NOTE: Only place you can find the complete audio of 2010 Chicago Second Amendment Freedom Rally

The Second Amendment Freedom Rally 2010 was again in downtown Chicago right across from Mayor Daley’s office. Again this year Mayor Daley chose not to be in his office the day of the rally, but we are sure that his staff heard us loud and clear.

I spent quite a bit of time to bring you the audio from the rally and some money and I would appreciate your comments about the coverage. So please leave me comments here or send me a direct e-mail from the contact page. I would very much appreciate it.

Thank you to my friend Bill Stanczyk for again driving all away to Chicago with me to attend the rally. It definitely helped me from being bored on the two-hour drive each way.

Special thanks to the sponsors of the rally Illinois State Rifle Association and IllinoisCarry.com

Speaker list:

Mike Weisman

Richard Pearson

Gerald Vernon

Dr, Paula Bratich

Charles Butler

Patricia L. Hill

Shawn Gowder

Rep. Deborah Halvorson

Four Plaintiffs and Attorney: David Lawson, Colleen Lawson, Adam Orlov, Otis McDonald & Attorney David Sigale

Frederick Collins

Valinda Rowe

Links:

Frederick Collins for Cook County Sheriff

Debbie Halvorson for Congress

William J. Lee for US Senate 2014

Photographer: Bill Stanczyk

Photographer: Bill Stanczyk

Photographer: Bill Stanczyk

Photographer: Bill Stanczyk

Photographer: Bill Stanczyk

Click HERE to learn more about the United States Concealed Carry Association

In this episode of the gun rights advocates podcast you will hear my thoughts on the “Disclose Act” and why I feel the NRA did nothing wrong.

Also we will discuss the new law that takes effect July 1 in Indiana allowing employees to bring their firearms work and keep them in their locked vehicle.

And of course we will discuss the ruling by the Supreme Court on McDonald v. the city of Chicago.

Links:

Setting The Record Straight On The “DISCLOSE Act”

NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox’s Message on H.R. 5175

STATEMENT ON DISCLOSE ACT PASSING THE U.S. HOUSE

NRA didn’t sell out

Statement by Wayne LaPierre Executive Vice President, NRA and Chris W. Cox Executive Director, NRA-ILA Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Decision McDonald v. City of Chicago

National Rifle Association Hails Historic Victory on Second Amendment Freedom in McDonald v. City of Chicago

Read the U.S. Supreme Court Opinion (PDF File)

NRA to endorse Harry Reid? – War Room

Links:

John Hostettler official campaign website

NRA likes Democrat over Coats?

Airport firearm possession

John Hostettler on Gun Control

11/00 GOA Ratings And The Hostettler Law

Dan Coats, Gun Control and the Indiana Senate Primary

John Hostettler on youtube

Hostettler talks to GOP about health care, deficit

Links:

New Network Podcast: The Libleral GunCast

About David G. Coy

Bass Pro Shop -- Portage, Indiana

Cabela’s -- Hammond, Indiana

Second Amendment March

Jeff Williams -- commonsensejeff.com

You can purchase a copy of Steve Lee album “I like Guns”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TC2xTCb_GU

New Network Podcasts:

Citizen Armed -- Spencer Bennett

Links:

Firearm Sales Charted by Region — Southeastern and Mountain States Lead Rifle Purchases

Steve Dulan

Indiana: The Herald-Times Online Thinks Gun Owners are Stupid, Paranoid, and Easily Manipulated!

Indiana Gun Permits

Indianapolis Star Jumps on the Concealed Carry Permit Database Bandwagon

Given an NRA Life Membership $300

Tennessee Handgun Carry Permits

U.S. Concealed Carry -- The Ultimate Resource for the Armed Citizen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8HJsAa79rk

New Network Podcasts:

Reloading Radio – Jayson Thomas

Truth about Guns Podcast – Christopher Burg

New Non-network Podcasts:

Citizens Armed or “How I Stopped Worrying And Learned to Love My Gun” – Spencer Bennett

Links:

Freedom of Information Act Letter Generator

FOIA Sample Requests

How to File a FOIA Request

Mayors against Illegal Guns

“RISE OF THE ANTI-MEDIA: IN-FORMING AMERICA’S CONCEALED WEAPON CARRY MOVEMENT” By Brian Anse Patrick

This is the second in the series from the Cabela’s Second Amendment workshop. Skip Coryell was one of the speakers at the workshop and is the organizer of the Second Amendment March on DC.

Links:

Second Amendment March on DC

Skip Coryell Books

Facebook -- Skip Coryell

Twitter

Second Amendment March Printable Flyers -- pdf

www.youtube.com/watch?v=F68EXHK0FB4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIPNxUyEKJU

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwqbWWEAPho

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVd3D9vO3No

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xWk61U8nh4

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This is going to be a multi-part series of audio I recorded at the Cabela’s Second Amendment workshop that was organized by Wayne Blank on August 29, 2009.

Jim Irvin, Director of the Buckeye Firearms Association is the first speaker featured in the series of podcasts from the workshop.

Other speakers will be featured in the following weeks.

Links:

Buckeye Firearms Association

The Firearms Forum – Jim Irvin Radio show on WHK 1420 AM Sunday 8-9 PM ET

Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners – Every Michigan Gun Owner Needs to Be a Member

H.R. 45 is officially dead in my book so please stop sending all the scary e-mails out to everyone about the end is coming to your gun rights. We need to start focusing on things that are real right now instead of a proposed bill that has not been acted on since February and has absolutely no cosigners. It’s Dead!

Links:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7syx26QtQIM

Editorial:
Packing Iron Before the Cameras

Opinion:
NRA member mortified by gun toter

H.R. 45 Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009

We are giving away a Dell laptop to help encourage listeners to become subscribers to Gun Rights Radio Network. We need your support.

GRRN Dell Laptop Giveaway

The interview I did with Chris Knox was very enjoyable for me to do and I hope you enjoy listening to it. Make sure you get yourself a copy of  “Neal Knox – The Gun Rights War”.

Links:

Auction: Gun Talk Radio Show Advertising Package

Neal Knox – The Gun Rights War

The Firearms Coalition

Gun Review Podcast

Gun Rights Radio Network

GRRN Fourms

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Please accept my apologies for such a long delay for this episode to come out. I have been having some technical problems with the computer I use to record and edit my podcast and just before I went back to work after being laid off I had some plumbing problems around the house that kept me from getting the episode helped.

This is though the second attempt at recording this episode. The first I felt I was a little too angry in the episode to release it. Some of things I was reading about the woman who left her gun in her purse and then tried to enter the courthouse just really irritated me and I decided not to release the angry episode.

