Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 300: THIS! IS! ACP!!!

  

In This Episode

To celebrate our 300th episode, we're having an ACP Round Table!  (Sadly, no one is dressed as a Spartan.) Join Queen Erinidas alongside Weer'd Beard, Oddball, Xander, and David as they take a stroll to the Hot Gates of the NRA Annual Meeting and discuss:

• signs at the NRA Annual Meeting that the corruption is still around, but the members are clearly wising up and taking the NRA to task for it;;
• Donald Trump's speech at NRAAM, which was more of the usual and with minimal talk of gun rights;
• the possibility of Ronnie Barrett of Barrett Firearms becoming the next NRA Executive Vice President (but the day after recording this we discovered that Barrett didn't win);
• more tourists arrested in the Turks and Caicos Islands for having a few pieces of ammunition in their luggage;.
• the 9th Circuit Court striking down Hawaii's butterfly knife ban;
• firearm prohibitionist politicians turning on the dubious Shot Spotter technology, citing racism;
• a Federal court issuing a temporary restraining order against the ATF's change in the "Engaging in the Business of Selling Firearms" law;
• legislation introduced in Congress to remove the $200 tax stamp requirement for SBRs, SBSs, and suppressors;
• another NFA challenge regarding suppressors that are made in Texas and stay in Texas;
• another surprising rule by the 9th Circuit, where one judge in three ruled that felons aren't part of "The People";
• plus the usual silliness and side-tracking that happens with Round Tables.

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Show Notes

• ICYMI NRA Members Meeting Debate Resolution About Move to Texas
  • The NRA Meeting Of Members – Part 1
  • The NRA Meeting Of Members – Part 2
  • An Apology Demanded Of Charles Cotton
• NRA Members Meeting, 2024
• Donald Trump speaks at NRA Convention: Full Speech
• Ronnie Barrett For EVP?
• GOA Convention
• GunCon
• 5th American tourist arrested at Turks and Caicos airport after ammo allegedly found in luggage
• The Confused Ninth Circuit Decision Striking Down Hawaii’s Butterfly Knife Ban
• Hawaii legalizes butterfly knives and switchblades
• KnifeRights fundraiser raffle
• Woodsman’s Pal 284
• Shot Spotter Racist
• A Temporary Restraining Order has been granted to VCDL and GOA in our lawsuit against BATFE’s new “engaged in the business” rule
• Republicans Introduce ‘RIFLE Act’ To Remove NFA $200 Tax
• NFA Challenge Advances with Made in Texas Suppressors
• The 9th Circuit Actually Overturns a Federal Gun Law?
  • Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 299: a Dirty Shoot and More Machine Guns

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the senseless death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson in Florida by the Acorn Cop Sheriff's Department;
  • New York's proposed ban on striker-fired pistols;
  • the new machine guns that the ATF has allowed to enter the NFA registry;
  • the Washington Post winning a Pulitzer Prize for their propagandic hit pieces against the AR-15.
• David talks about FOPA, the Firearms Owner Protection Act, and its dreaded Hughes Amendment;
• and Weer'd interviews Michael Sodini of Walk the Talk America to talk about the history and scope of the organization.

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Show Notes

 

Main Topic

• Florida sheriff's office releases bodycam video of fatal shooting of Air Force airman by deputy
  • WATCH: Bodycam footage released in shooting of US Airman
  • 'It's OK Not to Be OK': Special Operations Wing Orders Stand-Down After Roger Fortson's Police Killing
  • Air Force Times: Experts say gun alone doesn’t justify deadly force in airman shooting
• New York Seeks to Block Pistols That Can Be Modified to Fire Like Machine Guns
• ATF Update: More Transferrable MGs and One-Week NFA Transfers
• Hollis v Holder
• The Pulitzer for Propaganda Goes to …
  • New York Times Statement About 1932 Pulitzer Prize Awarded to Walter Duranty

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 166
• Firearm Owners Protection Act
• S.49 - Firearms Owners' Protection Act
• H.R.4332 - Firearms Owners' Protection Act
• H.Amdt.777 to H.R.4332
• FOPA Hughes Amendment VOTE APRIL 10 1986 ***Video Warning***
• Public Law 99-308 ***PDF Warning***
• 18 U.S. Code § 921
• Small Arms Review: Machine Gun Prices, What Happened?
• Operation Blazing Sword
• Pink Pistols
• Ronald Reagan On Guns ***Video Warning***
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

Walk the Talk America

• Walk the Talk America
• WTTA’s $100K Fundraiser by Top Shot Chris Cheng

A Neat Historical Artifact from 1940s Japan

I found this going through some of my dad's stuff. I'm not entirely sure, but I think what I have is actually from 1940. It certainly looks like it could be that old, as the backing paper is now khaki colored, but I have no idea if it was originally that color or if it's yellowed over time. 

