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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d talk about the ammo and gun shortage in reaction to COVID-19, as well as an innovative strategy for keeping people working and happy;
• David tells us how to swage your own bullets;
• Weer'd fisks a propaganda film for a March for Our Lives protest you probably never even heard about;
• and Oddball gives another use for a Raspberry Pi Micro Computer: a Virtual Private Network and a network-wide ad blocker.

Show Notes

Main Topic:

• How to Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer
• Some Data on the Surge in Gun Sales
• Gun Control proponents are now trying to buy guns & ammo anticipating "The Sh* Hitting the Fan"
• Dallas Police Say They Will No Longer Respond To Calls about Theft
• Out-of-work strippers are delivering food through Boober Eats

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• BT Sniper Price List
• BT Sniper 22 Cal Pricing
• BT Sniper Facebook
• Corbin Bullet Swaging
• Bullet Swaging Supply Price List (Warning: PDF)
• RotoMetals Lead Wire
• BTSniper swage dies 101
• How To Make Bullet Jackets From Copper Strip Part 1
• Bullet Swaging Part 1

Weer'd Audio Fisk:

• March For Our Lives: Peace Will Prevail
• Vigil canceled, but gun safety groups say message stands
• CSGV Reads Mean Tweets
• Collin Goddard Linkedin
• Zero Mass Water -BUSTED!
• Men Discussed Opening Fire at Pro-Gun Rally in Richmond, Officials Say
• Blog Fisk Of Moms Demand Action on the Virginia 2A Rally
• Virginia Second Amendment Sanctuaries Map
• New York man wows at Virginia gun rally with 5-foot sniper rifle
• Fight for Virginia Reciprocity

Hello Internet!

In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d talk (briefly!) about the COVID-19 cancellations, but more extensively about Florida Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and his, shall we say, interesting night in a South Beach Hotel;
• the Other Staffers are dealing with an increased workload due to shutdowns and panic buying, so Weer'd brings us a lengthy audio fisk of Joe Biden's confrontation with a Detroit UAW worker.

Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Andrew Gillum calls hotel overdose ‘a wake-up call,’ says he will enter rehab
• Democrat Caught With gay Male Escort Overdosing On "Unknown Substance"
• Operation Blazing Sword March Madness Raffle

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• Biden Swears at UAW Worker
• Joe Biden Outlines His Plan to Fight Gun Violence | NowThis
• Biden: I would institute a national buyback program
• Joe Biden wins endorsement from Beto O’Rourke: ‘We’re counting on you’
• Raw Video: Joe Biden Promises That If He Wins, He's "Coming For" Your Guns
• Afghan conflict: US and Taliban sign deal to end 18-year war
• Studies Find No Evidence That Assault Weapon Bans Reduce Homicide Rates
• Why Do We Get Columbine So Wrong?
• Union Worker Responds to Biden's Threat Against "AR-14"

Hello Internet!

In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d talk about the amazing Operation Blazing Sword and Pink Pistols Raffle, as well as the aftermath of a defensive shooting in Greensboro North Carolina;
• David talks about cartridge conversion and wildcatting;
• Panya tells us about the best use for Raspberry Pis: Retro Gaming;
• and Weer'd brings us an audio fisk of Michael Bloomberg and a warning that just because he's no longer running for President, it doesn't mean he is no longer a threat!

Show Notes

Main Topic:

• No charges pending against customer in fatal shooting of armed man during robbery attempt at Greensboro tobacco store, police say
• Operation Blazing Sword March Raffle 
• U-Boats Plagued Maine Coast during WWII
• Aleutian Islands campaign

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute
• Cartridges of the World
• The Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions
• The 7 Steps to Brass Case Conversion
• How to Make a 577/450 Martini Henry Brass
• Martini Henry 577/450 case forming
• Forming .300 Blackout Brass
• Squirrel Daddy Deluxe 300 Blackout Case Trimming Jig
• ZepReloading 300 Blackout case Cutting jig
• Lee Precision Cutter and Lock Stud
• Lee Precision Case Length Gauge & Shell Holder
• RCBS Deburring Tool
• DIY Annealing Machine
• Tround Machine Gun Firing
• Dardick Vs GyroJet