Links:

Forgotten gun leads to Beecher woman’s arrest

ARMED CITIZENS OF CHICAGO – Miguel web site, he is A.C.O.CHICAGO on the forums

Second Amendment Freedom Rally is this Friday June 26, 2009 and I am looking forward to it very much. As most of you know Chicago is my birthplace and every chance I can get to return and help the citizens of Chicago bring awareness to their loss of freedoms, I’ll be there.

TO: Mark

From: Valinda Rowe

Thank you so much for the interview!  It really was a pleasure to talk with you.

I didn’t get around to mentioning all of our speakers but if you need to know who they are:

Featured  speakerRalph W. Conner – CORE-Chicago
Richard Pearson – Ex. Dir. Illinois State Rifle Association
Mike Weisman – 1st Vice President Illinois State Rifle Association
Valinda Rowe – IllinoisCarry.com spokesperson and SAFR coordinator
Sean Horton – Militant Markman Podcaster fame
Laura Anderson – Allied Illinois Markswomen
Paula Bratich – Second Amendment Sisters
Mick Paskiewicz – IL chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
Olivia Snow/Christos Dimoulis (duh-moo-lis) High School students
Father Thomas Janikowski – Knox County Rifleman, Priests and Patriots

Links:

Second Amendment Freedom Rally

Small Talk: Second Amendment Freedom Rally by Don Bekeleski

2009 Gun Rights Policy Conference St. Louis Missouri September 25 26th and 27th

June 13 2009 St. Joseph County, Indiana conducted 3 gun buybacks and I was there at one of the locations to protest the gun amnesty program being conducted. Listen to the podcast for all the reasons why I was there and the media interviews that were done with me prior to the buyback.

Clay, Harry & Larry Thanks for all you help at the Buyback. Standing in the rain stick it out until the gun buyback closed.

Thanks to Gail from the Pro-Arms podcast for the content she gave me for this episode. I also have some clips from Girl600s show about liberals liking guns.

Links:

MIDWEST TRAINING GROUP

GRRN Bumper Sticker

Gun Review Podcast

Looking forward to getting out and doing some activism in June. South Bend’s Gun Buy Back is June 13, and then I get to attend the first annual Second Amendment Rally in downtown Chicago, June 26, 2009. Hopefully I will have a chance to meet some of my listeners at both of these locations.

Links:

Opencarry.org

Open carry Wisconsin picnic

GRRN , bumper stickers

GRRN Poster

Ruger Mark II Giveaway

Second Amendment Rally, Chicago, June 26, 2009

The National Rifle Association has finally decided to podcast Cam Edwards NRA News. This is something that I have been asking them to do for many years and I know a lot of you also have been requesting it.

I still have the website domain http://nrapodcast.com that I will probably use to help explain to new listeners how to subscribe to their podcast.

Over last couple of days I have listened to about 9 hours of the NRA podcast and I’m enjoying it quite a bit, because now I do not have to stay up till midnight to hear the entire show. Hopefully all of you will find enough value in listening to the Gun Rights Radio Network and NRA’s new podcast and keep contributing to both.

Links:

ARMED AMERICAN RADIO!

Black Rifle Radio

NRA Podcast

Help me in protesting 3 local gun buybacks in St. Joseph County Indiana.  Use the contact form at the top of the page to get in contact with me.

STOP: Gun Buy Back Program

Saturday, June 13, 2009

2009 Program – June 13, from 10 am – 3pm at three locations:

* Mishawaka – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 616 Lincoln Way East
* South Bend – No. 2 Fire Station, corner of Lincoln Way West and Martin Luther King Blvd.
* St. Joseph County – Penn Twp Fire Station #2, 13750 McKinley Highway, Mishawaka

Gun Rights Radio Network Bumper Sticker $3 for 2

Ordering instructions:

Send a self-addressed stamped 4″ x 9″ #10 envelope

To:

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Please order a minimum of two stickers and send the three dollars in cash enclosed in your self-addressed stamped envelope so that it cannot be seen. (sorry no PayPal orders for the bumper stickers)

Links:

Thumbs Up For “60 Minutes,” Thumbs Down for “20/20” by Massad Ayoob

20/20 If I Only Had a Gun – Unabashed Anti Gun Propaganda

“If I only had a gun” by Joe Plumber

GRRN Bumper Stickers

Second Amendment Freedom Rally – Dowtown Chicago, June 26, 2009

Official website for the rally

2009 National 4th Annual New Hampshire State Live Free Or Die Rally

This episode is a little shorter than most due to the severe cold that hit me on Friday. Hopefully it’s bearable enough to listen to with all the throat clearing and sniffling. I just didn’t have the time or the patience to do a proper job editing this week. Sorry

Links:

Second Amendment March

Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) 2009

My Twitter

GRRN Twitter

Write a review for me over on the Zune marketplace

Ted, White, and Blue: The Nugent Manifesto By Ted Nugent Narrated by Ted Nugent

Gun BuyBacks Part 1- Episode #006

Gun BuyBacks Part 2- Episode #007

65 Pro-Gun Democrats Oppose Obama’s Proposed Assault

Gun Review Podcast

NRA FREE one-year trial membership

Joe Donnelly my Congressman

Thank you to all of you who have signed up to become a NRA life members, we have now sent out over $13,000 to the National Rifle Association for the special NRA life memberships that will end March 31, 2009

Links:

Pistol Packing Preacher Blog

$300 NRA Life Membership -if you need a sponsor

Already a life member and would like to sign someone else for the special deal that ends March 31, 2009. Use the following link to do that.

NRA Validate

David Goldman is an attorney from Florida who has the website NFA Gun Trust Lawyers Blog. I interview David in this episode about the national firearms act, in which we discussed the history, firearms covered by NFA & NFA Gun Trusts.

Links:

NFA Gun Trust Lawyers Blog

National Firearms Act – Wikipedia

Ruger online video

Glenn Beck – Ted Nugent Is Patriot

Stephen Halbrook with CNN’s Lou Dobbs on Gun Control

Clark Custom Knives

Forum Members Only: NRA Life Memberships still available for $300

Not enough time in the podcast to mention the following link but maybe some of you should go over to these forums and reply to some of the outrageous comments being posted.

The Obama Forum – Gun Control & Consfication

In this episode I interview Charles Heller from Liberty Watch Radio and Jason Clark from Clark custom Knives.

Links:

ARIZONA CITIZENS DEFENSE LEAGUE

Liberty Watch Radio

Liberty Watch Radio  Archives

Charles Heller, Eric, Tony, and the GRPC

Clark Custom Knives; Handmade knives by: Jason Clark

2009 NRA Director candidate questionnaire

Forum Members Only: NRA Life Memberships still available for $300

NEW PODCAST: GunFighter Cast

Interview with Greg Block about Orange County, California sheriff revoking CCW permits. You would think this would be a story about right to carry. It is not, its about a grassroots activism from the local gun owners with only support from the national groups.