The bigger reason that I think it's legit is because dad was born a Jew in 1936 in Austria, and when he & my grandparents fled Nazi oppression in 1941, they fled east through Russia rather than going through war-torn and occupied western Europe. (I don't have a date on this, but it had to have been before Operation Barbarossa when Nazi Germany attacked Russia, so that's any time between 1 January and 23 June 1941.) They then took the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Manchuria, and from there they took a boat to Japan and sailed from Yokohama to Seattle. 

My father was in the region at the right time, and Japan in 1940 more or less controlled all major ports in mainland China, so I figure it's likely that Japan printed out a ton of these such that they were still around and being used a year after issue. 

Three bits of Japanese trivia related to this:

1. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Company) operated passenger services at this time. No, I don't know why it's NKY and not NYKK. Kabushiki kaisha is a type of corporation in Japan; I think the English translation would be something like "Company, Limited". 
2. The word maru (丸, meaning "circle") is often appended to Japanese commercial ship names. If you're a Trekkie you'll have heard of the Kobayashi Maru, which uses this same tradition. 
3. The Emperor Zinmu referenced on the paper is likely an older translation of Jimmu, the legendary First Emperor of Japan who is said to have begun his reign in 660 BC. 660 + 1940 = 2,600, the anniversary given. 

Anyway, it's a neat bit of history and I thought folks would find it interesting. I have a 1200 dpi scan of it if anyone is interested. 

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 298: The Miraculous Malfunction

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
• 2024's NRA Board of Directors election results, and they certainly look good;
• nearly 5 years of one-million-plus NICS checks;
• a tenured professor's workplace harassment over a firecracker emoji;
• God intervening when a man attempted to shoot the pastor at a church service;
• Maine adopting gun control in the wake of the Lewiston shooting;
• and SCOTUS is going to review two Assault Weapon Ban cases, hopefully granting cert to one or both.
• Finally, Weer'd finished his fisk of David Hogg's debate with Spike Cohen.

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Show Notes

 

Main Topic

• NRA Board Election Results In
• April 2024 Marks 57th Consecutive Month of One Million-Plus Background Checks for Gun Sales
• Dr. Leigh M. Johnson
• Man aims gun at pastor during church service
• Maine governor signs off on new gun laws, mental health supports in wake of Lewiston shootings
• SCOTUS DISTRIBUTES SAF GUN BAN CHALLENGES FOR MAY 16 CONFERENCE

Weer’d Audio Fisk

• Guns In America: Debate on Gun Control with David Hogg and Spike Cohen
• HWFO Highlights from the David Hogg vs. Spike Cohen Debate at Dartmouth
• Why Did David Hogg Pull Out of Gun Debate When He Found Out It's Against Colion Noir?
• Parkland shooting families reach $127.5m settlement over FBI inaction
• Gun Free School Zones Act,
• Stockton schoolyard shooting
• One dead, two injured in Finland school shooting as 12-year-old suspect detained
• ATF Gun Trace Data
• Source and Use of Firearms Involved in Crimes: Survey of Prison Inmates, 2016 (PDF)
• DC police dealt thousands of guns; ATF demands answers after concerning number found at crime scenes
• The Return of the 32 Round Luger Snail Drum
• ProMag SKS 7.62x39mm 30-Round Blued Steel Magazine
• Gunblog Variety Cast Ep 160: The Kellermann Study
• Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 029: Fisk on Suicide
• North Hollywood Shootout
• USCCA New Hampshire Gun Laws
• Harvard Gun Study: The More Guns, The Less Criminal Activity

Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 297: Gun Shows Are Fun, Gun Laws Are a Bummer

  

In This Episode

• Erin and Weer’d discuss:
  • the New York court where "The Second Amendment doesn't exist";
  • the ATF's updated wording on what is an illegal private sale, and it clarifies nothing;
  • an American is facing years in prison in the British Territory of Turks and Caicos for a few rounds of ammo forgotten in his bag;
  • and Donald Trump, Jr is one of the names being floated as the new Executive Vice President of the NRA;
• Guns can be fun, and Tiny has a lot of fun at the gun show,
• David talks about the "Little Armalite", aka the AR-18;
• and Xander talks about raw milk and freedom.

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Show Notes

 

Main Topic

• Baseball teams need to protect fans from foul balls – and US courts need to lift MLB’s special liability exemption
• 2nd Amendment 'does not exist' in some NY courtrooms according to one judge presiding over the trial of a gunsmith
• ATF Final Rule: Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Dealer in Firearms
• American tourist facing possible 12-year prison sentence after ammo found in luggage in Turks and Caicos
• Trump Jr Interested in Running NRA, Board Member Says

Tiny’s Land of Rocks and Cows

• Stoeger STR-9 Review
• Gun Show Flag

Gun Lovers and Other Strangers

• ArmaLite AR-18
• IMFDB
• Brownells BRN-180
• Forgotten Weapons: AR-18 and AR-180
• My Little Armalite
• Brena Bock Author Page
• David Bock Author Page
• Team And More

Independent Thoughts with Xander Opal

• Whole Milk or Skim? The Jury’s Still Out