Story Time with Panya:

• Retro Pi Kit

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• Bloomberg 2020- A Plan To Save Lives
• CDC Causes of Death
• Mike Bloomberg Releases Plan to Expand Voting Access and Ensure All Americans' Votes Are Counted
• Weer’d World- Look At Their Reactions
• Stossel Tries to Get a Gun Permit
• List of countries by suicide rate
• Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
• HB 2372 Licensed or voluntarily registered family day homes; storage of firearms.
• Bullet Setback and Your Defensive Handgun
• Abstinence-Only Education and Teen Pregnancy Rates: Why We Need Comprehensive Sex Education in the U.S

Hello Internet!

In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d talk about the NRA Annual Meeting and Corona Virus, then discuss a defensive gun use and a Bloomberg campaign event;
• David talks about ammunition primers;
• and Weer'd Interviews Ian McCollum from Forgotten Weapons and InRange TV about his time as a bartender.

Show Notes

Main Topic:

• Blue Collar Prepping: Guest Post: Pandemic? Don't Panic!
• 'He shot him four or five times': Shopper shoots, kills armed robbery suspect in Greensboro
• The Cornered Cat: Personal Boundaries 
• The Cornered Cat: A Woman's Guide to Concealed Carry
• Church attendees silently turn backs on Bloomberg during Selma service
• Selma churchgoers turn their backs to Bloomberg

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Boxer vs. Berdan Primers – What’s the Difference?
• Boxer-Primed Ammo: Boxer Primers Explained
• Beware Berdan
• Berdan vs. Boxer Primed Brass
• Converting Berdan cases to use boxer primers
• Berdan Decapping Tool
• Berdan Primer Suppliers and Dimensions

Ian McCollum:

• Forgotten Weapons
• InRange TV
• Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails
• Ian's House from Get Rich Slowly

Erin and Weer'd spent most of the past 10 days traveling, so they decided to host another Round Table with Oddball and David to discuss their travels, some gunnie minutia, and of course a few current events!

Show Notes

• Bloomberg Crash and Burn
• Warren Calls Out Trump AND Bloomberg
• March for Our Lives co-founders endorse Bernie Sanders, diss Mike Bloomberg
• Wonder Woman Ponytail Cartoon
• Virginia Permit Reciprocity
• Demonstrators flock to Lincoln in light of gun bill
• Vermin Supreme
• Erin's pictures at the Libertarian Convention
• Pitbull Tactical

Since I was away this week we didn't record a show.  Instead I'm publishing this ACP Blooper Reel for all to cover the gap.   Be Warned, these do contain adult language!

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In This Episode:

• Weer'd tells a story of automotive woe that he apparently caught from Erin;
• Oddball talks about the many uses of a Raspberry Pi;
• David explains how ammunition cartridges are made;
• and Weer'd fisks Virginia Delegate Mark Levine and his love of "assault weapon" bans.

Show Notes

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Cartridge Manufacture by Douglas Hamilton
• Ammunition Making By George Frost
• Starline Brass Manufacture
• Cartridge Making (1940)
• Sellier & Bellot - Making A Round
• A Look Inside The Federal Ammunition Factory - American Shooter S1, E4

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• Making the Case for an Assault Weapons Ban in Virginia
• NRA Mocking Levine
• Suspected Virginia Beach shooter used legally-bought gun suppressor
• Virginia Feral Hog Population Becoming a Major Nuisance
• Studies Find No Evidence That Assault Weapon Bans Reduce Homicide Rates

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In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d talk about a hilariously inaccurate tweet by David Hogg and what happened next, and then give an update on the Operation Blazing Sword "Spread the Love" Fundraiser'
• Oddball recommend knives for young children;
• Weer'd brings us part two of his fisk of Dick's Sporting Goods' CEO starring some special guests;
• and one of those guests is Michael Bloomberg,whose Super Bowl ad deserves a topic all its own.