Links:

Ordinary California Citizens Concerned With Safety

The California Firearms Enthusiast’s Home On The Internet

Orange County is a county in Southern California

Second Amendment Activists Centers

How to Talk to People About the Upcoming “Assault Weapons” Ban

Million Gun Owner March on Washington DC – Spring 2010

Gun Rights Alert – New Podcast

Links:

NRA Letter about the nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General (PDF)

H.R. 45  Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009

Gun Law Update Jan. 21, 2009. Gun Rights Licensing Planned (HR 45)

Obama Administration Halts Pending Bush Regulations

VCDL Lobby Day 2009 from Matt Gottshalk on Vimeo.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkw3X8RIsno

To Whom It May Concern:

CAN SOMEONE, PLEASE HELP ME?

This is a big issue to me and I need help fixing it ASAP, it has been way too long already. I have been trying to get it fixed for about a dozen years, to no avail. I have written & called numerous people & agencies. I have contacted several of you before & I am continuously given NO ANSWERS, given steps to resolves this, that leads to dead ends. I have spent many hours & several dollars doing every step that I have been advised to follow. Nothing! I have gotten nowhere.

I am being denied my 2nd Amendment rights! I have always been an avid shooter since childhood. At the age of 18, I joined the U.S. Army and was in charge of many weapons including various assault rifles, light machineguns, grenade launchers, anti-tank weapons & several other weapons during my almost 6-year tenure. I even achieved an expert marksmanship badge. I had a security clearance while I was in the military.

I currently receive jury notices & I have voted in major elections over the years. I am a fully disabled person of average stature that lives by myself in a neighborhood that is becoming increasingly worse (about ½ a mile from the county jail). I would be a fairly “easy” target for criminals. I would like to purchase a firearm for personal defense in my home, but I am denied by NICS.

When I was 16 years old; I was arrested in possession of what I called a firework, but it was deemed by the authorities; a “destructive device”. I was held in the juvenile hall for around 10 days. I went to court and was released to my uncle’s care and given probation until the age of 18. I NEVER violated the terms of my probations and was released from probation when I became 18. During the process of enlisting in the Army back in 1995/1996, I had to go down to the L.A. County Juvenile facility with the recruiter to have my record expunged, I was told that I would not be able to obtain a security clearance without first doing that. That was the last I had heard of the issue for several years.

In 1999, I was had a NICS check performed while attempting to purchase a firearm in Fayetteville, NC. I went through the appeal process that I was given by the vendor in a pamphlet; I had to submit a fingerprint card that I had to get completed at the military police station.  I had to send in a processing fee to the FBI. After several letters and phone calls to the FBI; I was given a response that had told me that I needed to contact the originating department (L.A. County Juvenile Court). I did so immediately and NOTHING came of it, I did not even receive a response after sending 2 letters (checking the address after the first one to make sure I had sent the first letter to the correct address).

I had gotten caught up with other things in my life and did not further pursue it. On August 29, 2004 I suffered a brain aneurysm that resulted in me spending a few months in the hospital, fighting for my life. After my aneurysm, I was left disabled & living with my father. I knew that before long, I would be living on my own; so, again I tried to resolve the whole “not being allowed to buy a gun” issue. I contacted the L.A. Juvenile Court again (multiple times). I was sent paper work to fill out that was just about identical to the paperwork I had to fill out when joining the Army. Talking with them on the phone led to several very heated conversations, as they are absolutely clueless and do not respect the right guaranteed to U.S. Citizen’s at all! I once again filled out the paperwork as best as I could and sent it in. NOTHING! I have been busy the last few years with school (which I got on the Dean’s List & won a scholarship for my good grades) & physical rehabilitation.

The area in which I reside has been getting worse and once again I began trying to resolve this. NICS finally reluctantly admitted that the hold up was with L.A. County Juvenile Court. Once again, I called them. At first I was given the run around & then spoke with a lady that told me that I was given a court date in 2006 and since I did not show up, it was denied. It told her that I had never received notice of the court date- she basically called me a liar by saying that I was incorrect; one WAS sent. I knew that the conversation would soon go sour, this is a VERY important issue and I would NOT overlook a letter with news of a chance at FINALLY clearing this up so I just asked what I needed to do to fix this? She said she would mail me the paperwork to have my records sealed.

I received the paperwork from L.A. County Juvenile court today. It is the same form I have filled out twice before. It has a place to list the charges, dates & disposition. The charges were given to me almost 15 years ago; I do not have that information any longer! How was I even in the military & given a security clearance if this was not cleared up already? Also, I noticed that the court hearing was to be held at the Eastlake courthouse in downtown L.A. I AM FULLY DISABLED; THE STATE TOOK MY DRIVER’S LICENSE, MY FAMILY AND FRIEND’S WORK- HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET THERE? So, I asked if my case could be heard out here in Ventura County.

That was months ago and I have not heard any response. It seems like I keep hitting brick walls. As anti-gun as most people in California are becoming; it seems as though this issue is not important to anyone but me. The media will have a hay-day with this if my house gets robbed & I am injured or killed and it comes into light that the very government that I gave up so much to defend is denying me the right to protect myself from such an event.

I am corresponding with Congressman Elton Gallegly’s staff, but I have been doing so for several months and keep getting no results, they cannot even tell me WHY I am being denied!

Please help me with this issue! I do not know where to go from here to have this corrected! Thank you in advance for your efforts!

Respectfully,

Larry Charles. Carlin

Thank you to Robert over at keepthatfaith.com for creating the new Web banner and album art for the podcast.

Links:

http://www.ayoob.com/

Columns by Massad Ayoob

Massad Ayoob Wikipedia

Books by Massad Ayoob

About Massad Ayoob

Pro Arms Podcast

Gun Review Podcast

The Twitter Manual

Mobile blubrry

GRRN on friendfeed.com

Twitter Grade

Twitter in Plain English VIDEO

Podcasting in Plain English VIDEO

This is an interview episode and I think you will very much enjoy it. Please make sure you leave comments here or go over to our forums we would very much like to hear from you.

Links:

ICarry.org

Gun Owners Fellowship

Eric Holder Was a Gun Control Nightmare

STATEMENT BY DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC H. HOLDER, JR.

Letter to NRA from Bush AG John Ashcroft (PDF File)

NRA Life Membership for $300

We can afford to have any gun rights activist sitting on the sidelines. In the coming months and years we need to make sure that every gun rights activists is in the game and playing hard. Hopefully I was able to help motivate and inspire some if not all of you to get off the bench and get in the game. It’s not a game that we can afford to lose to hope to come back and win another day. This games for keeps, and you need to do everything you can do every single day until victory.

Remember if you’d like to do a guest host episode for this podcast please feel free to contact me using contact tab at the top of this page to find out how you can do your own episode.

