guns" signs, and what that sign actually means legally 28:06 - Jason Martin of Fallbrook Guns and Ammo joins the show 44:40 - Pause to Protect: free safes for active duty, and who is really funding it 55:57 - Virginia: AR-15s are back on the shelves after the injunction 1:00:05 - Stump My Nephew: Old Dominion, the Supreme Court feathers, and a machine gun that fires one round per trigger pull 1:16:53 - Legal update: Renna, the AB 1127 Glock ban, summary judgment, and why Miller still matters 1:37:38 - Protests do not work. Elections, lawsuits, and culture do. 1:57:26 - The Curtin Call: a CCW holder stops a knife attacker at a Cerritos restaurant (Chapters are approximate and shift once the intro or cold-open is added in post.) 🔔 New episodes every Sunday. Subscribe and turn on notifications. 🌐 gunownersradio.com #GunOwnersRadio #SecondAmendment #PauseToProtect #ConcealedCarry #2A

People keep saying the same thing about the Charlie Kirk shooting: there is no way a 30-06 rifle round leaves no exit wound, so something does not add up. Michael and Dakota take that claim apart with something most of the internet skipped over, the actual ammunition. It was a common Remington soft-point hunting round, designed to expand and stop inside the target instead of punching straight through. And there is a piece of history almost nobody remembers: Martin Luther King Jr. was killed the same way, a single 30-06, no exit wound. This is the calm, informed breakdown you can send to the person in your feed who is sure they have it figured out. From there the show opens up. A federal appeals court struck down key parts of New Jersey's assault weapons ban and magazine limit while the crew was recording, so they covered it live. Jon Fleischman, a four-decade veteran of California politics, joins to explain how the gun vote actually moves a politician and what makes an advocate valuable instead of taken for granted. Then a big win for young adults in Florida, and a full Q&A on the Wolford decision, SB2 sensitive places, the two assault-weapon cases the Supreme Court just agreed to hear, and how to get your concealed carry permit without falling for the "50-state CCW" scam. If you care about the Second Amendment, honest ballistics, California gun laws, and self-defense without the fear and outrage, this one is for you. Chapters: 0:00 - Welcome, and a co-host intro from Dakota 1:20 - What is on: Alisha's gun-cleaning class (July 29) and John Baldwin's Tactical Comms class (Aug 15, Oceanside) 5:09 - The Charlie Kirk myth: why "no exit wound" is not proof of a conspiracy, and the Martin Luther King parallel 13:53 - A 10-time felon gets 10 years: why gun laws trip up the law-abiding, not criminals 18:41 - Red flag laws and due process: where Dakota draws the line 26:02 - Breaking: the Third Circuit strikes down New Jersey's assault weapons and magazine ban 39:28 - Jon Fleischman: the gun vote, the litmus test, and how to actually move a politician 1:14:30 - Florida win: 18-to-20-year-olds get the right to carry (State v. Eubanks) 1:26:35 - Q&A: Wolford and the "vampire rule," SB2 sensitive places, the two Supreme Court assault-weapon cases, and how to get your CCW 2:03:21 - Dakota's closing story: a grandmother stops her own carjacking Chapters are approximate and shift once the intro or cold-open is added in post.) 🔔 New episodes every Sunday. Subscribe and turn on notifications. 🌐 gunownersradio.com #GunOwnersRadio #SecondAmendment #CharlieKirk #CaliforniaGunLaws #2A

Did you know Eleanor Roosevelt carried her own revolver, and once faced down Klan death threats without Secret Service protection, telling them she would drive her own car and carry her own gun? Massad Ayoob joins Gun Owners Radio in San Diego with a history most people never learned: nearly every American president, and more than a few first ladies, was a gun owner. From Lincoln shooting Spencer rifles on the White House grounds to Eisenhower carrying a .38 in New York City, the stories keep coming. He is also optimistic about the fight ahead. After Wolford, he does not see how the courts can keep justifying assault weapons and magazine bans much longer. Then Mike and Dakota read California's new 140-page anti-gun roadmap so you do not have to, Michael breaks down the Maine Senate race and what it tells you about party loyalty, Dwight Settle shares the Beyond the Teams charity paddle and the Seal One dealer program, the crew answers a viewer question on FSC cards, and Dakota digs into the book Emily Gets Her Gun. Sam closes it out with Stump My Nephew. Chapters: 0:00 — Welcome + announcements: remembering Laura Smith (memorial July 18, Skyline Church) and the July 29 gun-cleaning class 8:33 — Maine Senate: the candidate the machine backed anyway, and why you stay loyal to principles, not a party 14:46 — Massad Ayoob: the presidents and first ladies who carried, plus Wolford and why the assault weapons ban is on borrowed time 42:06 — California's 140-page anti-gun roadmap: what Sacramento is planning for the next five years 1:10:11 — Dwight Settle: the Beyond the Teams charity paddle and the Seal One dealer pilot program 1:48:21 — Viewer question: California FSC cards, the proposed 4-hour class, and whether to renew now 2:00:40 — Emily Gets Her Gun: a reporter's fight to legally buy a gun, and the vets punished for transporting theirs 2:14:10 — Stump My Nephew: the Browning Automatic Rifle Timestamps are from the raw recording. Shift them by however much intro or cold-open is added in post. If you care about the Second Amendment, California gun laws, self-defense, training, and honest conversations without the fear and outrage, this one is for you. 🔔 New episodes every Sunday. Subscribe and turn on notifications. 🌐 gunownersradio.com #GunOwnersRadio #SecondAmendment #MassadAyoob #CaliforniaGunLaws #2A