Show Notes

First Topic:

• David Hogg's tweet
• No, David Hogg, Minority And LGBT People Did Not Start The Anti-Gun Movement
• The David Allen Wright III "Spread the Love" Fundraiser

Oddball Corner Pocket:

• Victorinox Classic SD
• Victorinox Tinker
• Victorinox Cadet
• Case Sodbuster Jr
• Opinel #6
• Buck 112
• CRKT Pilar
• Leatherman Micra
• Leatherman Squirt PS4
• Mora Basic 511
• Buck Bucklite Max II

Weer’d Audio Fisk:

• Corporations and guns: How companies are reshaping the gun control debate
• Dick’s CEO Says Anti-Gun Policy Shrank Company by a ‘Quarter Billion Dollars’
• Bureau of Justice Statistics: Guns Used in Crime (PDF)
• Walmart plans to dramatically step back from ammunition sales after ‘horrific’ shootings
• Newly Unsealed Documents Show Top FDIC Officials Running Operation Choke Point
• There's no downplaying the impact of Operation Choke Point
• Wells Fargo says it will keep lending to gun industry
• Dicks Ed Stack Flirts with 3rd Party Run

Second Topic:

• Michael Bloomberg Superbowl Ad
• Suspect sought in Richmond murder case
• Fort Bend County murder suspect acquitted of murder charge after 5 years
• Michael Bloomberg's Claim About 'Children' Killed by 'Gun Violence' Is Off by 73%
• Here's every school shooting since Trump took office | Mike Bloomberg 2020
• Bloomberg's latest stats on school gun violence ignore reality

Hello Internet!

In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d talk about the importance of checking your spare tires;  an Operation Blazing Sword fundraiser born from hate that is spreading love;  and an anti-gun doctor who was the "victim" of a suspiciously fake-looking "hate-crime";
• David brings us part two on his series about magazines, where he explains their history and manufacture;
• and Weer'd brings us the first part of a fisk (not a fist!) on Dick's Sporting Goods and their bad-for-business embrace of gun control.

Show Notes

Main Topic

• Blue Collar Prepping: Check Your Spare Tires
• Smallest Minority: Two is one and One is None
• The David Allen Wright III "Spread the Love" Fundraiser
• Anti-gun activist Surgeon goes full Smollette/Hogg for victim credit
• Hopkins surgeon, gun violence prevention advocate takes to Twitter to report ‘death threat’ left on his car
• Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 047: Honestly Bad For You
• Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 048 Take 2: Technical Incompetents
• Tim Pool: Leftist Anti-2A Activist ADMITS To Staging Photo Of Threat Against Him

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Single Stack vs Double Stack Magazines
• Single Feed vs Double Feed Magazines
• Mag Slick
• Wolff Gunsprings
• Early Double Stack Magazine Patent
• Brownells Magazine Tools
• Two Tone Magazine
• Drum Magazines

Weer’d Audio Fiks:

• Gun Crime in the UK: 'My kids don't see this side of me' - BBC News
• How helpful are CCTV cameras
• London's murder rate now tops New York City's
• Murder rose by 8% in NYC in 2019
• How many homicides go unsolved in California and the nation?

Hello Internet!

In This Episode:

• Erin and Weer’d talk about the 2020 VCDL Lobby Day...and the violence that didn't happen;
• Erin also gives us the amazing news of Top Shot Chris Cheng joining Operation Blazing Sword's Board of Directors;
• David gives us some information about gun magazines and how to take care of them;
• and Oddball shares some of his insight by breaking down some knife attacks that were caught on video.

Show Notes

Main Topic

• VCDL Lobby Day
• Blog Fisk Of Moms Demand Action on the Virginia 2A Rally
• Triggered NBC News correspondent Gabe Gutierrez tries to pass off the Pledge of Allegiance at Virginia gun rights rally as something very different; UPDATED
• Media Offers Thoughts And Prayers That Someone Would Start Some Violence At Gun Rights Rally
• Official OBS Press Release
• Top Shot Champion Chris Cheng Joins Pink Pistols Board of Directors
• Erin on The Peak Podcast

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers:

• Single Stack vs Double Stack Magazines
• Single Feed vs Double Feed Magazines
• Mag Slick
• Wolff Gunsprings
• Glock GTUL tool

Oddball’s Corner Pocket

• Fast Food place attack
• London street attack
• Steven Ho Teaches Conan Defense Against Guns & Knives - CONAN on TBS
• Karambit Blade Work With Doug Marcaida