But donations have become in keeping this podcast and network together. If you can spare $5or $10 to make a donation to the network and podcast, we really do appreciate.

Links:

Untold Story of Election 2008: The Death of the NRA

Free Plaxico Burress: New York City’s gun law is unconstitutional.

TACTICS THAT WORK: Clever and simple ideas for defending the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

“On Election Day, we helped deliver a strong victory for President-Elect Barack Obama and Vice-President-Elect Joe Biden. They will be two of the most powerful allies we have ever had.”

Sarah Brady – 2008 Brady Campaign

In this episode we look into is it true whether the President-elect Obama has helped increase gun sales and we also do a book review of The Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry by Massad Ayoob.

Links:

Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 HR 6257

Obama’s agenda for change to your Second Amendment rights (PDF File)

Gun Dudes Podcast

Additional Massad Ayoob books can be found@Amazon.com

The outcome of this election was not a mandate to take away your second amendment rights. There were a lot of issues other than gun rights that moved the country towards Obama.

We have the opportunity now to increase our memberships in gun rights organizations that will work on our behalf to protect our second amendment rights under this new administration. Please don’t be discouraged all is not lost.

Not for anyone to give up hope yet. What happens if Obama wins the presidency? It is a real possibility in this political climate that someone so extremely left of center could win by a large margin.

I think it’s time to start discussing the reality of this and to make plans to combat the anti-rights movement before they get started.

I personally believe that Obama could be much worse than President Clinton ever was. He will have control over two branches of government with majorities that could easily push through far left leaning judges that would allow them control of the third branch quite easily. This is something that President Clinton did not have.

Do you think that the Obama administration would start right off trying to restrict rights? Or do you believe that they will lay low for a while and strike when it’s more convenient for them?

What do you think the first anti-gun law will be passed under a Obama administration?

• Scary gun ban
• One gun a month
• Magazine Ban
• Limiting license to carry
• Restricting manufacturing
• Eliminating black rifles

or am I missing something, maybe something else we haven’t thought of yet.

Let me know what you think.

Links:

A Liberal Supermajority

Knob Creek Fall 2008 Machinegun Shoot (Aaron Woodin)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s14zmsDDG8g

Click on the map below and we’ll take you to NRA Political Victory Fund website.

Due to technical problems (meaning I did not push record) the video I mentioned in the podcast is unavailable. Hopefully I will do some here in the future, so if you click on the link below and save it as a bookmark you can come back to it later.

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Gun Rights Advocates Podcast Episode 100 (VIDEO)

Gun Control from Michigan

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqrpjLZJVu4

Response to CNN Democratic Debate

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlK7zl6jfXg

Joe Biden…VP? Good Times Ahead!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsOF7LcjrpQ

Gun Control -- Are our “babies” safe?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkavwuWE5eQ

PubPundits -- GUN!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD6ud82QQQg

Stand Your Ground Audio from Tyler Juhnke

C-Span Audio – Paul Helmke, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Pres. & Stephen Halbrook, NRA
March 19 2008

Episode #100 his coming up so please call (574) 203-0802 or Skype me and let me know what you thought of the last 100 episodes. I will play all messages in episode 100.

New Book:

The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms By Stephen P. Halbrook

The last 15 months George a listener of the podcast has been serving our country in Iraq and is now back home safely. I would just like to thank George for his service to our country from all of us and I’m sure the sacrifices his family had to make while he was gone.

I recently came across a podcast that does reviews of other podcasts. I thought what an excellent idea someplace where you can kind of get some feedback and maybe some new podcasts you’d like to listen to. And then I found out that they actually did a review of this podcast. They mixed up myself and Matt Caron but that was all right I understood who they were talking about. If you would like to listen to their review of the podcast or any other reviews they may have. I will provide the link below. In there or show 37 about 15 minutes  30 seconds in is the review of this podcast. Please contact them and let them know what you think.

Links:

A Review of the Gun Rights Advocates Podcast

Gun Rights Radio Network

Share your thoughts in the forums

The New Gun Review Podcast

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp0vmqAcP00

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nz3k6X4z3Y

The following letter was written by Jim and Margie
2nd Amendment Patriots
STAY UNITED
www.2ndamendmentpatriots.org

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This letter is for everyone who’s had it up to their eyebrows of being treated like third world gangsters because they are upstanding citizens with a handgun license.

I just got two calls from Indiana State Rep. Jackie Walorski about the city council of Mishawaka, Indiana preparing to implement a gun ban from city buildings.  They’re using the South Bend attempted ordinance.

Mishawaka Mayor Jeff Rea, (phone 574-258-1601) just told Jackie that if opponents want a fight, a fight they’ll get.  Well Mayor Rea I will do all I can to accommodate you.  CALL HIM TODAY, TOMORROW, AND THE NEXT DAY.

He’s a Republican mayor who has teamed up with the Democrat council to rub this in our nose. He said he’s tired of people trying to tell him how to run “his” city.

Well Mayor Rea, I’ll bet you never turn down any federal or state funds that comes with strings that will make you dance like a marionette.  How about it Mayor Rea, do you tell the feds and state money people you don’t want someone telling you how to run your city?

His claim is that they had a couple of people with a handgun license come into the city office building and made some remarks that they had a gun.  Supposedly, they’ve intimated some of the workers there.

Well, instead of dealing with those idiots the mayor and city council displaying their equal level of idiocy are going to clamp down on the honest law abiding citizens.

Kind of like the teacher who punishes the whole class for the one disruptive student.  I guess in Mishawaka if someone runs a red light in town everyone who has a drivers license gets a ticket, too.  The second call to make is to the city attorney Cory Hemmil, (574-258-1702).  He’s behind this hot and heavy, too.

This coming Monday will be the second reading of this governmental attack on the Constitution in Mishawaka.

I’m hoping that since the story by Jeff Knox in ShotGun News about what South Bend tried and is now national news because of that publications circulation we can put Mishawaka on the map.

I want the name Mishawaka, Indiana to be on the same roll call as Chicago, D.C. San Francisco, New York and all the rest of the cities that don’t recognize the Constitution.

Since this is a Republican mayor, I’d hope that the Republican party can tap this turncoat on the shoulder and explain to him why Republicans are taking a hit at the polls.

If we want gun control Democrats for mayors, we’ll vote for a Democrat.  Now come on everyone make those calls.  I don’t care where you live.  I don’t care what state you live in.  I want Mishawaka, Indiana and their mayor, city attorney and council members center stage.

If you practice your Constitutional right to keep and bear arms don’t go to northern Indiana.  Take you tourist money somewhere else.  They don’t like you….we don’t like them!!

CALL ‘EM Then write and tell me you CALLED ‘EM. Rep. Jackie Walorski needs our help.  Thanks,

This is the first episode that Matt Caron has done for at least six months. And you will definitely find it entertaining.

Also remember anyone can be a guest host on this podcast. Just contact me and we’ll get something set up.

Links:

Handgun Podcast

Firearms Cafe Podcast

I hope none of you get a chance to listen to this episode on Independence Day. Hopefully you’re spending time with your friends and family. I’m sorry but this is a very short episode I’ve been spending quite a bit of time helping get a couple new podcast started and working on the gun rights radio network website. I know this podcast has been suffering a little bit from not having my full attention but soon I will make it a focus again.

Help Needed: I just received my newest bill for hosting, domain names & web traffic to the website’s. It was over $90 this month. So if you’d like to help out a little there is a donation button on the right  hand column. The bigger we getting more expensive it is.

June 26, 2008 is the day that the Supreme Court affirmed that the Second Amendment is an individual right. But for most of us at something we already know.

Links:

District of Columbia v. Heller final ruling. (PDF File)

SAF FILES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING CHICAGO’S HANDGUN BAN

SECOND AMENDMENT TRIUMPH: JUSTICES UPHOLD INDIVIDUAL RIGHT!

Gun ban ruling has Chicago thinking it’s next

CCRKBA, NRA CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION SUES SAN FRANCISCO OVER PUBLIC HOUSING GUN BAN

UPDATE:

South Bend gun ordinance postponed for more study,  FOP has concerns about making all city property off limits, even to off-duty cops.

South Bend Indiana Mayor and City Council has proposed a gun ban for all law-abiding citizens on city property.  We don’t feel legally that they have the authority to do this but we have to fight it. If you would like to help flood the meeting, expressing your concern for such an ordinance please attend the meeting June 23, 2008 at 7 p.m. at the following address.

Links:

Ordinance could ban guns on all South Bend city property

A gun ban?

Man shot near East Race fighting off a bike theft attempt

City of South Bend Web Site

Links:

National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
Information

Gun Rights Radio Network

Gun Rights Radio Network Forums

The book giveaway was a success. Seven of the listeners should be receiving their book soon. Thank you for everyone who participated.

Please visit our affiliates and help us raise the money we need to so we can advertise the Gun Rights Radio Network.

Links:

Obama Hates My Family Heirloom

GA GUN DEALER MADE RIGHT MOVE IN QUEST FOR FAIR TRIAL, SAYS SAF

HARRIS POLL CONFIRMS AMERICANS SAY 2ND AMENDMENT IS INDIVIDUAL RIGHT

There are plenty of opportunities out there to get involved in the political process.  Helping to protect your rights under the Second Amendment is probably one of the most important political process you can get involved in. The interview that I conducted with Glen Caroline, Director, NRA-ILA Grassroots Division for this episode will help you find the ways you can get involved in this year’s presidential and congressional elections. It is very important but if you have considered being politically active in the past that you do so this year.

Most of this political activity is not very glamorous but it is all very important and I have been out there working very hard in the past and are planning to do as much this year as I have in the past.

Links:

NRAPVF.org

NRA-ILA Election Volunteer Coordinators (EVC)

Snowflakes in Hell

Ted Nugent could be the NRA’s rambunctious new Charlton Heston

LaRue Tactical Beverage Entry Tool LT-205

Have you ever wanted to keep the dirt and grime out all of the magazine well of your AR-15. Well in this episode of the podcast I talk to the designer of a great little product called the JimmyPlug. And we also talked to a new listener to the podcast Nathan who would like to share some interesting stuff about North Carolina and his personal experiences with carrying a firearm.

Links:

JimmyPlug.com

2008 NRA Leadership Forum
Louisville Kentucky
May 16, 2008

John Sigler
President, NRA

Wayne LaPierre
CEO & Executive Vice President, NRA

Chris W. Cox
Executive Director, NRA-ILA

Hon. Daniel Mongiardo
Lt. Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Karl Rove
Former Deputy Chief of Staff, President George W. Bush

Lt. Col. Oliver North
Honorary Chairman, Freedom Alliance

Hon. Mike Huckabee
Former Governor, State of Arkansas

Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison
United States Senator, State of Texas

Hon. John Bolton
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Hon. Mitt Romney
Former Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Marcus Luttrell
U.S. Navy SEAL

Hon. Dan Boren
United States Representative, State of Oklahoma

Sgt. Greg Stube
U.S. Special Forces

Hon. Mitch McConnell
United States Senator, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Hon. John McCain
United States Senator, State of Arizona

2008 NRA Leadership Forum
Louisville Kentucky
May 16, 2008

John Sigler
President, NRA

Wayne LaPierre
CEO & Executive Vice President, NRA

Chris W. Cox
Executive Director, NRA-ILA

Hon. Daniel Mongiardo
Lt. Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Karl Rove
Former Deputy Chief of Staff, President George W. Bush

Lt. Col. Oliver North
Honorary Chairman, Freedom Alliance

Hon. Mike Huckabee
Former Governor, State of Arkansas

Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison
United States Senator, State of Texas

Hon. John Bolton
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Hon. Mitt Romney
Former Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Marcus Luttrell
U.S. Navy SEAL

Hon. Dan Boren
United States Representative, State of Oklahoma

Sgt. Greg Stube
U.S. Special Forces

Hon. Mitch McConnell
United States Senator, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Hon. John McCain
United States Senator, State of Arizona

http://www.nraam.org/

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I have many more hours of very inspiring recordings from the NRA annual meeting and will be releasing them in the future. Please remember to support the NRA by either joining up a new member, renewing your membership or signing up for life membership. You can do all that right here from the website. Just click on the banner on the lower right hand side to join.

Links:

Huckabee quips about gun aimed at Obama

The Founders’ Second Amendment by Stephen P. Halbrook

Which John McCain Is Showing Up at the NRA Convention Today?

McCain courts NRA in gun shop visit

Gun violence symposium draws 700 to Duquesne University

National Symposium on Handgun Violence

Duquesne University 2008 Gun-Control Symposium

TACTICS THAT WORK: Clever and simple ideas for defending
the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Twitter.com/gunrights

The death of gun control – 2008

Bloomfield Press

Alan Korwin

Dustin’s Gun Blog

Podcast Links:

• The Shot Show
• Militant Marksman’s Podcast
• The Urban Shooter
• Armed Citizens Podcast
• Gun Rights News
• ProArms Podcast
• Pink Rifle Gun Rights Podcast

Links:

My Twitter Page

The Second Amendment: America’s First Freedom, By Charlton Heston
At the National Press Club, September 11, 1997

Heston Political Activism

New Podcast:

Pro Arms Podcast

I just wanted to let all the listeners know that the podcast will be returning May 2, 2008. I would like to thank all of you for all the nice letters I have received during my three week break. The projects around the house went very well but there are still more to do, but the podcast must go on.

April 22, 2008 was the second anniversary for me doing this podcast and I would like to make the next year even better so I’m going to give you several ways you can contact me so I can get your feedback on how the podcast can be better in the next year.

Feedback Line: 574-203-0802

Contacts Page: Click Here

Skype: mark.vanderberg

Twitter: gunrights

E-Mail: I do not give this e-mail address out on the website because of spammers. So please listen to the audio and write it down.

Your help is needed if you are a web designer or graphics artist. I have purchased quite a few domain names which I would like to expand into other properties for the podcast and gun rights community. If you are interested in volunteering your time please feel free to contact me. Also if you’re not someone that is very tech savvy and you would just like to donate some money to this cause please do so from the donation link on the right side of the page.

Links:

Twitter.com/gunrights

Twitter.com

Tweetscan.com

Twhirl.org

Please considering purchasing a copy of the video he produced “In search of the Second Amendment, A documentary” it is an excellent video that should be shared with old friends and family. And you should probably purchase a copy and donated to one of your local libraries.

Links:

David T. Hardy – Wikipedia

Of Arms and the Law

In Search of the Second Amendment- Wikipedia

IN SEARCH OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT – The Documentary

THE FIREARMS OWNERS’ PROTECTION ACT: A HISTORICAL AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVE

Origins and Development of the Second Amendment: A Sourcebook

David T. Hardy: An Interview With American Gun Owners’ Best Friend

Doc & Matt are the co-guest hosts in this episode. Also we have a voice mail talking about seeing someone do a straw purchase. Straw purchases are against federal law and if you ever see one yourself you should report it. Most of the time the only reason a person is doing a straw purchase is because it would be illegal for him to normally purchase a firearm on his own. So if you do not report it, makes the rest of us look like criminals.

Link:

Friends Of Calibers

The Shot Show

Suspects’ probation oversight questioned

As most of you already know the Supreme Court had oral arguments on Wednesday, March 18 on the DC v. Heller case. I posted the audio that was recorded in the courtroom the evening of March 18 and we have already had 5,500 downloads in the first two days. What we are going to do in this episode is have a conversation with Dustin from Dustin’s Gun Blog.

Links:

Transcript of DC v. Heller Oral Arguments (PDF format)

In Second Amendment Case, High Court Majority Appears to Support Individual Right to Own Guns

Supreme Court handguns case is ‘hottest ticket in town’

Justices Agree on Right to Own Guns

Links:

Girls, guys and Glocks?

Gun dealer gets 9-month term

Dealer who sold gun in police shooting dies

Gun Rights News Podcast

Mark in this episode discusses the importance of recording all serial numbers and photographing all firearms for security of your rights. Also if you’re looking to do a gun rights podcast Mark is willing to be the producer for the podcast and handle the website and expenses if you’re interested please contact Mark from the contacts page.

Matthew gives us a review of his new Taurus PT-1911 and I discuss gun free zones a little bit along with the newly available Gun Rights Advocates T-shirt that can be ordered from this website. And also please remember to vote for us over at Podcast Alley and leave a comment at iTunes if you feel like it.

Matt Long is now doing the Gun Rights News Podcast so remember to stop over http://gunrightsnews.com and listen to the new podcast, or can also subscribe using iTunes.

Links:

TAURUS 1911 .45 ACP PISTOL IN BLUE STEEL

The O’Reilly Factor…Friday, February 15, 2008

‘Gun-Free Zones’ By DAVID B. KOPEL

Columbine To Va. Tech To NIU: Gun-Free Zones Or Killing Fields? BY JOHN R. LOTT JR.

Gun-free zones don’t offer security

LETTER ‘Gun-free zones’ are inviting to shooters

Matt Caron submitted an audio letter that takes me to task on some issues. I have replied to those issues in this episode but if you would like to listen to Matt’s audio letter without my comments you can download it from the website.

Links:

Reformed LiveJournal Gun Control community

The post where the founder changed his mind

Dusting Gun Blog

Unbelievable – Attempt at Ammunition Ban in Arizona!

ARIZONA CITIZENS DEFENSE LEAGUE

Getting comfortable as a guest host for the podcast would also help you in the future in creating a podcast of your own wish I could always help with any technical questions you would have in such an endeavor.

If you are interested in submitting audio for the guest host episodes please submit all audio by Wednesday before the guest host episode. Below are some links that will help you with how to record audio for the podcast. If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me from the contacts page at any time. I will also include some links that will help you if you decide you would like to create a podcast of your own.

Links:

Submitting audio for the Podcast

Podbean – Free Podcast Hosting

Pod Safe Audio!

John McCain appears to be the candidate that will be nominated at the Republican convention. We discuss in this podcast whether supporters of the Second Amendment should support John McCain or not. We also discuss the candidates on the other side of the Second Amendment issue. This is an episode that every freedom loving, Second Amendment supporting, gun owner should listen to.

In future episodes of this podcast will will be discussing ways that you can get involved to help us better have a more stable House and Senate that will be able to protect our Second Amendment rights no matter who is elected as president.

Links:

Illegal Gun Question from NV Democratic Presidential Debate

Sportsmen for Barack Obama

John McCain’s views on the Second Amendment from his presidential 2008 website

McCain Is a No Show on Guns

National Shooting Sports Foundation profile of John McCain

John McCain vs. Gun Rights and Second Amendment

John McCain on Gun Control

GOA On John McCain’s Record

Two Thumbs Down for McCain’s Gun Control Ad

Matthew has now finished up on the series about the DC Circuit Court decision. If you would like to contribute to the podcast, Please feel free to contact me, so we can arrange for you to submit audio.

Links:

GunBroker.com

Next Episode: John McCain: Supporter or Not

In this episode, Mark and myself talk about the upcoming presidential election, and some restrictions on what you can use for self-defense and various other things.

My Gun News Page – Try It

In Search of the Second Amendment

Video clip on YouTube from David Hardy

Students for Concealed Carry on Campus

Have you ever talked to anyone from Kennesaw George to see what they think of a gun laws there? well in this week’s episode, we have Richard, a former Kennesaw Georgia police officer give us his opinion. Matt also wraps up the dissenting opinion in DC vs. Parker.

Links:

25 years murder-free in ‘Gun Town USA’

The official website of the city of Kennesaw Georgia

Wikipedia – Kennesaw, Georgia

Gun town U.S.A., revisited – success of Kennesaw, GA’s gun ownership requirement law in preventing

Fact Sheet: Guns Save Lives

Reasons to own a Firearm

In this episode the Podcast I interviewed Jim Irvine from the Buckeye Firearms Association. Also Mark from Maine send in an update. And my push for you to get more active, so remember to vote over at PodcastAlley.com.

Links:

Buckeye Firearms Association

Dustin’s Gun Blog-Dial 911 and Die, or Defend Yourself

Killing zones by Mark Cushman

Letter to the editor by Mark Cushman Poland, Maine:

What do the recent shootings at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., have in common with the Virginia Tech, Trolley Square and Columbine High School tragedies? They all occurred in gun-free zones.

When are we, as a society, going to realize that the only ones who are going to obey a “gun-free zone” sign are the law-abiding, not those intent on killing as many people as they can.

Currently, this country has more than 20,000 gun control laws, and a study by the Centers for Disease Control has concluded that not a single one of them has done anything to reduce crime. It is the gun-free zones that should be outlawed. Those supposed gun-free zones are nothing more than victim-rich killing zones where madmen can kill as many people as they choose, and the law-abiding can do nothing to protect themselves.

Forty-eight states allow some form of concealed-carry of firearms. Nebraska allows people to carry concealed handguns, but it allows property owners, such as the Westroads Mall, to post signs banning permit holders from legally carrying guns on their property. Maine schools, universities and certain restaurants are also gun-free zones.

Holders of concealed-carry permits have taken a firearms course, been fingerprinted and had mental and criminal background checks done. It is time to stop disarming the law-abiding, and ban all gun-free zones in Maine and elsewhere.

Mark Cushman, Poland

Hopefully everyone had a Happy New Year. We should have many many things to talk about in this new year including the Supreme Court case DC vs. Heller and of course the candidates for the 2008 presidential elections.

Links:

The Liberal Case for Gun Ownership

Know Where Your Candidate Stands

NRA 2008 Annual Meetings & Exhibits!

CPAC 2008

Interview with David E. Young, Author – Episode #062

I recorded NRA News December 28, 2007 which was the last live show for them for 2007. If you enjoy Cam Edwards on NRA News and would like to hear more of it as a Podcast. Please contact Cam Edwards @ cam@nranews.com and tell them you would like to have their show Podcasted.

Link from John regarding monies received by Mike Huckabee. See paragraphs 1 and 3.

Reducing Gun Violence: Is There a Role for Health Philanthropy?(PDF File)

CHUCK KLEIN Home Page

EDITORIALS and COMMENTARY from Chuck Klein

GUNS IN THE WORKPLACE,
A Manual for Private Sector Employers and Employees

Mark Vanderberg & Chuck Klein @ GRPC 2007

Alan Keys 2004

In this week’s episode, we hear from Rob about how to get a license to carry in Delaware. Along with an interview that I did with John Pierce from opencarry.org at Gun Rights Policy Conference 2007.

Links:

Please vote for us and leave comments on iTunes and at PodcastAlley.com

Contact NRA News and let them know you’d like them to podcast the show.

Get a copy of David E. Young’s new book “The Founders View of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms“

My new WebCam is a Microsoft LifeCam VX-6000

Links from Rob:

http://www.opencarry.org/

Delaware CCDW Forms

Delaware Stuff – Rob’s Blog

Would you like to start a Podcast? Here is some SOUND help.

10 tips for great sounding podcasts!

I hope everyone out there has a Merry Christmas and a happy new year and thank you for listening to the podcast and e-mailing me what you feel you need to leave feedback. I will be working on some important projects over the holiday season to help enhance your experience with all the pro-Second Amendment podcasts.

Special thanks to Matthew and Dustin for all their help in the past year and also to Mick, Kenn, and Girl 600 for their excellent podcasts that gave me many hours of enjoyment.

Reminder: Don’t forget to get a copy of David E. Young’s “The Founders’ View of the Right to Bear Arms: A Definitive History of the Second Amendment” book. I often talk about average guy doing extraordinary things, and in this case. David has financed the printing of this book, on his own. So he needs our help to make sure it’s a success, and I think you will very much enjoy it also.

If you’d be interested in becoming a Second Amendment Podcaster or if you’d be interested in contributing to the Gun Rights A dvocates Podcast. Please e-mail me for information on how you could get started. In such a fun and rewarding hobby.

Links:

http://www.secondamendmentinfo.com

Synopsis of
The Founders’ View of the Right to Bear Arms:
A Definitive History of the Second Amendment
by David E. Young
December 7, 2007

The Founders’ View is a concise history of the Second Amendment that traces
its terms and phrases to their earliest AMERICAN roots and authors. It
presents only the most relevant people, comments, places, and events for a
clear understanding of the Second Amendment from the Founders’ own
perspective.

The book begins with an examination of the American understanding of
“militia” and “well regulated militia” during the Colonial Era prior to
disagreements with Britain. The colonial militia usage is compared to
defensive measures in Pennsylvania because that colony never relied upon the
militia for defense as all the other colonies had by the 1750s. This
contrast along with later information emphasizes the almost universal
possession of arms by American families.

Next, the constitutional disagreements between Americans and the British
are examined. Violations of rights and the existing constitution as
understood by Americans were the most important events leading to resistance
by the colonists. The early origination in Massachusetts of three related
ideas is emphasized: 1) a well regualted militia of the free men as the
support of free government; 2) a standing army being destructive of liberty
and property; and 3) the civil constitution being dependent upon the
military obeying the civil power. These three concepts became slogans or
mottos of the Revolution as they spread across the colonies and were
incorporated in other contexts, most notably decarations of rights.

George Mason used the well regulated militia language early on in relation
to an all voluntary self-embodying militia association for defense against
government officials and troops. He later incorporates all three of the
above mentioned concepts into the first American Bill of Rights, that of
Virginia. All of the later states adopting bills of rights incorporated
Mason’s triad of related concepts, with some substituting the people’s right
to bear arms for the well regulated militia language. The clear historical
evidence that both forms related to an armed populace capable of defense
against unconstitutional acts of government executed by force is presensted
and documented.

The development of the proposed United States Constitution and rejection of
a bill of rights by the Federal Convention are next addressed. The
tremendous struggle to obtain a federal bill of rights based upon those of
the states during the Ratification Period is carefully examined. Opposing
arms related arguments relied upon by by the Federalists and the
Antifederalits are identified and their importance examined. George Mason’s
contributions to the bill of rights struggle are an essential part of the
development of the Second Amendment. It is he who wrote what became the
clear model for the United States Bill of Rights and the very first
two-clause predecessor of the Second Amendment. The clear evidence for this
and the fact that he based these directly on the state bills of rights is
presented and thoroughly documented.

David E. Young @ GRPC 2007

The details of the development of the ratifying convention predecessors of
the Second Amendment are closely examined, as well as the actions of James
Madison in taking them on to Congress after his election to that body. His
campaign promises are detailed and his actions carrying them out documented.
Congressional development of the Second Amendment’s language is examined
with emphasis on the clear understanding of those involved.

What results is incontrovertible evidence that both clauses of the Second
Amendment developed from language intended to protect an armed populace
against disarmament by government. The expansive and private rights nature
of the right to keep and bear arms is fully documented in The Founders’ View
of the Right to Bear Arms. The historical facts presented indicate that
American’s Second Amendment rights are more fundamental and much more
extensive than previously understood.

The Founders’ View contains two appendices. The first reprints Thomas
Jefferson’s authenticated Official Imprint of the Amendments proposed by
Congress and ratified by the states. The second appendix presents important
facts from a number of Colonial Era defensive laws indicating the general
outlines of who the militia were understood to be. This latter information
is essential because The Origin of the Second Amendment, which is the main
documentary source for The Founders’ View, covers mainly the Constitutional
Era.

Links:

NRA-ILA fact sheet:
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=130

Court Case Decision:
http://www.constitution.org/2ll/court/fed/us_v_rock_island.htm

Academics for the Second Amendment

Dear Mark,

In your 11-30 podcast you mentioned the need to support groups (with
our dollars) who were preparing friend of the court briefs in the Heller case.

Here is a group that deserves our support. It is called Academics for
the Second Amendment and is composed of law school professors,
history professors, etc. who believe that the Second Amendment
preserves an individual right to keep and bear arms. They are a
501(c)3 not-for-profit which means contributions made to them will be
tax deductible.

They are putting together a brief to be written by David Hardy and
Joseph Olson with historical research by Clayton Cramer. Go to their
website at http://academicssecondamendment.blogspot.com to see
exactly how they plan their brief.

This group had a friend of the court brief back in the Emerson case
in 1999. They are not some Johnny come lately’s to the Second
Amendment (unlike some Presidential candidates who shall go
nameless). The costs of putting together a brief like this runs into
the tens of thousands of dollars.

I hope you can mention this group in your next podcast as well as put
up a link on your website. I’ve given them a donation and will be
giving more in the next few weeks.

All the best,

John, Waynesville NC

I am still using audio from the gun rights policy conference 2007. So in this episode, you will hear a couple interviews from the conference with Jim Tomes from the 2nd Amendment Patriots and Jackie Walorski Indiana State Representative.

Links:

www.2ndamendmentpatriots.org

Jackie Warorski HomePage

Her State Page

Jackie Walorski From Wikipedia

Jackie Blog

“We all have more clout and more power than we believe…”

2nd Amendment Legislation Signed by Governor

Links:

Kopel’s Corner weblog

David Kopel- From Wikipedia

Books and Journal Articles

‘Gun-Free Zones’ By DAVID B. KOPEL

Books By David B. Kopel

Mark Vanderberg & David B. Kopel @ GRPC 2007 

The other day, I just received the Microsoft Zune media player (MP3,  pictures, video, & FM receiver) that I ordered from newegg.com for $99.99. It is the first-generation player and it is brown, , but I am enjoying it very much. November 13 the second-generation Zune comes out and I have one on order also. If you’re looking for an inexpensive media player that holds 30 GB of media. You may want to consider buying the first-generation, because I understand that when the second generation player is released the new software will be available for the first-generation. This means you will get a lot of the new features minus any hardware changes. One thing that sounds pretty neat I understand is you will be able to transfer your media to your Zune using your WiFi.

Please vote for us over at Podcast Alley and please leave a comment. If you are an iTunes user you can also leave a comment there. I would very much appreciate it. It helps us attract new listeners.

If you’re not a member of the Second Amendment Foundation, you should be. SAF is a nonprofit with the sole purpose of educating and litigating in the pursuit of protecting the Second Amendment. Join Today

Second Amendment Foundation Site

Photographs of the 2007 GRPC at the SAF/CCRKBA flickr page

Audio recordings of the 2007 Gun Rights Policy Conference

SAF Booklist

Journal on Firearms and Public Policy (FREE PDF Files)

Gun Week

Dustin’s Gun Blog

Google Books

Books List:

• The Rights Of Gun Owners By Alan M. Gottlieb
• Gun Rights Fact Book By Alan M. Gottlieb
• Taking Aim – At Those Who Threaten The Right to Keep And Bear Arms By Anton Bird

Joseph Tartaro & Alan Gottlieb @ GRPC 2007

Please vote for us over at Podcast Alley and please leave a comment. If you are an iTunes user you can also leave a comment there. I would very much appreciate it. It helps us attract new listeners.

Sorry there was no podcast last week as I’d worked 76.8 hours and was unable to find the time to get one out. I hope you all understand. I do not really have any show notes or links for this episode, but I hope you do enjoy it. Matthew has been doing an excellent job. If you could, please help spread the word about the podcast so that we can increase the number of listeners.

Please vote for us over at Podcast Alley and please leave a comment. If you are an iTunes user you can also leave a comment there. I would very much appreciate it. It helps us attract new listeners.

I would like to thank the following people for doing an interview with me at the Gun Rights Policy Conference 2007:

Alan Gottlieb

Jeff Knox

Chuck Klein

Jackie Walorski

Larry Pratt

Jim Tomes

David Kopel

Jim Irvine

Kenn Blanchard

John Pierce

Mark Vanderberg & Kenn Blanchard @ GRPC 2007

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Photos on flickr @ The Gun Rights Policy Conference 2007

2007 GRPC A Resounding Success!

Gun Rights Policy Conference Starts Today (October 5, 2007).
Hope to see you there.

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Recording with my new SHURE PG58 Vocal Microphone

The Glenn and Helen Show: Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee (MP3 File)

Mike Huckabee for President website

Mike on the 2nd Amendment Rights

Mike Huckabee: Standing Tall For The Second Amendment

Huckabee YouTube Video

Huckabee Gets Gun Rights Endorsement

Mike Huckabee on the 2nd Amendment from the unofficial blog

Mike Huckabee on Gun Control from Front Sight, Press

In this episode Dustin discusses the process for getting a CCW in Arizona and Matthew starts his reading of the Parker vs. DC case with a little commentary. I will be back next week with an episode on Mike Huckabee.

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Audible.com

Click here if you’d like to suggest some pro-gun books Audible.com should carry. Maybe if enough of us recommend some pro-gun books maybe they will start carrying some.

PDF file of the Parker vs. DC case.

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Five-Minute Handbook for Gun Rights Activists (PDF File)

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FIVE MINUTES TO FREEDOM!

This episode is distributed with permission from the host of Gung Ho Gun Show, Girl600. I hope you enjoy this episode. I found it to be very entertaining, although she is not always 100% correct (for instance about the class 3 weapons) she is always very informative and reaches a group of people who needs to be reached. She has a style all of her own and is one of the first podcasts I listen to when it comes out.

I am sorry for being a little late with this new episode. As you may know I have been having computer problems and I finally had to purchase a new one. I finally have it all set up and it is working well beyond all expectations. I now have dual monitor support which is working out very well. Thank you to everyone who has sent me e-mails in the last couple of weeks. If I have not replied to you as of yet I will soon. It’s quite a bit of catching up to do but I will send a reply.